Scholarly articles

Raloff, J. (2000). Two Studies Offer Some Cell-Phone Caution. Science News, Vol. 157, (No. 21), pp 326

This article offers information on two studies by an expert panel in Britain that consisted of 12 scientists, physicians, and lay members that found that to date, the balance of evidence indicates that mobile phones don’t harm health. They did however discover that there are indications that cell phone emissions can induce biological changes whose health significance is open to interpretation. Since these particular health risks are unknown, researchers say they can’t proclaim for sure that there may not be potential adverse health effects. This article may be of interest to a researcher or journalist who is interested in knowing about cell phones and how they relate to health and biology.

Daliot-Bul, M. (2007). Japan’s Mobile Technoculture: The Production of a Cellular Playscape and its cultural implications. Media Culture & Society, Vol.29, pp 954-971.

This article focuses on the reception of mobile communication by Japan’s youth in the late 1990s and how it has shaped the mobile communication market in the United States. It discusses how the mobile phone was transformed into an intensely personal part of the user’s lives, and is not just a trivial object use to release stress, but that it instead reflects and perpetuates social change. It also focuses on the youth market, and how the youth represents the new ‘avant-garde’ form of urban lifestyles. This article may be of use to a researcher or journalist who wants to know more about youth culture and cell phones, and how mobile technology may be affecting them differently than the older generation.

Keeter, K. (2007). What's missing from national landline RDD surveys?: The impact of the growing cell-only population. Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 71 (5), pp 772-792.

This article discusses how the number of cell phone only houses is continuing to increase, and how there may be a potential bias in landline telephone surveys created by the absence of cell-only households. There is a significant difference between landline households and cell-only households on many important variables surveying cell only or landline only users would create substantial bias. This article may be of interest to a researcher or journalist who is interested in knowing about the effects of switching over from landline to mobile communication, and what the implications of this crossover area.