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Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self
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This chapter focuses on how the intimacy of people with their communication devices results in attitude changes. It discusses the role of mobile phones, e-mail, text messages, and online interaction in modern day life. Communication technology helps people stay connected with one another despite not being physically present in the same place. However, the drawback seems to be that people give priority to people who are online rather than people who are physically present with them. The chapter explores the attachment of people with the Internet, which provides experiences that break the monotony of work, whether professional or personal. It further discusses the use of online role playing games by adolescents, creating different personas for themselves, and making changes that they would like to make in real life.
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- Authors
- Turkle, S.
- Venue
- Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2008-05-09
- Pages
- 121-138
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- W4235249586
- Cited by
- 207
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 15.44
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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