MOBILE COMMUNICATION: DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY
Book ID/图书代码： 13149011B44512
English Summary/英文概要： In the few short decades since their commercial deployment, 5 billion people—about three-quarters of all humanity, including children—have become mobile phone users. No technology has even approached the mobile phone’s wildfire success. Effects of this success are apparent everywhere, ranging from accident scenes and earthquake rescue efforts to demeanor in the classroom and at dinner tables. No one interested in the next generation of issues provoked by the mobile communication revolution will want to miss this important new collection of essays. The mobile phone has given near-transcendent power to ordinary people. All aspects of social life have been touched by mobile technology. An ever-growing host of tracking, immersion, gaming, and commercial applications are becoming available. The community of mobile communication scholars has blossomed from a handful of pioneers a decade ago to a large and dynamic intellectual community that spans the globe. Area researchers have gained much insight into cultural, symbolic, and social interaction aspects of mobile communication as well as its relevance to commerce.
To address the social policy dimension of the mobile communication revolution, this volume presents analyses by leading thinkers in the field. The volume offers novel and keen insights into the topic. Subjects include the role of mobiles in policy formation and evaluation in several areas including the mobile-digital divide and political campaigns. Also explored are processes and policy implications of mobiles in creating or alleviating social problems including social isolation and family dispersion. Other chapters analyze social policies for mobile devices, including attempts to regulate the use of the technology and to understand and moderate its potential harm to human health. The contributors’ scope ranges across five continents and they address concerns at local, national, and international levels.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 短短的几十年里，在他们的商业部署下，大约50亿人--也就是全球总人数的四分之三，包扩儿童在内，都已发展成为移动用户。没有一种科学技术能像移动电话这样巨大的成功，这一成功的影响可谓无处不在，从事故现场到地震营救，从课堂上的行为到晚宴餐桌上的举止，对移动通信改革所引发的争议感兴趣的人，绝对不想错过这本重要的散文随笔集。
移动电话似乎带给普通人超乎寻常的力量，移动科技触及到社会生活的方方面面，不断增长的追踪、游戏及商业应用系统正在快速发展。十年间，移动通信的学者社团已经由少数发展为现在的遍布全球。领域内的研究员对其进入移动通信商业文化和社会互动方面已经获有深刻的领悟。
在谈到移动通信革命的社会政策方面，本书列出了领域内资深人士的精要分析，对这一主题提供了新颖和敏锐的洞察，主题还涉及到包括移动数字鸿沟和政治运动在内的几个领域中，移动通讯在政策制定和评估方面所扮演的角色，同样也探索了移动手机在创造和缓和诸如社会隔离和家庭分散等社会问题上的政策涵义。其他章节分析了移动设备的社会政策，包括尝试对科学技术的规范使用，了解并缓和其对人类健康的潜在危害。供稿者的研究范围跨越了五大洲，他们把焦点聚焦于地方、国家和国际的级别划分上。(兼职翻译-FSF)
Awards/获奖情况：卡兹之处，现在世界上四分之三的人口都在使用移动手机，从简单的呼叫电话到移动银行，数以千计的应用程序在运行，这些现象都是在过去的十年间出现的。其中灾难期间移动网络的角色（列举了中国和斯里兰卡的例子）；移动电话是如何在选举中得以运用（列举了南非和美国的例子）；基于位置的服务；犯罪分子在监狱内外对移动电话的使用都是非常有趣且很重要的话题。通过这些例子引出最重要的研究主题--工业、政治和社会，本部作品对于我们更好理解移动通讯有着非常重要的贡献，是移动通讯时代人人必读之作。 --福特汉姆大学 通讯和媒体管理教授 约翰.凯利
移动通讯是一个全球性现象，詹姆斯.卡兹运用强大的理论表达能力和尖端的实证研究结果，讨论了移动电话在全球社会中的角色。毫无疑问，这种跨学科及国际视野的书籍最能吸引普通的眼球，同时也时所有学生和专业人士的不可错过的作品。 --北京大学 新闻通讯教授 杨博旭
About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯.卡兹是罗格斯大学传播系教授和主席，并且指导移动通讯研究。他在电信领域有两个专利申请，并曾获得哈佛大学和麻省理工学院的奖学金。
James E. Katz is professor and chair of the Department of Communication at Rutgers University where he also directs the Center for Mobile Communication Studies. In 2009, he was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Twentieth Century Communications History (Italy). Prior to coming to Rutgers, Katz headed a social science research unit at Bell Communications Research. He has two patents in the telecommunications field and has held fellowships at Harvard and MIT.
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