I work in the emerging fields of digital media and mobile communication. I study how mobile technologies help us make sense of our interactions with public spaces and to society. There are two main interrelated trends to my research. The first deals with the study of location-aware mobile technologies such as GPS-equipped cell phones. I investigate how location-based mobile games and location-based social networks enable people to coordinate their activities with others, to gain information … Learn more »
Research
Recent Scholarship
The history of mobile telephony in Brazil
de Souza e Silva, A., & Damasceno, C. S. (2018). The history of mobile telephony in Brazil: Privatization, regulation, and access. #AoIR2018, … [Read More...]
Challenging Communication Students to Design the Library of the Future
Rogers, A., Burke, A., de Souza e Silva, A., & Nickels, C. (2018). Challenging Communication Students to Design the Library of the Future. … [Read More...]
Pokémon Go as an HRG: Mobility, sociability and surveillance
in Guest Talks
de Souza e Silva (2017). Pokémon Go as an HRG: Mobility, sociability, and surveillance. Webinar Geothink&Learn 1: Pokémon Go. McGill University. … [Read More...]
Location-Based Services in Brazil
de Souza e Silva, A., Matos-Silva, M., & Nicolaci-da-Costa, A. (2017). Location-based services in Brazil: Reframing privacy, mobility, and … [Read More...]
Books
Forthcoming
Location-based Urban Mobile Apps in Rio de Janeiro: Towards a Model that Supports Perpetual Contact for Sustainable Mobilities
de Souza e Silva, A. (2019). Location-based Urban Mobile Apps in Rio de Janeiro: Towards a Model that Supports Perpetual Contact for Sustainable Mobilities. International Communication Association (ICA) conference. Washington, DC: May 24.
Urban Mobility in Context
de Souza e Silva, A., Damasceno, C. S., Bueno, D. M., & Grandinetti, J. (Forthcoming). Urban mobility in context: A study about early adopters of location-based taxi-hailing apps. In: Ling, R., Goggin, G., Fortunati, L. Lim, S. S., & Li, Yuling (Eds.). Oxford Handbook of Mobile Communication, Culture, and Information (pp. xx-xx). Oxford University Press.
Generic Phones in Context
de Souza e Silva, A., Damasceno, C. S., & Bueno, D. (2018). Generic Phones in Context: The circulation and social practices of mobile devices in Rio de Janeiro. In R. Wilken, G. Goggin & H. Horst (Eds.), Location Technologies in International Context (pp. xx-xx). London: Routledge.