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Are we evolved to live with mobiles? An evolutionary view of mobile communication

Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences

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Title Are we evolved to live with mobiles? An evolutionary view of mobile communication
 
Creator Lai, Chih-Hui
E. Katz, James
 
Subject mobile communication; social media; evolutionary theory; survival; sexual selection
 
Description By providing ultimate explanations for human behaviors, an evolutionary perspective lends itself to understanding why and how mobile communication occupies an ever increasingly critical role in modern life. From the perspective of evolution, human behaviors - in interaction with the environment - are driven by, and can be made understandable through the pursuit of physical and social survival and reproductive success. An evolutionary perspective can yield insight into commonalities observed in mobile communication across societies and cultures. To achieve these objectives, we revisit and reanalyze existing research on mobile communication through an evolutionary lens. In the process, we demonstrate that seemingly inexplicable activities from a conventional communication perspective can be meaningfully interpreted from an evolutionary perspective. We extend the evolutionary perspective on mobile communication to examine implications for social policy and further research.
 
Publisher Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 
Date 2012-01-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Peer-reviewed Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.periodicapolytechnica.org/so/article/view/1567
10.3311/pp.so.2012-1.05
 
Source Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences; Vol. 20, No. 1 (2012); 45-54
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.periodicapolytechnica.org/so/article/view/1567/885
 
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