ABSTRACT In the 1970s and 1980s, Citizen Band (CB) radio users explored novel mobile, fluid and network-based forms of wireless communication. This article describes the case of West Germany and places the appropriation of CB radio in its inter-medial and inter-technological contexts. Many CB radio users invented creative uses for the medium, and an engaged and predominantly male subgroup of CB radio amateurs even defined CB as participatory ‘civic radio’. In an increasingly mobile society, CB radio helped people to stay in touch with each other and to micro-coordinate their everyday lives with friends and family. This multi-dimensional analysis of CB radio use also provides a corrective to the standard narrative of a ‘mobile’ revolution that took place around the turn of the millennium, triggered by cell phones and social media applications. Mobile communication culture has a longer history, and CB radio constitutes an essential part of it.

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普通人的无线电电话：CB 无线电用户如何调动西德的通信文化

摘要 在 1970 年代和 1980 年代，Citizen Band (CB) 无线电用户探索了新颖的移动、流畅和基于网络的无线通信形式。本文描述了西德的案例，并将 CB 无线电的使用置于其跨媒体和跨技术背景中。许多 CB 无线电用户为该媒体发明了创造性的用途，而且一个积极参与且以男性为主的 CB 无线电业余爱好者亚群甚至将 CB 定义为参与式“公民广播”。在日益流动的社会中，CB 广播帮助人们保持联系，并微调与朋友和家人的日常生活。这种对 CB 无线电使用的多维分析还纠正了在千禧年之际由手机和社交媒体应用引发的“移动”革命的标准叙述。