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This paper provides empirical results concerning the negotiation of access and joinability by mobile phone users. It shows how access is embedded in a gift-giving economy (giving one’s number for example). It also shows that the more users make themselves available on the mobile phone, the more their mobile phone traffic increases (both incoming and outgoing). This remarkable result is discussed in terms of the reciprocity involved in the management of mobile phone relationships.
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Licoppe, C., Heurtin, J. Managing One’s Availability to Telephone Communication Through Mobile Phones: A French Case Study of the Development Dynamics of Mobile Phone Use. Personal Ub Comp 5, 99–108 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007790170013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007790170013