20 Facts About Richard Ling

Richard Ling, known as Rich Ling, is a prominent communications scholar specializing in mobile communication.

Richard Ling held the position of Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 2013 to 2021.

Richard Ling's work focuses on how mobile communication enables "micro-coordination" among teenagers and fosters social cohesion among generations.

Richard Ling has published numerous papers on this topic and is widely cited.

Richard Ling was honored as a Fellow of the International Communication Association in 2016 and appointed editor of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication in 2017.

Richard Ling has held teaching positions at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, IT University of Copenhagen and most recently, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Richard Ling has resided in Scandinavia, specifically Norway, for over twenty years.

Richard Ling has held the position of Pohs visiting professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he retains an adjunct position.

In 2012, Richard Ling founded the journal, Mobile Media and Communication, published by SAGE and currently serves as co-editor.

Richard Ling is the founding co-editor of the Oxford University Press series on mobile communication.

Richard Ling moved to Singapore in 2014, where he held an endowed chair in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.

Richard Ling is renowned for his work on the social consequences of mobile communication.

Richard Ling's book Taken for Grantedness explores how mobile communication has become an integral part of society, similar to mechanical timekeeping, and was reviewed in the journal Science.

Richard Ling authored The Mobile Connection, a comprehensive examination of the social consequences of mobile telephony and co-authored Mobile Phones and Mobile Communication with Jonathan Donner.

Richard Ling is a founding co-editor of the SAGE journal Mobile Media and Communication.

Richard Ling is a founding editor of the Oxford University Press series on mobile communication.

Richard Ling has been the co-editor, along with Scott Campbell, of the Mobile Communication Research Series.

Richard Ling is an associate editor for journals The Information Society, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the Journal of Communication as well as Information Technology and International Development.

Richard Ling has received recognition as an outstanding scholar from the International Communication Association, Rutgers University, and the Telenor Research Award in 2009.

Richard Ling has been interviewed on The Discovery Channel, National Public Radio and Norwegian TV as well as for periodicals such as The New York Times, The Economist, the Los Angeles Times, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, Epoca, Wired, Toronto's The Globe and Mail, Norwegian publications such as Aftenposten, VG, and Dagbladet and Danish publications such as Politiken.