Mary Chayko 
Portable Communities [PDF ebook] 
The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness

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Runner-Up, 2009 Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award
‘I blog, text, IM, email, and I don’t like to be without my cell phone or have to shut it off—even in a theater. Let’s put it this way, my ‘connections’ are more important than whatever I’m doing that might force me to shut my cell phone off.’ — A Member of a Portable Community
In contemporary American life, community has become a portable phenomenon—you can ‘get it to go’ wherever and whenever it is desired at the push of a button, mouse, or keyboard. In Portable Communities, sociologist Mary Chayko examines the social dynamics and implications of having access to countless others at any time. Teeming with the observations of people who blog, email, instant message, game, and chat on cell phones, wireless computers, and other portable devices, the book captures the appeal and the excitement, the challenges and the complexities, of online and mobile connectedness. Chayko considers some of the external dynamics that emerge as these communities resonate within the larger society—constant availability, social interaction that is more controlled and controllable, and new opportunities for self-expression, creativity, and even voyeurism. Internal social dynamics involving emotionality, intimacy, play, romance, and networking are also fully explored. Portable Communities provides a unique view of shifts in the social landscape and points the way toward needed social and political change.

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Table des matières

I. Introduction: The Internet, Mobile Phones, and Community
1. The Portability of Social Connectedness

II. Internal Dynamics: Inside the Portable Community
2. Thinking in Tandem: Cognitive Connectedness
            The Cognitive “Face” of the Community
            Sociomental Space
            Cognitive Resonance
            Stories and Collective Memories
            Proximity, Presence, and Reality

3. Feeling Connected: Emotionality and Intimacy
        
            Friendship and Intimacy
            Trust and Social Support
            Happiness and Hostility: The Moderation of Moods and Behavior

4    Playing Around: Fun, Games, and Hanging Out
            Games
            Just “Hanging Out”
            Playful Talk: Humor, Gossip, and Flirting
            The Seductive Allure of Fun

5    Social Networking: Convenience, Practicality, and Sociability
            Sociability
            Convenience
            Dating, Romance, and Sex
            Learning, Working, and Getting Things Done
III. External Dynamics: The Portable Community in the Society
6    Being There: Constant Availability
            Comfort and Companionship
            Emergencies
            Anxiety, Apprehension, and Overload
            The Impact on Privacy

7    Harnessing Social Interaction: The Control of Time, Space, and People
            Where, When, and Whether We Interact
            Technology-Based Strategies for Interaction
            Spontaneity and Social Interaction

8    Creating, Expressing, and Extending the Self(and Watching Others Do So)
            Socialization in a Technological Age
            The Making and Remaking of the Self
            Voyeurism, Watching, and Lurking
            Multitasking and the “Hyperlinking” of Identity

9    Shaping the Social Landscape: Equalities, Inequalities, Possibilities
            Technological Divides and Power Differentials
            Old Problems, New Angles
            Agency and Activism: Mobilizing for Social Change
            A Look Ahead

Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. The Methodology
Appendix 2: Profiles of Interview Subjects
Notes
References
Index

A propos de l’auteur

Mary Chayko is Professor of Sociology at the College of Saint Elizabeth and the author of
Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age, also published by SUNY Press.

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