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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 24d

📲 Always feel pressured to be online?

This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, ‪@annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘‍♀️

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 24d

📱🏠 How did smartphones shape the lives of China’s left-behind children during COVID-19?

Pei Shao’s study shows how families governed kids’ phone use, reshaping household space, family roles, and parenting under state oversight.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Sep 3

📱🌍 CfP — Special Issue
Messaging Applications & Global Cultures of Mobility

How do chat apps (WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE & more) shape mobility, politics, resistance & everyday life worldwide?

📅 Abstracts due: Nov 1, 2025

🔗 Full CfP: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mes...

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Chafic Tony Najem @chaficnajem.bsky.social · Sep 1

My latest, Digital Carceral Mobilities, is out now with @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social!
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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Sep 2

📱🔒 Smuggled phones are reshaping life in Lebanon’s prisons.

chaficnajem.bsky.social‬ shows how inmates use illicit tech to reclaim mobility, share realities, & resist confinement - showing the power & limits of digital connectivity.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 27

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, sakari.taipale.bsky.social‬ and mireiafa.bsky.social��, for their dedication and vision in curating this special i#LaterLifeaterL#MobileCommunicationnication. 🙌

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 27

📱👵 How do seniors navigate smartphones in a post-pandemic world?

Simone Carlo & Francesco Diodati show how seniors in Italy’s first COVID-19 “Red Zone” tactically resist, adapt & strategize around mobile use—shaped by culture, ties & digital-first services.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 27

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, sakaritaipale.bsky.social‬ and ‪mireiafa.bsky.social‬, for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue o#LaterLifefe an#MobileCommunicationon. 🙌

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 27

📱👵 How do seniors navigate smartphones in a post-pandemic world?

Simone Carlo & Francesco Diodati show how seniors in Italy’s first COVID-19 “Red Zone” tactically resist, adapt & strategize around mobile use—shaped by culture, ties & digital-first services.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 New Book Review Published!

We're excited to share our latest book review of “Wi-Fi”

✍️ by Thomas Julian, Wilken Rowan & Rennie Ellie

🧐 Reviewed by ‪@shujun-liu.bsky.social

🔗 Read the full review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 19

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, Rich Ling, Scott Campbell, and ‪@larawolfers.bsky.social‬, for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue on #MobileCommunication #Theory. 🙌

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 19

📱✨ Theorizing Dis/Connection by Mariek Vanden Abeele & ‪@trinesy.bsky.social‬ bridges mobile media studies & digital disconnection.

They propose 5 axioms linking media affordances with moral values—paving the way for mobile media studies beyond mobile media.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 6

📱✨ CFP: Special Issue "Mobile AI"
How is AI reshaping mobile practices & everyday mobility?

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
👥 Eds: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢 We're excited to share our latest book review:
“The Global Smartphone: Beyond a Youth Technology”
✍️ by D. Miller, L. Abed Rabho, P. Awondo, M. de Vries, M. Duque, P. Garvey, L. Haapio-Kirk, C. Hawkins, A. Otaegui, S. Walton & X. Wang
🧐 review by Yongjian Li

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢 New Book Review!
We're excited to share our latest book review of:
"The Psychology of Phubbing (Springer Briefs in Psychology)"

✍️ by Yeslam Al-Saggaf
🧐 reviewed by Sangita Goswami

🔗 Read the full review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌍💼📲 Rethinking the workplace in a remote world:
Erika Polson explores how digital nomads create a global sense of work—blending place, mobility & digital tools into a connected lifestyle.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, @sakaritaipale.bsky.social and @mireiafa.bsky.social, for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue on #LaterLife and #MobileCommunication. 🙌

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

👵📱How do older adults in Italy feel about mobile phones?
New research by Leopoldina Fortunati, Manuela Farinosi & Federico de Luca finds emotional discomfort & generational divides still shape mobile use.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, @sakaritaipale.bsky.social and @mireiafa.bsky.social, for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue on #LaterLife and #MobileCommunication. 🙌

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

👵📱 Digital ageism on TikTok?

Ariuntsetseg Erdenebat & Admilson Veloso da Silva analyze 300 #aging & #antiaging posts—revealing 7 portrayals of women’s aging, from “anti-aging” ideals to challenging stereotypes.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, @sakaritaipale.bsky.social and @mireiafa.bsky.social, for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue on #LaterLife and #MobileCommunication. 🙌

Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 11

📲 Do older adults see mobile devices as useful for health?

📊 New study by Dennis Rosenberg analyzes HINTS data on how age, race, gender & income shape perceptions.

🔍 Some groups benefit more—revealing a third-level digital divide.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jul 1

📱 Kinship over WhatsApp—at 3,500m above sea level 🏔️🧑‍🤝‍🧑

In remote Quechua communities, mobile media sustains deep ties of care & connection.

Martina Di Tullio & Edgar Gómez-Cruz explore a “ mobile mutuality of being” in the Jujuy Puna.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jun 30

A heartfelt thank you to our guest editors, @sakaritaipale.bsky.social and @mireiafa.bsky.social for their dedication and vision in curating this special issue on #LaterLife and #MobileCommunication. 🙌

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · Jun 30

📱 How do older adults (65+) use mobile tech to boost well-being?

Riitta Hänninen & Sini Tiihonen reveal how they creatively adapt—using digital & non-digital “workarounds”—to navigate challenges and support successful ageing. 💡✨

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