Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3497
Title: Families without Borders: Mobile Phones, Connectedness and Work-Home Divisions
Contributor(s): Wajcman, Judy (author); Bittman, Michael  (author); Brown, Judith Elizabeth  (author)
Publication Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508091620
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3497
Abstract: This article examines the widespread proposition that the mobile phone dissolves the boundaries that separate work and home, extending the reach of work. It analyses data derived from a purpose-designed survey to study social practices surrounding mobile phone use.The key components of the survey investigated here are a questionnaire and a log of phone calls retrieved from respondents' handsets. Rather than being primarily a tool of work extension, or even a tool that facilitates greater work-family balance, we show that the main purpose of mobile phone calls is to maintain continuing connections with family and friends. Our findings suggest that individuals exert control over the extent to which calls invade their personal time, actively encouraging deeper contacts with intimates
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Sociology, 42(4), p. 635-652
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1469-8684
0038-0385
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160899 Sociology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940112 Families and Family Services
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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