Works (4)
Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:47
2011 journal article
Location-aware mobile media and urban sociability
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY, 13(5), 807–823.
Contributors: n & A. Silva n
author keywords: cell phones; communication; coordination; interfaces; location-aware media; locative media; mobile technologies; sociability; social networks; urban spaces
TL;DR:
It is argued that common assumptions made about location-aware mobile media, namely their ability to increase one’s spatial awareness and to encourage one to meet more people in public spaces, might be fallacious due to pre-existing practices of sociability in the city.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Mobile phone appropriation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY, 13(3), 411–426.
Contributors: A. Silva *, n, F. Salis* & C. Silva*
author keywords: access to technology; appropriation; digital divide; globalization; infrastructure; low-income communities; mobile phones; sharing; slums; theft
TL;DR:
This qualitative case study describes the social appropriation of mobile phones among low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) by asking how favela (slum) residents appropriate cell phones.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty
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3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Theorizing Locative Technologies Through Philosophies of the Virtual
COMMUNICATION THEORY, 21(1), 23–42.
Contributors: A. Silva * & n
TL;DR:
It is argued that philosophies of the virtual that dichotomize reality/representation, although perhaps sufficient for analyzing human–computer interfaces through the 21st century, are inadequate for developing theoretical approaches to understanding location-based technologies.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Assembling social space
Communication Review, 13(4), 340–372.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
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