Permanently Online, Permanently Connected : Living and Communicating in a POPC World (Hardcover)

Introduction Chapter 1: A brief history of individual addressability: The role of mobile communication in being permanently connected Chapter 2: The Permanently Online and Permanently Connected Mind: Mapping the Cognitive Structures behind Mobile Internet Use Chapter 3: Methodological Challenges of POPC for Communication Research Chapter 4: Reconceptualising uses and gratifications vis-a-vis smartphone applications: The case of WhatsApp Chapter 5: Always On? Explicating Impulsive Influences on Media Use Chapter 6: Permanence of Online Access and Internet Addiction Chapter 7: Multitasking: Does It Actually Exist? Chapter 8: Threaded Cognition Approach to Multitasking and Activity Switching in a Permanently Online and Permanently Connected Ecosystem Chapter 9: Living in the moment: Self-Narratives of Permanently Connected Media Users Chapter 10: Getting the Best Out of POPC While Keeping the Risks in Mind: The Calculus of Meaningfulness and Privacy Chapter 11: The Experience of Narrative in the Permanently Online, Permanently Connected Environment: Multitasking, Self-Expansion, and Entertainment Effects Chapter 12: Being POPC together: Permanent Connectedness and Group Dynamics Chapter 13: POPC and Social Relationships Chapter 14: Between Surveillance and Sexting: Permanent Connectedness and Intimate Relationships Chapter 15: Growing Up Online: Media Use and Development in Early Adolescence Chapter 16: Being Mindfully Connected ? Responding to the Challenges of Adolescents living in a POPC World Chapter 17: Permanent Connections Around the Globe Chapter 18: The POPC Citizen: Political Information in the Fourth Age of Political Communication Chapter 19: The Networked Young Citizen as POPC (permanently online, permanently connected) Citizen Chapter 20: Permanent Entertainment and Political Behavior Chapter 21: POPC and Well-Being: A Risk-Benefit Analysis Chapter 22: Being permanently online and being permanently connected at work: A demands-resources perspective Chapter 23: The Dose Makes the Poison: Theoretical Considerations and Challenges of Health-Related POP