Abstract
This study examines the contemporary smartphone as a cultural artefact. Through autoethnography, ethnographic interview, and theoretical discourse, this study examines a range of perspectives toward the smartphone and the larger, ongoing computing revolution which began in the 20th century. This study is exploratory, and provides any number of positions from which further research can be developed on the evolution of social life in and around computers in contemporary Western societies.
Advisor
Adams, Abigail
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Policastro, Matthew J., "The Smartphone Self" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1194.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1194
Disciplines
Other Sociology | Sociology of Culture
Keywords
technology, cyborg, phone, smartphone, Sociology and Anthropology, ethnography
Publication Date
2013
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2013 Matthew J. Policastro