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The digital bind : constant connectivity and the reconfiguring of family, work, and friendship / Jeffrey Boase.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boase, Jeffrey, author.
- Series:
- Studies in mobile communication
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Online social networks.
- Social media and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "The Digital Bind explores the social implications of constant connectivity for family, work, and friendship. Using a new theoretical lens called the configuration approach, Jeffrey Boase shows how complex technological and social arrangements explain why individuals often draw on a multitude of apps and devices to stay connected. He presents a comprehensive empirical study that reveals three common practices of connection: media situatedness, the division of media, and temporal boundaries. These practices help individuals manage the challenges and opportunities of constant connectivity, while at the same time deeply binding the digital to the social. By combining historical context, theoretical insights, and rigorous empirical research, Boase provides a comprehensive account of how the apps and devices that we use to navigate contemporary social life have become embedded into our lives and our relationships"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The social implications of constant connectivity
- The configuration approach
- Social configurations
- Technological configurations
- Discovering practices of connection
- Three common practices of connection
- At work
- With family
- With friends
- The digital bind/
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on March 24, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Boase, Jeffrey. Digital bind
- ISBN:
- 9780197798638
- 0197798632
- 9780197798621
- 0197798624
- 9780197798614
- 0197798616
- OCLC:
- 1481493958
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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