ABSTRACT
Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently online/permanently connected phenomenon, its causes and consequences, and its applied implications. Due to the diffusion of mobile devices, the ways people communicate and interact with each other and use electronic media have changed substantially within a short period of time. This megatrend comes with fundamental challenges to communication, both theoretical and empirical. The book offers a compendium of perspectives and theoretical approaches from leading thinkers in the field to empower communication scholars to develop this research systematically, exhaustively, and quickly. It is essential reading for media and communication scholars and students studying new media, media effects, and communication theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|39 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|7 pages
Permanently Online and Permanently Connected
chapter 2|8 pages
A Brief History of Individual Addressability
chapter 3|11 pages
The Permanently Online and Permanently Connected Mind
part II|53 pages
POPC and Decision-Making
chapter 5|8 pages
Reconceptualizing Uses and Gratifications vis-à-vis Smartphone Applications
part III|67 pages
Social Dynamics of POPC
chapter 11|9 pages
Getting the Best Out of POPC While Keeping the Risks in Mind
chapter 12|13 pages
The Experience of Narrative in the Permanently Online, Permanently Connected Environment
chapter 15|13 pages
Between Surveillance and Sexting
part IV|34 pages
Socialization in a POPC Environment
chapter 17|12 pages
Being Mindfully Connected
chapter 18|9 pages
Permanent Connections Around the Globe
part V|34 pages
The POPC Citizen
chapter 19|9 pages
The POPC Citizen
part VI|33 pages
Brave New World