Socio-cultural approaches to the study of technology appropriation processes highlight the possibility that a technological device will not always be used in the planned ways. Based on a set of in-depth interviews with adult mobile phone users, this article analyzes the limits and resistances faced by some aspects of its use, related to three issues: the perception that certain uses are not of free choice but are explained by external pressures, the refusal to allocate amounts that are considered unjustified for the acquisition of the most sophisticated terminals and criticism of forms of use that are considered excessive. Consequently, these findings underline that the process of domestication of a technology, in this case mobile telephony...
Dans cet article l'auteur aborde la question de l’appropriation de la technologie du téléphone porta...
The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of mobile telephony on the cultural attitud...
Abstract / In this article I examine the deployment of cell phones in two different contexts. The fi...
Socio-cultural approaches to the study of technology appropriation processes highlight the possibili...
[EN] In this paper we reflect about the practices of use of technologies, considering the specific c...
During twelve months of fieldwork in a low-income neighbourhood in the city of Florianópolis carried...
The purpose of this work is to examine the usefulness of the domestication approach applied to the s...
As soon as a technology is implemented in a culture, it is possible to observe social uses that were...
This article focuses on a very relevant topic: current consumption patterns. It mentions the role of...
Mobile telephony is the most widespread technology among information and communication technologies ...
Nowadays, mobile phones are an essential communication tool and even a personal symbol which often d...
Assim que uma tecnologia é implementada em uma cultura, é possível observar usos sociais imprevistos...
La telefonía móvil es la tecnología de más amplia difusión entre las tecnologías de información y co...
In this article I analize some of the implications brought about by the centrality that cell phones ...
Of the major systems shaping the social ties of the modern age, the telephone is undoubtedly the one...
Dans cet article l'auteur aborde la question de l’appropriation de la technologie du téléphone porta...
The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of mobile telephony on the cultural attitud...
Abstract / In this article I examine the deployment of cell phones in two different contexts. The fi...
Socio-cultural approaches to the study of technology appropriation processes highlight the possibili...
[EN] In this paper we reflect about the practices of use of technologies, considering the specific c...
During twelve months of fieldwork in a low-income neighbourhood in the city of Florianópolis carried...
The purpose of this work is to examine the usefulness of the domestication approach applied to the s...
As soon as a technology is implemented in a culture, it is possible to observe social uses that were...
This article focuses on a very relevant topic: current consumption patterns. It mentions the role of...
Mobile telephony is the most widespread technology among information and communication technologies ...
Nowadays, mobile phones are an essential communication tool and even a personal symbol which often d...
Assim que uma tecnologia é implementada em uma cultura, é possível observar usos sociais imprevistos...
La telefonía móvil es la tecnología de más amplia difusión entre las tecnologías de información y co...
In this article I analize some of the implications brought about by the centrality that cell phones ...
Of the major systems shaping the social ties of the modern age, the telephone is undoubtedly the one...
Dans cet article l'auteur aborde la question de l’appropriation de la technologie du téléphone porta...
The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of mobile telephony on the cultural attitud...
Abstract / In this article I examine the deployment of cell phones in two different contexts. The fi...