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Evolving mobile media ecology: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile Internet by American and German college students

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Technological convergence has led to the ability to access the internet from a variety of mobile devices. Drawing on the Mobile Phone Appropriation Model (Wirth, von Pape & Karnowski, 2008), we sought to understand how people conceptualize and use the mobile internet by conducting semistructured interviews with 21 mobile internet users, half American and half German in order to explore cross-cultural differences. Findings suggest little cross-cultural difference in use and understanding of the mobile Internet. Users do not perceive the act of “going online” as a significant step, even if it is on a mobile device. They do, however, distinguish between different ways of consuming information online (extractive and immersive), relating them to different situations and devices.

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hal-01311271 , version 1 (04-05-2016)

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Lee Humphreys, Thilo von Pape, Veronika Karnowski. Evolving mobile media ecology: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile Internet by American and German college students. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2013, 18 (4), pp.491-507. ⟨10.1111/jcc4.12019⟩. ⟨hal-01311271⟩
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