Mobile Communication and Greater China

<p>This edited volume is the first book-length study focusing entirely on mobile phone use in China. Drawing on examples from a wide range of contemporary situations in China and beyond the contributors argue that the mobile phone is in fact an important means by which one can understand a rapidly changing China and the developing culture of mobile phone usage reflects both the cultural norms and struggle of the people.</p><p>Through a theoretical comparison of usage in the West and in China the editors assert the uniqueness of China’s experience highlighting that Chinese society is being exposed simultaneously to a rapid process of industrialization and cyberization. The contributors maintain that such density of experience under a compressed period combined with a thick cultural heritage and a country still under a dictating rule provides a unique situation and offers deep insights into Chinese culture in general.</p><p>This work will be of great interest to all students and scholars of Asian communication studies ICT and Chinese culture and society.</p>