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    Doing Mobile Media and Communication scholarship in different keys: Sounding out structure and integration in the field
    (Mobile Media & Communication, 2023) Campbell, Scott W.; Komen, Leah Jerop
    This special issue marks an important milestone in the maturation of the growing field of Mobile Media and Communication (MMC). When this journal was launched a decade ago, some were still trying to make sense of what this field entails, what to call it, and whether it even exists (Campbell, 2013). Although there was no question as to the growth in this new area of scholarship, the field’s coherence was highly questionable. When this journal was launched, the editors echoed concerns that: although mobile media scholarship has begun to grow, it is by no means a coherent field of scholarship, and there are still many areas in need of elaboration and differentiation […] mobile media in an age of smart-phones requires that we not only attempt to articulate the field but also to more systematically understand its various dimensions. (Hjorth et al., 2012, p. 1, cited in Jones et al., 2013). If the last decade has provided us with anything, it is perspective on where MMC scholarship has come from and how it is growing. A short article is no place to fully map out paradigmatic structure and change in a young and dynamic field. However, it is a good place to start the conversation. Toward that end, we take up the metaphor of musical structure to help identify structure in MMC scholarship and opportunities to integrate in harmonizing ways. This article focuses on two overarching traditions that have helped structure the field, “everyday life” and “development,” which have been foundational and remain highly active areas of scholarship. By examining where these research traditions intersect, we gain improved understanding of the uses and consequences of MMC around the world, while also helping to articulate aspects of the field’s structure and how they fit together in ways that foster intellectual bridging and integration.