The Arab world has witnessed a rapid expansion of the mobile phone in recent times. For Arabs, the mobile phone is not just for personal communication; it is also a multifunctional personal device. Mobile phones equipped with new trendy features such as Internet access, cameras, and MP3 players have become popular, particularly among Arab adolescents, who have played a very active role in adopting and appropriating multifunctional mobile communication services. Given the widespread adoption of the mobile phone within the Arab world, an important question is whether this expansion is causing communication-related social and political changes.
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This is part of the Quaderns de la Mediterrània 11
Quaderns de la Mediterrània forms part of the series of projects of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) that contribute to intercultural dialogue. This journal is the result of the will to contribute to research and study on the Mediterranean. Edited by the anthropologist Maria-Àngels Roque, the publication seeks to publicise the reality of the Mediterranean in current events such as migration, shifting values and the sociological, economic and political processes of the peoples that inhabit it and to be a forum of debate on the intercultural future of our societies. In each issue, Quaderns de la Mediterrània dedicates a central dossier to a key subject, as well as including articles on current events, a miscellany on cultural, anthropological and sociological aspects and a book review section.
QUADERNS DE LA MEDITERRANIA 11
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