<p>Abstract</p><p>Title: “My social extension” – Twelve girls on the relationship with the mobile phone (“Min sociala</p><p>anknytning” – Tolv tjejer om relationen till mobiltelefonen)</p><p>Number of pages: 42 (43 including enclosure)</p><p>Author: Mattias Köhlmark</p><p>Tutor: Göran Svensson</p><p>Course: Media and Communication Studies D</p><p>Period: Spring semester 2006</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science,</p><p>Uppsala University.</p><p>Purpose/Aim: To investigate the emotional aspect of mobile phones and the source of those</p><p>emotions.</p><p>Material/Method: The data presented stems from three unstructured focus groups with participants</p><p>at the age of 16-19 years.</p><p>Main results: The key findings largely supports Vincents theories that the emotional language</p><p>guided towards mobile phones comes from the friends it allows us connect with. Also emancipation</p><p>can be seen as a driving force behind these emotions.</p><p>Keywords: mobile phone, mobility, absent present others, emancipation, cell phone, emotion,</p><p>emotional language,</p>

Abstract Title: “My social extension” – Twelve girls on the relationship with the mobile phone (“Min sociala anknytning” – Tolv tjejer om relationen till mobiltelefonen) Number of pages: 42 (43 including enclosure) Author: Mattias Köhlmark Tutor: Göran Svensson Course: Media and Communication Studies D Period: Spring semester 2006 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University. Purpose/Aim: To investigate the emotional aspect of mobile phones and the source of those emotions. Material/Method: The data presented stems from three unstructured focus groups with participants at the age of 16-19 years. Main results: The key findings largely supports Vincents theories that the emotional language guided towards mobile phones comes from the friends it allows us connect with. Also emancipation can be seen as a driving force behind these emotions. Keywords: mobile phone, mobility, absent present others, emancipation, cell phone, emotion, emotional language,