Mobile Telephony and the Remediation of Couple Intimacy

Heterosexual couple relationships are in a process of deep transformations linked to changes in gender relationships, revealing complex articulations between technologies, subjectivities, bodies and affects. The article discusses the contribution of mobile phones to contemporary couples' intimacy. Mobile phones mediate and remediate conflicts, support different strategies, create opportunities for arguing and making up, and are a player in the game of designing and defending personal and collective territories.