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Smartphones as Polymedia [PDF]
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2014 This article investigates whether smartphones function as environments of polymedia Madianou & Miller, 2012 and assesses their consequences for transnational families. Drawing on research with UK-based Filipino migrants, the article observes that users treat smartphones as integrated environments of communicative opportunities and exploit the ...
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Communications of the ACM, 2021 Should two private companies have complete control over the world's cellphones?
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Smart apps for the smart plastic surgeon
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Smartphones have the ability to benefit plastic surgeons in all aspects of patient care and education. With the sheer number of applications available and more being created everyday, it is easy to miss out on apps which could be of great relevance ...
Aniketh Venkataram +3 more
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Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China
, 2023 If we want to understand contemporary China, the key is through understanding the older generation. This is the generation in China whose life courses almost perfectly synchronised with the emergence and growth of the ‘New China’ under the rule of the ...
Wang, Xinyuan
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Smartphones in orthopaedics [PDF]
International Orthopaedics, 2012 With the introduction of the European Working Time Directive, surgical trainees are facing limited training opportunities and doctors are required to maximise their training opportunities. Smartphone sales have been rapidly increasing over the last five years and can be used as a training tool for the orthopaedic trainee and surgeon.
Nawfal, Al-Hadithy +2 more
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Domestication of Smartphones Among Adolescents in Brunei Darussalam [PDF]
, 2017 This article describes how smartphones have converged into multifunctional personal devices. Smartphones are equipped with features such as Internet access, cameras (pictures and videos) and MP3 players. While a majority of previous research investigated
Anshari, Muhammad +2 more
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Perceptions and Misperceptions of Smartphone Use: Applying the Social Norms Approach
Information, 2020 The social norms approach is an established technique to bring about behaviour change through challenging misperceptions of peer behaviour. This approach is limited by a reliance on self-report and a lack of interactivity with the target population.
John McAlaney +3 more
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Journal of Open Psychology Data, 2022 Practically all user activities on a smartphone depend on self-contained software applications, so-called apps. Due to the large number and diversity of available apps, the analysis of app usage behaviour in social science research requires elaborate pre-
Ramona Schoedel +3 more
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Education Sciences, 2020 Reading is a fundamental skill for academic success because university students need to comprehend an extensive amount of information in a short time to achieve their academic goals.
Blanka Klimova, Katarina Zamborova
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Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Chile
, 2023 What does it mean to be ageing in Chile as a migrant? What does it mean to be late middle-aged nowadays? How does living half of your life in a foreign country impact perspectives on later life? Is retirement an opportunity to go back to the home country?
Otaegui, Alfonso
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