Mobile phones and economic development in Africa

JC Aker, IM Mbiti - Journal of economic Perspectives, 2010 - aeaweb.org
Access to and use of mobile telephony in sub-Saharan Africa has increased dramatically
over the past decade. Mobile telephony has brought new possibilities to the continent …

Mobile phones, livelihoods and the poor in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Review and prospect

G Porter - Geography Compass, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review paper focuses on the potential of widespread access to mobile phones for
improving the lives of poor people: the opportunities that mobile phones have already …

[图书][B] Africa's media, democracy and the politics of belonging

FB Nyamnjoh - 2005 - books.google.com
This major study explores the role of the mass media in promoting democracy and
empowering civil society in Africa. The author contextualizes Africa within in the rapidly …

[图书][B] The Routledge companion to digital ethnography

L Hjorth, HA Horst, A Galloway, G Bell - 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
As the digital becomes increasingly entwined within everyday life, ethnography's value as a
key methodological and analytical approach to understand the ways in which digital media …

[图书][B] Bearing witness while Black: African Americans, smartphones, and the new protest# journalism

AV Richardson - 2020 - books.google.com
" Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest#
Journalism tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement--through the …

[图书][B] A history of digital media: An intermedia and global perspective

G Balbi, P Magaudda - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
From the punch card calculating machine to the personal computer to the iPhone and more,
this in-depth text offers a comprehensive introduction to digital media history for students …

[图书][B] Sociolinguistics and mobile communication

A Deumert - 2014 - books.google.com
Page 1 Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication Ana Deument Edinburgh
Sociolinguistics Page 2 Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication Page 3 Edinburgh …

New challenges for communication for sustainable development and social change: a review essay

J Servaes, R Lie - Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The history of communication for sustainable development and social change or whatever
other name is preferred–(eg development communication, devcom (m), com (m) dev, C4D …

Mobile phones, popular media, and everyday African democracy: Transmissions and transgressions

H Wasserman - Popular communication, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The effectiveness of new media technologies, including mobile phones, to facilitate political
participation and create social change has long been contested. Recent events in countries …

Youth, mobility and mobile phones in Africa: findings from a three-country study

G Porter, K Hampshire, A Abane… - Information …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The penetration of mobile phones into sub-Saharan Africa has occurred with amazing
rapidity: for many young people, they now represent a very significant element of their daily …