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Hjorth has been researching mobile telephone customisation and gender in the Asia-Pacific. Examples of published research include ‘“Pop” and “Ma”: The Landscape of Japanese Commodity Characters and Subjectivity’ in Fran Martin, Audrey Yue and Chris Berry (Eds.), Mobile Cultures (2003) and ‘Kawaii@keitai’ in Nanette Gottlieb and Mark McLelland (Eds.), Japanese Cybercultures (2003).
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Hjorth, L. Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne. Know Techn Pol 19, 29–40 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-006-1022-6
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