Tempo e espaço no uso do telemóvel : contributos para a sua modelização

Abstract

Man has always rehearsed and formulated strategies which enable him "feel" the control and coordination of time and space. This article, based on the concept of reflexive society, intends to analyze the implications, in terms of social interaction, of the use of a growing technological apparatus, especially the phone. The phone, while technological artifact, was designed as a mechanism by which actors communicate, without the need to be in co-presence. Is in this sense we try one possible modelization of daily use of this communication tool, in order to contribute theoretically to the debate, which revolves around the possibility of technology "open" new "sources of uncertainty" and risk in contemporary societies. This question brings us to the debate with tradition, permanently unfinished, and linked to the relationship between technology and social structures. Thus, this study tested a discussion of possible models of usability of the phone and its possible relationship with the notion of risk in each model.