Emotions and Technology: Emotions and Mobile Technology (ePub)

With the growing proliferation of new technologies that enable aspects of life to become increasingly mobile, scientists have turned their attention toward how these devices and their accompanying technologies enhance connectedness. As part of the series Emotions and Technology, this text specifically examines mobile technologies in relation to social and emotional outcomes, including self-management, relationship skills, and awareness of self. It goes on to demonstrate how mobile technologies facilitate these developing competencies and how they are informed by culture and social structures. The first half of the book provides cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of mobile technologies and emotion. It moves on to explore educational research and applications in formal and informal spaces, and concludes with an outline of recent research on new mobile technologies, the expression of emotion and emotional responses to the use of these devices in popular culture.Presents a wide view of emotion and mobile technologies that ranges from a biological process to more constructivist definitionsUses social and psychological theoretical frameworksIncludes multidisciplinary examinations of mobile technologies and emotions Examines how mobile devices enhance educational and developmental factorsHighlights social and emotional learning (SEL) and how it interfaces with mobile devicesPays close attention to underserved populations, including individuals with disabilities—the challenges they face and benefits they receive when working with mobile technology