As the development of mobile communication technology, mobile phones almost become an indispensable tool for everyone. Some researches indicated that in addition to instrumental use of mobile phones, it is also an important role in interpersonal communication. However, previous mobile phone studies focused on exploring the “connection” between users, this study would deepen the level of “connection” to “intimacy”, trying to understand how and why people use mobile phones to maintain their intimate relationships. This study found that college students would use different mobile phone media (voice, SMS or video)when they face different intimate levels of objects and different types of contents. This study also tried to understand why they choose specific mobile phone media as a tool to convey intimacy.
中文關鍵詞
手機、共在儀式性、社會滲透理論、媒介選擇理論、親密感
英文關鍵詞
mobile phone, co-present ritual, social penetration, media choice, intimacy