Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and
communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures …

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on
using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an …

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost
patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn …

We see it all the time: organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or
behavior through expensive, expansive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft …

E-mail excludes the multiple nonlinguistic cues and gestures that facilitate face-to-face
communication. How, then, should interaction in a text-based context be understood? The …

The Contribution of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
Projects to Capabilities, Empowerment and Page 1 The Contribution of Information and …

The Internet in Africa has generated a lively debate in the popular press and among
commentators about what its growth will mean for Africa and its people. Through in-depth …

Neste artigo analisam-se as práticas de leitura à luz do quadro conceptual que distingue
cultura de leitura de classe leitora, utilizando como base empírica o último inquérito …

Based on an original dataset of university students, this article investigates Ghanaian
collective memories of past events that are sources of national pride or shame. On average …

This article complicates our understanding of the cultural and political impact of the internet
in non-liberal societies by foregrounding people's socially constituted reading practices …