Conclusion: making meaning of mobiles - a theory of Apparatgeist

By Jonathan B. Katz, Mark Aakhus. 2002

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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Mobile banking and economic development: linking adoption, impact, and use (2008, background): “The first comment illustrates a sensitivity to the way the mobile alters one’s availability to others and the management of one’s personal time, a phenomenon described as ‘perpetual contact’ (Katz & Aakhus, 2002).”
Implications of Mobility: The Uses of Personal Communication Media in Everyday Life (2006, unknown): “Katz and Aakhus (2002) used the term Apparatgeist to describe the development of personal communication technologies in our society.”
The Presence of Cell Phones in Romantic Partner Face-to-Face Interactions: An Expectancy Violation Theory Approach (2015, background): “…an expectation of constant availability (Baron, 2008; Lasén, 2011; Licoppe, 2004; Ling, 2012), creating a dialectical tension between autonomy and connection (Duran et al., 2011; Katz & Aakhus, 2002), not only internal to the relationship but between relational partners and social network members.”
"Express yourself" / "Stay together": Tensions surrounding mobile communication in the middle-class Indian family (2006, background): “Indeed, Katz and Aakhus (2002) ask us to look beyond the symbolism of the devices, arguing instead that they embody an “Apparatgeist,” a universal quality that enables and compels users to express their autonomy.”
Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships and the Dialectic of Autonomy Versus Connection (2011, background): “It may be that the ‘‘perpetual contact’’ enabled by cell phones (Katz & Aakhus, 2002b) creates high availability expectations among some couples, setting into motion a cycle of conflict, rule generation, wanting control over the other, and feelings of restricted freedom.”
Text Messaging and Connectedness Within Close Interpersonal Relationships (2009, background): “Mobile phone texters are in ‘‘perpetual contact’’ (Katz & Aakhus, 2002a) and are virtually accessible at any given time; however, accessibility seemingly diminishes freedom.”
The Effects of Cell Phone Usage Rules on Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships (2012, background): “Katz and Aakhus (2002) viewed mobile communication technologies as creating a ‘‘consistent strain to manage competing needs for connection and autonomy’’ and a ‘‘struggle to define appropriate boundaries between public and private’’ (p. 316).”
‘I Don’t Trust the Phone; It Always Lies’ (2007, background): “…network in twenty-ªrst-century Africa, but they are still far from being the continent’s dom - inant form of network as Støvring (2004, 22) municative habits to accommodate mobile phones, and in the process undermining long-standing routines and rituals in communication (Katz & Aakhus, 2002, 308).”