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Paper Abstract:
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The increased use of mobile technology in everyday life changes the behavior in well-known situations. This article
reports from an ethnographic study of laptop use, more specifically it focuses on three findings from the students
everyday life where the laptop is present; the private screen, Online Tics and Screen Saver fear. Goffmans different
views of involvement are used to conduct an analysis of the findings. The analysis shows how the different forms of
involvement, which the laptop enables, also favors external contacts and activities, which had not been tolerated without
the mediation of the laptop. Further, the analysis tells us something about the role the laptop takes in use. The connection
between the laptop and work, the students strive to always be connected and the related online tics that the laptop
triggers support the role of the laptop as an Alibi. |
