ABSTRACT
Mobile communication is a relatively new form of interaction. For this reason, explaining mobile communication's role in social life calls for new explanatory frameworks that better integrate psychological and sociological theory. From there, we will review theoretical perspectives from psychology and sociology that complement one another in helping to explain these developments. The argument here is simply that it offers the potential for mediated communication and information exchange while the user is physically in motion, which is important because it shapes our social expectations, and the way that we structure interaction. The transformation of mobile communication into a structured part of social life provides an opportunity to revisit domestication theory to better account for changes in the socio-technological landscape at the societal as well as personal realm. Thus, mobile communication habits and the structural transformation of the technology's role in social life call for explanations that engage with both psychological and sociological processes.
