America's embrace of the mobile internet : analyses and issues / Jennifer Haggard, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haggard, Jennifer, editor.

Series:

Internet theory, technology and applications.

Internet Theory, Technology and Applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wireless Internet--United States.

Mobile communication systems--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise of sophisticated mobile devices and high-speed wireless networks is transforming the Internet and how our society interacts with it. Americans are rapidly embracing mobile technologies and the opportunities they create. This book examines data from the 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS) describing Americans' use of computers and the Internet. Data from this survey depict the accelerating popularity of mobile phone-based Internet use across demographic groups. The book also reveals the explosion in mobile Internet use accompanied by narrowing but persistent disparities in computer ow

Contents:

""AMERICA'S EMBRACE OF THE MOBILE INTERNET: ANALYSES AND ISSUES""; ""AMERICA'S EMBRACE OF THE MOBILE INTERNET: ANALYSES AND ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: EXPLORING THE DIGITAL NATION: EMBRACING THE MOBILE INTERNET""; ""FOREWORD""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""THE MOBILE TRANSFORMATION""; ""GETTING ONLINE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX A. DATA AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX B. STATISTICAL TABLES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON THE ADOPTION, DESIGN AND USAGE OF MOBILE DEVICES""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""

""2. DIMENSIONS AND MODELS OF CULTURE""""3. CULTURE AND MOBILE DEVICES""; ""4. DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND ACRONYMS""; ""Chapter 3: TEXT AND MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""CONGRESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO SMS-RELATED ISSUES""; ""APPENDIX. TEXT BLOCKING WITH SELECTED MAJOR CARRIERS�INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-606-6

OCLC:

898475396