Urbanity injured by media brutality? Use of mobile phones in cafés
Disciplines
Article
French
ID: <
10.3406/aru.1997.2138>
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DOI: <
10.3406/aru.1997.2138>
Urban existence wounded by technological brutality ? In the race against time, the portable telephone is a precious tool which allows one to multiply physical time and communication time. But its utilization is not necessarily appropriate in cafés, where one often wants to take a break from urban agitation and accelerated rhythms. In such places, the violence of those who are «connected» proves that solidarity is now more to be found in sound waves than in one's physical surroundings.