Edited by
Sharon Kleinman
Provocative and critically acclaimed...
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.
Highly recommended in journals that
are influential in the U.S. and abroad...
The Journal of Communication, flagship journal
of the International Communication Association, called Displacing Place a “timely and thoughtful exploration
of the new and evolving communication tools.”
-Michael A. Stephanone, State University
of New York at Buffalo
E-Learning
Journal said Displacing Place "is a must-read for anyone about to embark on research
in the mobile communication technology arena. This compilation of essays lays the groundwork for further in-depth exploration
of how mobile communication devices will continue to shape our daily interactions and experiences in the years to come."
-Stephanie A. Schmier, Columbia University
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries recommended
Displacing Place for all academic libraries and levels because it “provides an initial introduction
to how mobile communication technologies are changing the landscape of modern life and shaping contemporary culture.”
-G.C. David, Bentley College
Merz - Medien + Erziehung: Zeitschrift fuer Medienpaedogogik said that the "topics of the volume cover life and love in the
epic of mobile information and communication technologies and stretch as far as cybercrime and podcasting as part of public
life.... This results in a colorful rendevous of US social science written in essay style and indeed prepared in an amusing
way." (Translated from German)
