Mobile Communication and Civil Society: Linking Patterns and Places of Use to Engagement with Others in Public

Thisstudyexaminedwhetherandhowmobilecommunicationinfluencestheextenttowhich oneengageswithnewpeopleinpublicsettings.Contrarytoourexpectation,generaluseofthe technologyinpublicdidnotdetractfromconversingwithstrangers.Shiftingfocusfrom where oneusesthemobilephoneto howitisused,wefoundthatusesforcoordinationandnewseach leadtoincreasedconversationswithstrangersinpublicsettings,whilerelationalusedetracted from them. The findings also reveal an interactive effect such that those who use mobile technologyfornews andfrequentlyuseitinpublicweremorelikelytoengagewithstrangersin public.The discussion offers interpretationofthefindings anddirectionsfor futureresearch.

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