Mood and mobility

Drawng on research from a range of disciplines, including experimental psychology, phenomenology, cultural theory, and architecture, Coyne shows that users of social media are not simply passive receivers of moods; they are complicit in making moods. Devoting each chapter to a particular moodfrom curiosity and pleasure to anxiety and melancholyCoyne shows that devices and technologies do affect peoples moods, although not always directly. He shows that mood effects are transitional; different moods suit different occasions, and derive character from emotional shifts. Furthermore, moods are active; we enlist all the resources of human sociability to create moods. And finally, the discourse about mood is deeply reflexive; in a kind of meta-moodiness, we talk about our moods and have feelings about them. Mood, in Coynes distinctive telling, provides a new way to look at the ever-changing world of ubiquitous digital technologies. — Provided by publisher.