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This document discusses how mobile communication has changed our perception and experience of time. It argues that the mobile phone has enabled a new synthesis of "mechanical time" and "organic time" by allowing people to frequently reschedule events while on the move. This challenges the traditional view of time as fixed schedules dictated by clocks and calendars. The mobile phone has taken over some of the coordinating functions of clocks by facilitating negotiation of schedules through mobile communicati

Author

Kristof Nyiri

Language

EN