New Tech, New Ties

How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion

Richard Ling

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English

MIT Press
24 September 2010

Impact of science & technology on society; Technology: general issues; Communications engineering & telecommunications; Mobile phone technology; Fibre optics

Series: The MIT Press

How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion.

The message of this book is simple- the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends. With a traditional land-line telephone, we place calls to a location and ask hopefully if someone is ""there""; with a mobile phone, we have instant and perpetual access to friends and family regardless of where they are. But when we are engaged in these intimate conversations with absent friends, what happens to our relationship with the people who are actually in the same room with us? In New Tech, New Ties, Rich Ling examines how the mobile telephone affects both kinds of interactions-those mediated by mobile communication and those that are face to face. Ling finds that through the use of various social rituals the mobile telephone strengthens social ties within the circle of friends and family-sometimes at the expense of interaction with those who are physically present-and creates what he calls ""bounded solidarity."" Ling argues that mobile communication helps to engender and develop social cohesion within the family and the peer group. Drawing on the work of Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, and Randall Collins, Ling shows that ritual interaction is a catalyst for the development of social bonding. From this perspective, he examines how mobile communication affects face-to-face ritual situations and how ritual is used in interaction mediated by mobile communication. He looks at the evidence, including interviews and observations from around the world, that documents the effect of mobile communication on social bonding and also examines some of the other possibly problematic issues raised by tighter social cohesion in small groups.

By: Richard Ling
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780262515047
ISBN 10: 0262515040
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 24 September 2010
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rich Ling is Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Senior Research Scientist at the Telenor Research Institute near Oslo, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan. He is the author of New Tech, New Ties- How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion (MIT Press, 2008).

Reviews for New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion

I recommend this book to practitioners in the field of mobile communications. -- <b>Eric W. Yocam</b> * <i>Computing Reviews</i> *

Winner of <PrizeName>Honorable Mention, Sociology &#38; Social Work category, 2008 PROSE Awards presented by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.</PrizeName> 2008
Winner of <PrizeName>Winner, Media Ecology Association's 2009 Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction.</PrizeName> 2008
Winner of Honorable Mention, Sociology & Social Work category, 2008 PROSE Awards presented by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. 2008
Winner of Honorable Mention, Sociology & Social Work category, 2008 PROSE Awards presented by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. 2008
Winner of Honorable Mention, Sociology &#38; Social Work category, 2008 PROSE Awards presented by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.</PrizeName> 2008
Winner of Winner, Media Ecology Association's 2009 Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction. 2008