Mobile Media & Communication

Impact Factor: 1.8

Coeditors-in-Chief: Adriana de Souza e Silva, Jeffrey Boase

Discipline: Communication, Media Studies

Description:

Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. The journal publishes primarily social scientific and humanistic scholarship engaging broadly with the topic of mobility in communication and media. The study of mobile media and communication focuses on how mobile devices, platforms, and networked infrastructures shape the movement of human bodies, social life, psychology, and culture. The journal welcomes studies and analyses of the wider social, cultural, political, and governance implications of mobile media and communication – for instance, analysis from political science and theory perspectives of mobile communication, mainstream and alternative politics, the role of mobile communication in new formations of political life, activism, and so on.   Contributions may include, but are not limited to, explorations of the following topics: Social and cultural dimensions of mobile communication The ubiquitous presence of mobile communication in everyday life. The embeddedness of mobile communication within social networks, and the mutual shaping of technology and social structures. Cultural differences in mobile communication. Mobile communication in the Global South. The interconnections between mobile communication and marginalized groups. Policy, power, and political perspectives on mobile communication. Mobile communication and the contemporary media landscape Specific ‘cultures’ of mobile communication and media, and their implications for how we understand contemporary culture. Media representations of mobile communication. Industries, innovation structures, entrepreneurship, and political economy of mobile communication and media. Policy and regulatory concerns raised by mobile communication and media.   Spatial, geographic, and sustainability perspectives Mobile communication in urban, suburban, and rural spaces. The social functions played by mobile media across different communities, locations, and regions internationally. Local uses and experiences of mobile communication. The geopolitics of mobile communication. The environmental and sustainability dynamics and implications of mobile communication and mobile media.   Histories and futures of mobile communication History of mobile media AI and mobile communication Emergence of new uses, experiences, negotiation of norms, and symbolic representation by producers and users.   Applied domains and uses Mobile learning and education. Mobile health. Mobile journalism and civic engagement. Mobile gaming. Mobiles and development. Mobiles and digital inequalities. Persuasion through mobile media in various domains. Disconnection from mobile media and communication.   The 10th Anniversary Special Issue and the inaugural issue further explain and define the field of mobile media and communication.