1) In Chapter 9, pg. 159, Ling asserts that "The mobile telephone is the tool of the intimate sphere...perhaps at the expense of the non-intimates." If you are standing alone while waiting in a long line at the grocery store, are you more likely to interact with the strangers around you, or use your mobile phone to interact with non-present intimates? Why do you personally behave that way?
2) Ling reiterates the idea that the mobile phone reinforces already strong-tie relationships, perhaps to the detriment of weak-tie relationships. Do you think that the usage of Facebook is a way to make up for the fact that the mobile phone excludes non-intimates? How can network technologies be used to create a "correct" level of social cohesion? What do you feel is the "correct" level of social cohesion, where there is a balance between strong ties and weak ties?
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