Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Kathryn A. Kozaitis
Abstract
What is the impact of mobile phones on those who use them? Does the use of mobile phones affect sociocultural systems when they are introduced? With the prevalence of the mobile phone in society today it is imperative that mobile phone use is studied. Through the use of ethnography, I have studied students at Georgia State University in order to understand the mobile phones influence on this particular culture. I have found that my participants have been changed through use of this device as it has become a part of themselves, adding functionality to users while splitting their focus between the digital world mediated by the phone and physical reality. I found that participant’s sentiments of their phones were conflicting. They praised their device while remaining wary about its effects on them and others.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/7035312
Recommended Citation
Miller, Ryan C., "The Mobile Phone and You: Human Interaction and Integration with Mobile Technology." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2015.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/7035312