Stability and Change: Presence of the Word in a World of Cell Phones

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Within the overall theme of stability and change, panelists address issues surrounding how cellular phone technologies open and close possibilities for the presence of the word. Included are consideration of alienation and tightening bonds between people, possibilities for embodied presence, interaction of presence and telepresence, and mobile phone use as interspace.

Sub Unit

• Media Ecology Association

Individual Presentations

• Presence, Telepresence and the Cell Phone - Edward Tywoniak, Saint Mary's College

• (Im)Mobility: Exploring Social Space and Mobile Phones - Linda Evelyn Berdayes, Saint Mary's College

• The Evolving Presence of the Word: The Cell Phone - Thomas D. Zlatic, St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Session Organizer

• Katherine Karsnak, National Communication Association