Pradip Thomas, Associate Professor, Centre for Communication & Social Change, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

“Whether you love it or hate it, cell phones have become a part of everyday life, essential to our mediations of life in all its bewildering complexity. Crystal Powell’s account of the cell phone as ‘second skin’ is a grounded story of this deep relationship that we have all begun to have with this ubiquitous, personal technology. A fascinating, enlightening narrative.”