College students’ self-positioning and mobile phone consumption

Jing Song; Shanhua Yang

doi:10.4324/9780203120941-21

College students’ self-positioning and mobile phone consumption

Jing Song, Shanhua Yang

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In recent years, mobile phones have become increasingly popular amongst college students in China. Based on a series of interviews with college students in Beijing, this chapter examines the way in which college students position themselves through their consumption of mobile phones; we refer to this as ‘self-positioning’. Self-positioning involves an understanding of the self (or selfidentification) on one hand, and the evaluation of the socio-ecological context on the other. Based on this analysis we gain an understanding of the consumption patterns of these college students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mobile Communication and Greater China
Editors	Rodney Wai-chi Chu, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pui-Lam Law, Shanhua Yang
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Pages	161-175
Number of pages	15
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781136325045, 9780203120941
ISBN (Print)	9780415678711, 9781138107571
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203120941-21
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2012

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Name	Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China

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Social Sciences(all)

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College students’ self-positioning and mobile phone consumption. / Song, Jing; Yang, Shanhua.
Mobile Communication and Greater China. ed. / Rodney Wai-chi Chu; Leopoldina Fortunati; Pui-Lam Law; Shanhua Yang. 1st. ed. Routledge, 2012. p. 161-175 ( Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China).

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