Books

Understanding inequality is key when researching digital media and its impact on political life. Daniel S Lane, together with Emilija Gagrčin from the Bergen Media Use Research Group and Ying Qi Pan, introduce the the concept of digital political inequality and a framework for an in-depth understanding of digital inequality in a political and global context.

What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? John Magnus Dahl's book is based on long-term ethnographic work, and shows how the phone is an important tool for creating the kind of social relationships boys see as important, and thus a way to increase freedom and agency in their own lives.

Our everyday lives have changed since we got smartphones, but what has changed, and how? In this book, Professor Brita Ytre-Arne explores what has happened to the ways we navigate and structure our daily lives.

Book reviews:

• Kortfattet og rikt om mediebruk og mobilens plass i dagliglivet (ekstern lenke) (in norwegian)
• Book Review: Media Use in Digital Everyday Life by Brita Ytre-Arne (ekstern lenke) (Mobile Media & Communication)