The rise of mobile communications is a major development in social and cultural history. This development has once more arrived at a turning-point: mobile communications are merging with online social networking, presenting a new challenge to the humanities.

Krista³f Nya­ri has published widely on the philosophy of communication, Wittgenstein, the philosophy of images, and the philosophy of time. He directs the interdisciplinary research programme Communications in the 21st Century, conducted jointly by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile.