Families without Borders: Mobile Phones, Connectedness and Work-Home Divisions

Wajcman, Judy; Bittman, Michael; Brown, Judith E

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Families without Borders: Mobile Phones, Connectedness and Work-Home Divisions

Date

2008

Authors

Wajcman, Judy

Bittman, Michael

Brown, Judith E

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

This article examines the widespread proposition that the mobile phone dissolves the boundaries that separate work and home, extending the reach of work. It analyses data derived from a purpose-designed survey to study social practices surrounding mobile