Publication By Mobile Phone: A New Type Of Publishing In The Twenty First Century

The mobile phone, which was invented mainly as a means of vocal communication, is being an important new-emerging publishing medium. Publication by Mobile Phone is a type of publishing that based on the moving capacities and some publishing software. Digital publication or periodicals are collected and edited by publishers, then these materials are sell to communication companies or mobile switching centers. The customers can download whatever they want from web site by mobile phone. Even though this type of publishing is still in its beginning, it enrich the variety of publishing and give people another choice of reading.The paper gives a clear definition for the meaning of Publishing by Moblie Phone. It's an action of selling digital publication, which through the telecommunications by the legal publishing houses, publishing companies, etc. and people can order or browse these publication by mobile phone.In the paper, there are including these components:1. Make a summary of publishing history from the era of paper-printing to the era of electronics.2. Different from other type of publishing, what kind of changes happened on Publication by Mobile Phone.3. Examine the relationship among publisher, media and reader from Mass Communication angle.