<div><div>The book traces the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the trans-national family. As the technology of social networking, the cell phone has become central to establishing and maintaining relationships in areas from religion to love. <i>The Cell Phone</i> presents the first detailed ethnography of the impact of this new technology through the exploration of the cell phone's role in everyday lives. <br></div></div>