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Taylor-Harper2003
BibType ARTICLE
Key Taylor-Harper2003
Author(s) Alex S. Taylor, Richard Harper
Title The gift of the gab?: a design oriented sociology of young people's use of mobiles
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Tag(s) EMCA, design, ethnography, mobile phones, mobiles, phones, short messaging, SMS, teenagers, texting, texters, young people
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Year 2003
Language English
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Journal Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Volume 12
Number 3
Pages 267-296
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Abstract

This paper reports ethnographically informed observations of the use of mobile phones and text messaging services amongst young people. It offers a sociological explanation for the popularity of text messaging and for the sharing of mobile phones between co-proximate persons. Specifically, it reveals that young people use mobile phone content and the phones themselves to participate in the practices of gift exchange. By viewing mobile phone use in this way, the paper suggests a number of possibilities for future phone-based applications and supporting hardware.

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