TY - JOUR
T1 - Moving time and juggling spheres
T2 - (i)mobilities in the gendering of the mobile phone by adult Portuguese women
AU - Ganito, Carla
PY - 2012/12/4
Y1 - 2012/12/4
N2 - We define ourselves as human beings within a certain time and space context. These dimensions are now being transformed as our experience is mediated by mobile technologies. But how is this transformation occurring in women's lives? Are women allowed a more comprehensive management of their time? This research, focusing on time, is theoretically grounded in the more recent feminist debates, identifying cultural representation and discourse as important carriers of the gender system. This work has opted for a qualitative dominant mixed method, designed to answer the question: what is the meaning of the mobile phone for women at different stages in their life trajectories? The paper argues that the role women play in society is determinant in their use of the mobile phone.
AB - We define ourselves as human beings within a certain time and space context. These dimensions are now being transformed as our experience is mediated by mobile technologies. But how is this transformation occurring in women's lives? Are women allowed a more comprehensive management of their time? This research, focusing on time, is theoretically grounded in the more recent feminist debates, identifying cultural representation and discourse as important carriers of the gender system. This work has opted for a qualitative dominant mixed method, designed to answer the question: what is the meaning of the mobile phone for women at different stages in their life trajectories? The paper argues that the role women play in society is determinant in their use of the mobile phone.
KW - Mobile phone
KW - Technology
KW - Time
KW - Women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872679334&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14680777.2012.741874
DO - 10.1080/14680777.2012.741874
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872679334
SN - 1468-0777
VL - 12
SP - 570
EP - 579
JO - Feminist Media Studies
JF - Feminist Media Studies
IS - 4
ER -