Mobile Phones in public transports (from 2001)

Connecting people
One of the things they have noticed is that people are constantly holding their mobile phones, checking if they have missed a call or if they are receiving a message. While some might say this is a sign of the tyranny of the mobile, for Dr Bell, it is a liberating device. "They allow me to stay in touch with my family, with my friends," said Dr Bell.

"They've created all those new types of conversations I can have. And people say the same thing about e-mail and the internet - this allows me to stay in touch with my family in other parts of the world. They create new opportunities for the same really important sorts of social relationships," she said.

See also:
Geneviève Bell's Intel Page: Technology and Ethnographic Research

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