The New Economy has hit China, driven by the Internet and e-commerce. China has made a good start in both areas. Since its debut, subscribers to the Internet grew exponentially from a mere 1,600 in 1994 to 16.9 million in mid-2000. E-commerce transactions registered a total revenue of 200...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Mobile Phone Balloons -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Forgotten Mobile Phone -- 2 DeWitt Clinton's "Grand Salute" versus Technologies of Social Mediation -- 3 "My Idea of Heaven Is a Daily Routine": Coordination and the Development of Mechanical Timekeeping -- 4...

Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for "real time” coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens "text” to each other day and night. The mobile phone is more than a simple technical innovation or social...