Untangling the technology cluster

Mobile telephony, internet use and the location of social ties

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12654841
AutoresRadhamany Sooryamoorthy (0000-0001-6011-7807, University of KwaZulu-Natal, autor de correspondencia), B Paige Miller (Louisiana State University), Wesley Shrum (0000-0001-5040-6584, Louisiana State University)
Año2008
Volumen10
Número5
Páginas729-749
Fecha de publicación2008-09-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444808094354
OpenAlexW2158724753
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas16

Among the communication technologies introduced in the developing world during the past century, none has grown more rapidly than mobile telephony.Yet the impact of mobile phone use on social relationships has received limited systematic study. This article examines the factors associated with mobile phone usage in the south Indian state of Kerala and the social structural consequences of such usage, particularly the composition and location of the social ties maintained through mobile technologies. Bivariate analysis of mobile phone usage and network composition shows that frequent users have fewer local ties and more external ties than non-frequent users. However, these effects are due largely to the association of email and mobile phone use. The article shows that internet use increases, while mobile phone use decreases the geographical diversity of social ties. The implication is that mobile telephony and internet technologies may have different consequences for the globalization process

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