How has the meaning of term “mobile communication” changed in the past 10 years?
Over the past decade, the ability for someone to communicate real-time with distant others has moved from something that was exotic and attention grabbing to quite ordinary; having that ability is nearly equivalent to breathing. In other words, with a bit of hyperbole, one could say it is something that is taken for granted even though it is vital to the conduct of our lives and even our social survival. Our mobile devices have become like Swiss army knives – we’re able to use them as a tool to accomplish just about any of our communication needs. Give us a clearer picture of the meaning of “social policy” as it relates to the conference you are organizing? We know that computers have dramatically changed the way organizations operate; they are affecting governments, hospitals, and every other form of our existence. What we are trying to do with this event is to understand how and to what extent the mobile phone has similar transformative possibilities. We want to examine the potential
