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- Lagrell, Ellen, 1983, et al.
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Accessibility strategies beyond the private car: A study of voluntarily carless families with young children in Gothenburg
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Transport Geography. - : Elsevier BV. - 0966-6923 .- 1873-1236. ; 72:October 2018, s. 218-227
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2018 Elsevier Ltd It is generally recognized that technological fixes alone cannot solve car-induced sustainability problems requiring measures to reduce car use. However, there is a knowledge gap concerning what we can learn from the experience of people who voluntarily refrain from car ownership. This paper aims to explore how everyday life is organized and perceived by voluntarily carless households with complex travel needs, focusing on dual-income families with children living in an urban setting (Gothenburg, Sweden). Through a time-geographical theoretical lens and drawing on eight in-depth interviews with parents, we scrutinize the accessibility strategies of these families and the perceived implications of being voluntarily carless for daily living. We find that these families use largely proximity-oriented strategies and combine various practices in managing time-pressed everyday life. The findings underscore the situatedness of carlessness and the importance of the inherent constraints and fixities of different everyday life projects. Notably, adaptation is considered to be well functioning in the spheres of mandatory activities and bounded routines (related to work, school, and consumption). Regarding free-time activities, carlessness is associated with more friction and perceived inconvenience. Questions are raised regarding the long-term persistence of voluntary carlessness, as family life situations may change. The results merit further consideration in sustainable transport and land use planning as well as regarding the wider organization of society.
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- Thulin, Eva, 1974
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Always on my mind: How smartphones are transforming social contact among young Swedes
- 2018
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Ingår i: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 1103-3088 .- 1741-3222. ; 26:5, s. 465-483
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines how current widespread smartphone adoption and usage plays out in the everyday lives of young Swedes. Drawing on the framework of media and information and communication technology domestication, we examine the appropriation and incorporation of new mobile media as well as the redefined roles and meanings of traditional mobile communication channels (i.e., text messages and voice calls). Based on an in-depth study of 18 high-school students, the study explores how practices, roles and experiences associated with mobile social communication are currently evolving with the advent of smartphones. The main arguments are that emerging ‘smart’ practices are reorienting mobile social communication towards the increased centrality of images and visual messaging, ‘groups’ and many-to-many contact, and mediated social contact as an intensified background setting. At the same time, SMS and voice calls have been removed from the centre of young people’s social communication.
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- Thulin, Eva, 1974, et al.
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Does online co-presence increase spatial flexibility? On social media and young people’s migration considerations
- 2017
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Ingår i: CyberGeo: European Journal of Geography. - : OpenEdition. - 1278-3366.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Internet facilitates new practices of social interaction at a distance, enabling online co-presence and potentially relaxing social constraints on geographical mobility. Conceptualizing the role of online co-presence, we examine whether and how Internet-based social contacts influence young people’s pre-migration considerations and decision making. Empirically, we use survey data on 750 Swedish young adults and a follow-up study comprising 24 in-depth interviews. The main findings suggest that interregional migration is becoming less costly to the individual in social terms. Survey data indicate that extensive online contacts relax respondents’ perceived need for geographical proximity to family and friends. The qualitative study differentiates the implications of online co-presence: for some interviewees, online interaction reinforces thoughts of migration – either permanent or temporary – and increases perceived spatial flexibility and choice. For others, it can never really compensate for spatial proximity to family and friends.
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- Thulin, Eva, 1974, et al.
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More at home, more alone? Youth, digital media and the everyday use of time and space
- 2019
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Ingår i: Geoforum. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-7185. ; 100:March, s. 41-50
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2019 Elsevier Ltd From a joint temporal and socio-spatial perspective, we examine how young people's everyday lives integrate with the use of digital media. Conceptually, we complement a standard displacement approach by advancing the role of time-space priorities, time elasticities, and online/offline intersections. We use micro-level data concerning youth aged 15–24 years from the Swedish Time-Use Survey, 2010–2011. Using covariate analysis, we compare heavy, medium, and light digital media users on weekdays and weekends. The results contradict expectations of a homogenous group of ‘digital natives’, also showing that heavy use is still gendered. Heavy users generally spend more time at home, perform more activities alone, and travel less. Heavy use is associated with less time spent on outdoor activity and sports, socializing offline, and watching TV, and more time sleeping at night. Digital media use is highly elastic to available free time on weekdays, but is very differently prioritized on weekends.
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- Thulin, Eva, 1974, et al.
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New Telework, Time Pressure, and Time Use Control in Everyday Life
- 2019
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 11:11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores how changing conditions for home-based telework affect the quality of life and social sustainability of workers in terms of time pressure and time use control in everyday life. Changing conditions concern the spread of telework to new types of jobs of a more routine character, involving new practices of unregulated work and anytime smartphone access. Empirically, we draw on survey data from a sample of 456 home-based teleworkers employed by six governmental agencies in Sweden. Results indicate that subjective time pressure is not associated with job type in terms of distinguishing between bounded case work and more independent analytical work. Time pressure is intensified by family-related factors, telework performed outside of working hours, and part-time work, and is moderated by the private use of smartphones. We find no significant associations between subjective time use control, job qualifications, and teleworking practice. Family situation and having small children at home reduce time use control. Also, high levels of smartphone use for work-related purposes are associated with reduced control
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- Thulin, Eva, 1974, et al.
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The internet and desire to move: the role of virtual practices in the inspiration phase of migration
- 2016
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Ingår i: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie. - : Wiley. - 0040-747X. ; 107:3, s. 257-269
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper contributes to the understanding of non-local migration in the digital age by investigating emerging virtual practices in the migration process. We focus on the initial inspiration phase that theoretically defines the attainable reach of individuals considering moving. Using a case-based approach, we distinguish how online information and social contact influence an individual’s early considerations and desires to move elsewhere. We draw on indepth interviews with young adults in Sweden. Our findings characterise how Internet-based information influences the spatial, social, and temporal horizons of inspiration with potential implications for subsequent plans. We find that virtual practices spatially expand these horizons and promote a shift towards insider information. Results further suggest that a flow of information and background knowledge regarding opportunities in other places drives the inspiration phase, extending its duration until it is more or less continuous. Reduced information friction increases the scope for impulsiveness to spark migration inspiration and intentions.
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