Perpetual Contact: Notes on the contributors

By James E. Katz, Mark Aakhus. 2002

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Mobile Communication as a Social Stage (2004, background): “For most Finnish teenagers, the mobile phone can be interpreted as an organic part of everyday life, rather than an indication of status (Oksman and Rautiainen, 2002), a fetishized object as for Japanese teens (Ito, 2001) or a fashion accessory as for young Italians (Fortunati, 2002).”
How Does the Internet Affect Social Capital (2004, background): “For example, the use of short text messages on mobile phones leads to increased social contact because it is often used to arrange face-to-face meetings with close friends (Katz & Aakhus, 2002).”
Mobile Communication in Romantic Relationships: Mobile Phone Use, Relational Uncertainty, Love, Commitment, and Attachment Styles (2010, background): “This adds to a growing literature showing how communication technology plays an increasingly vital role in creating, maintaining, and terminating personal relationships (e.g., Katz & Aakhus, 2002).”
Staying connected while on the move (2006, background): “, redrawing the boundary between public and private spaces) in various countries (Katz, 2003; Katz and Aakhus, 2002).”
Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?: motives and use of facebook (2008, background): “In many ways, this use of Facebook reflects the desire for ‘perpetual contact’ [15], and previously supplied by standalone services like Twitter [24].”
The mobile phone, perpetual contact and time pressure (2009, background): “In opposition to these ideas, specialist academic writing on the mobile phone emphasizes its role in micro-coordination, the way it offers greater flexibility of schedules and control over timing, thereby even saving time and, perhaps, reducing the sensation of being ceaselessly harried (Haddon, 200”
THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMS TEXT MESSAGING (2004, background): “It is estimated that 72.1% of western Europe own a mobile phone (Katz & Aakhus, 2002) and that over one billion messages of up to 160 characters are sent each month in the UK alone (AOL mobile, 2002).”
E-mail as a Source and Symbol of Stress (2011, background): “Gergen (2002) and Green (2002) show a similar paradox among heavy cell phone users.”
Mobile phone parenting: Reconfiguring relationships between Filipina migrant mothers and their left-behind children (2011, background): “Many participants see their mobile phones as a treasured possession and also a major source of recreation (Fortunati, 2002; Horst and Miller, 2006; Law and Peng, 2006).”
From Cyber to Hybrid (2006, background): “…in Asian countries, such as Japan, and in northern European countries, such as Sweden and Finland, because cell phones in these countries have been studied as collective communication media (Brown, Green, & Harper, 2002; Katz & Aakhus, 2002; Koskinen, Kurvinen, & Turo-Kimo, 2002; Rheingold, 2002).”
Technology interference in the parenting of young children: Implications for mothers’ perceptions of coparenting (2016, background): “This creates a unique “always-on” environment (Middleton, 2007) or a state of “perpetual contact” with others (Katz & Aakhus, 2002) that has only recently emerged.”
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.”