Have you ever considered how mobile media change what we see hear and pay attention to in
urban spaces or how they alter our pedestrian movement through the city? Over the last decade
mobile media and communication technologies have become deeply integral to our perception and
bodily experience of the world. In this original book Ingrid Richardson and Rowan Wilken
explore mobile media as a lens through which to understand how embodiment both shapes and is
shaped by media experience. Bodies and Mobile Media offers a unique approach by focusing on
specific sensory affordances and body parts - including the eyes ears face hands and feet -
to consider the uneven ratios of sensory perception at work in our engagement with mobile
devices. Each chapter provides rich and accessible narratives of mobile media practices
interwoven with current scholarship in media studies and phenomenology with a concluding
chapter that considers mobile media use holistically as a synaesthetic experience. The book
thus serves as an important work of knowledge translation by interpreting theoretical insights
about the body-technology relation. This knowledge translation is crucial the authors argue
if we are to critically understand how our perception and experience of the world is mediated
by technology. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in Media Communication
and Cultural Studies.
