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Introduction to the Social Transformations from the Mobile Internet Special Issue

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  • Jason Farman

    (University of Maryland, 1102 Holzapfel Hall, College Park, MD 20853, USA)

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The social transformations brought about by the mobile internet are extensive. In discussing the broad range of these transformations—positioned as a shift from personal computing to pervasive computing—this editorial elaborates on the key contributions addressed by the articles in this special issue of Future Internet . These articles touch on topics such as the digital divide, the role of the mobile internet in revolutions like the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement, the development of site-specific and context-aware news, the incorporation of the internet into existing technologies like the automobile, and the utilization of the mobile internet to transform everyday spaces into game spaces.

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  • Jason Farman, 2012. "Introduction to the Social Transformations from the Mobile Internet Special Issue," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 4(2), pages 1-6, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:4:y:2012:i:2:p:545-550:d:17922
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    1. Ben S. Bunting & Jacob Hughes & Tim Hetland, 2012. "The Player as Author: Exploring the Effects of Mobile Gaming and the Location-Aware Interface on Storytelling," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-19, February.
    2. Nathan Jurgenson, 2012. "When Atoms Meet Bits: Social Media, the Mobile Web and Augmented Revolution," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-9, January.
    3. Gerard Goggin, 2012. "Driving the Internet: Mobile Internets, Cars, and the Social," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-16, March.
    4. Katie Brown & Scott W. Campbell & Rich Ling, 2011. "Mobile Phones Bridging the Digital Divide for Teens in the US?," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-15, May.
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