1Chapter 1. Pragmatics, Cyberpragmatics, and Smartphones
394.9 The physical–virtual interface and the importance of location
21.1 Introduction
404.10 Communicating through locative apps
31.2 An inferential model of communication
414.11 Cyberpragmatics of Facebook check-ins
41.3 Comprehension
424.12 Towards online-offline congruence
51.4 Explicit versus implicated interpretations
434.13 The discourse of social networking apps
61.5 Internet pragmatics
444.14 Discourse on social networking apps: visual
71.6 Cyberpragmatics
454.15 Interaction on social networking apps
81.7 Contextual constraints and non-propositional effects
464.16 Specificity of social networking apps
91.8 Smartphone communication and app usability
474.17 Conclusion
101.9 Conclusion
484.18 Questions
111.10 Questions
49Chapter 5. The Diffusion of Wireless Communication in the World
12Chapter 2. Smartphone-Mediated Discourse and Communication
505.1 Introduction
132.1 Introduction
515.2 Global Diffusion of Mobile Telephony
142.2 Texting: from SMS to Smartphone Messaging
525.3 Regional Diffusion of Mobile Telephony
152.3 Phone calls and video calls are (surprisingly) also enabled
535.4 Mobile Telephony in Europe
162.4 New narratives and storytelling on the smartphone
545.5 Mobile Telephony in the Americas
172.5 Digital narratives and social networking apps
555.6 Mobile Telephony in Asia
182.6 Conclusion
565.7 Mobile Telephony in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
192.7 Questions
575.8 Trends in Mobile Data Diffusion
20Chapter 3. Media on The Smartphone
585.9 Factors Accounting for Differences in Penetration Rates of Wireless Communication Technology
213.1 Introduction
595.10 Sociocultural Factors
223.2 Media on the smartphone: Images
605.11 Conclusion
233.3 The selfie
615.12 Questions
243.4 Media on the smartphone: Video and animation (GIF, sticker)
62Chapter 6. The Social Differentiation of Wireless Communication Users: Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status
253.5 Smartphone video
636.1 Introduction
263.6 GIFs
646.2 Is There an Age Divide?
273.7 Animated stickers
656.3 The Gendering of Mobile Communication: Myth and Reality
28 3.8 Conclusion
666.4 Gendered Uses
293.9 Questions
676.5 Blurring of Gender Lines
30Chapter 4. The Interplay Between The Physical and The Virtual
686.6 Gender and Culture
314.1 Introduction
696.7 Haves and Have-Nots in the Mobile Universe: The Class Dimension of Wireless Communication
324.2 Contextual constraints on livestreaming
706.8 Wireless Communication for Lower-Income Groups: When Class Shapes Technology
334.3 Streamer motivations
716.9 Community out of Necessity: Collective Sharing
344.4 Audience motivations
726.10 The Last Resort: “Beeping”
354.5 Interface for livestreaming
736.11 Ethnicity, Culture, and the Uses of Mobile Communication
364.6 Streaming-centred interaction
746.12 Conclusion
374.7 Non-propositional effects from livestreaming
756.13 Questions
384.8 Location-based smartphone interaction
76Glossary
