Is Body-to-Body Communication Still the Prototype?

Fortunati, Leopoldina

doi:10.1080/01972240590895919

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“…First of all, research material clearly substantiates the argument that reading is described as a bodily practice, which includes not only hands and the upper limbs, but the whole body. Reading (and also writing) can be situated inside, and understood as part of, the body-to-body communication paradigm (Fortunati, 2005). For example, facial expressions are strongly related to reading (and writing) both on paper and digitally.…”

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“…The only difference Straker et al (2000) found was the need for greater neck flexion and head tilt with laptop use. In sociology this kind of comprehensive approach to the human body as a conveyor of communication can be found in the concept of body-to-body communication (Fortunati, 2005). It considers the entire body and body language as responsible for daily communication processes, unlike face-to-face communication which mainly emphasises the role of the human face.…”

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Bodily dimensions of reading and writing practices on paper and digitally

Taipale

2015

Telematics and Informatics

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Section: Reading As a Bodily Practicementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bodily dimensions of reading and writing practices on paper and digitally

Taipale

2015

Telematics and Informatics

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“…Mok et al (2010) have also reported that the frequency of face-to-face contacts did not really change from the 1970s until the first decade of the 21st century, and that encountering others still entails physical travelling. Fortunati et al (2013) have found that, while the use of the mobile phone was connected to face-to-face (or body-tobody; see Fortunati, 2005) sociability in Europe towards the end of the 1990s, by 2010, it was mainly the Internet that was related to sociability. This indicates that technologies that support meetings in person change over time.…”

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Do the mobile-rich get richer? Internet use, travelling and social differentiations in Finland

Taipale

2014

New Media & Society

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This article investigates the daily travelling practices that are related to mobile-only, fixed-only and combined mobile/fixed use of the Internet, and the social differentiations that are related to these three ways of accessing the Internet. Survey data (N = 612) collected from Finland in 2011 are analysed. The article shows that mobile-only Internet use is not associated with particularly diverse or frequent daily travelling practices, whereas combined mobile/fixed use is. Mobile-only Internet users are, in fact, in a relatively disadvantaged position -compared with other users, they are more typically unemployed and their household income is lower. The mobility of Internet access as such does not guarantee a safe social position in society. Mobile Internet use must be complemented with fixed use, which brings about more versatile and frequent travelling. The finding suggests that the 'mobile-rich get richer' when it comes to Internet use and daily travelling practices.

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“…As a consequence, the use of ICT may -in the long run -enable further dispersion of family members. Also outside the family, ICT has become an integral part of the management of social relationships with relatives, friends, and colleagues (Fortunati, 2005;Licoppe, 2004).…”

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Greening the Danes? Experience with consumption and environment policies

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Consumer-oriented environmental policies came high on the political agenda during the 1990s. Internationally, consumers were assigned a key role in environmental policies; also in Denmark, political initiatives were taken to promote sustainable consumer behaviour. In this article, the results of Danish policies related to consumption and environment are assessed by considering first, the environmental impacts of the political measures, and second, whether the policies have succeeded in addressing the dynamics behind increasing consumption. The study combines a theoretical understanding of consumption as an inseparable part of daily practices with empirical analyses of three fields of consumption: housing, transportation, and information and communication technology. It is pointed out that policies to promote sustainable consumption are successful only when technological development, economic structures, and information are all in accordance with each other, and this is the case only when sustainable consumption does not conflict with economic growth. A more fundamental critique thus concerns the failure of Danish consumer-oriented environmental policies to address consumption growth and the rising standards for “normal consumption.” Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007Consumer-oriented environmental policy, Sustainable consumption, Housing, Transport, Information and communication technology, Denmark,

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Is Body-to-Body Communication Still the Prototype?

Cited by 55 publications

References 39 publications

Bodily dimensions of reading and writing practices on paper and digitally

Bodily dimensions of reading and writing practices on paper and digitally

Do the mobile-rich get richer? Internet use, travelling and social differentiations in Finland

Greening the Danes? Experience with consumption and environment policies

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