Peter Lang Publishing hosted a book signing at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference in March 2008 for Sharon Kleinman. Photo by Gary Drum.

Announcing a provocative book from Peter Lang Publishing for people interested in social and technological trends...

Displacing Place

Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century

Edited by Sharon Kleinman

Displacing Place addresses the far-reaching ways that mobile information and communication technologies are changing how we work, play, learn, and live.

In this collection of compelling new essays, the life-altering effects of mobile communication are analyzed by leading-edge scholars and professionals in communication, sociology, psychology, law, cultural studies, international relations, education, medicine, journalism, and environmental studies.

Displacing Place provides experts' answers to critical questions about social and technological trends in the twenty-first century.