Mobile Culture: A Biography of the Mobile Phone

移动文化项目将手机作为文化对象进行调查，调查手机的历史、文化生产、消费、政治经济和监管。它将为广泛使用的新媒体技术--移动通信的文化贡献新的知识。这项研究将为文化和媒体研究中的核心理论问题提供新的见解，例如文化和技术之间的关系，以及利用政治经济学进行文化分析。这项研究将为新媒体研究设计创新的方法。成果包括一本两卷本的书，以及关于移动消费、使用和政策的研讨会论文集。

The Mobile Culture project will investigate the mobile phone as cultural object, investigating its history, cultural production, consumption, political economy and regulation. It will contribute new knowledge on the culture of a widely used new media technology, mobile communications. The study will provide fresh insights into central theoretical questions in cultural and media studies, such as the relationship between culture and technology, and the use of political economy for cultural analysis. The study will devise innovative methods for new media study. Outcomes include a two-volume book, and workshop proceedings on mobile consumption, use, and policy.