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Mobile Technology and Social Identity
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Author(s): Virginia Yonkers (University at Albany (SUNY), USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 13
Source title:
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Zheng Yan (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch059
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Abstract
Cell phones and mobile technology allow an individual to create a new level of social identity in which a person does not have to be physically present to identify with or be part of an in-group. Research on mobile technology and social identity can be grouped into three categories of findings. The mobile phone is an extension of the individual. Mobile technology is used to create and maintain social networks and a feeling of belonging with reference groups, social networks, and aspired social networks. Mobile technology crosses temporal, physical, cultural, and power boundaries to create status (or lack thereof) within a community.
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