April 28, 2005

Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age

Conference organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd. (April 28–30, 2005 - Budapest, Hungary EU)
While in all areas of life we witness a radical increase in the demand for mobile internet access, questions as regards further directions of development are at many points open, and need to be addressed by the social sciences. Contrary to earlier expectations, the emergence of computer-based, networked, interactive communication enhances, rather than diminishes, the physical mobility of users. The mobile telephone is by now more than merely a device to transmit voice. It has become a multi-purpose data transmitter – a mobile companion.

Start date: April 28, 2005 01:10 PM

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