Mobile media ndash; from mobile phones to smartphones to netbooks ndash; are transforming our daily lives. We communicate; we locate; we network; we play; and much more using our mobile devices. In Mobile Interface Theory; Jason Farman demonstrates how the worldwide adoption of mobile technologies is causing a reexamination of the core ideas about what it means to live our everyday lives. He argues that mobile mediarsquo;s pervasive computing model; which allows users to connect and interact with the internet while moving across a wide variety of locations; has produced a new sense of self among users ndash; a new embodied identity that stems from virtual space and material space regularly enhancing; cooperating or disrupting each other. Exploring a range of mobile media practices ndash; including mobile maps and GPS technologies; location-aware social networks; urban and alternate reality games that use mobile devices; performance art; and storytelling projects ndash; Farman illustrates how mobile technologies are changing the ways we produce lived; embodied spaces.
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