Google phone rising: The Android and the politics of open source.

This paper explores the rise of Google's Android phone – a fascinating case study in a crucial yet under-theorized terrain of mobile media that illuminates the politics of software, operating systems, and their attachments to handsets and networks. While Android is a notable attempt to create an ope...

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Published in:	Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 741 - 753
Main Author:	Goggin, Gerard
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2012
Subjects:	Google (Web resource) Android (Operating system) Open source software Case studies Computer software Smartphones Social media
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost