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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Mobile Phone Markets
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Access to Media & Information
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Media Use: Children
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Media Use: Youth
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Electronic Commerce
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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ICT Industries & Markets
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Audience Research Methods
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Gaming: Uses & Effects
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Mobile Phone Use: Children
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Milieus, Lifestyles
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Print Media Use, Press Readers
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Media Literacy: Children
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Online News
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Social Media
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Facebook
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YouTube
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WhatsApp
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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ICT Policies
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ICT Regulation
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Gaming, Video Games
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Rural Women & Communication
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Media & Information Literacy
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Selfies, Self-Portrait Photographs
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Political Communication
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Marginality, Marginalized Groups
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Visual Communication
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Advertising
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Advertising Effects & Impact
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Audience Research: Online Surveys
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Elderly People: Media Use
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Media Diaries
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Media Socialisation, Media Biographies, Media Life Journeys
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Media Use: Families
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Media Use: Influence of Religion
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Media Use: Urban Populations
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Radio Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Elderly People
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Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Event Marketing & Communication
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Catholic Church: Public Relations & Institutional Communication
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Catholic Digital Media Presence & Online Communities
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Children and Media
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Children & Digital Media
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Children's Television Programmes
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media / Communication Control
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Media Ethnography
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Visual Anthropology
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Communication for Social Change
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital Labour, Digital Work
1
Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Social Media in Political Communication
1
Online Media & Internet Economics
1
Financing Digital / Online Media
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Digital Media Markets
1
Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Instagram
1
Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT4D Research
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ICT Effects & Impact
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ICT Research
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Trust Building in Health & Emergency Communication
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Game Industries, Game Production
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Media Markets
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Remittances
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Media Literacy: Gaming
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Feminism & Communication
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Health Communication
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Indigenous Languages
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News
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News Reception
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Family Communication
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Media Literacy: Families
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Media Management
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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BBC
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Music
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Social Photography
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Politics
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Emotions in Communication & Media
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Sorrow
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Pilgrimages & Pilgrimage Sites
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Research Methods
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
1
COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
1
Open Source Software
1
Telecommunications
1
Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
1
Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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WLAN Wireless Internet Access
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SMS
1
Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
1
Telecommunication Industries & Markets
1
Telephone
1
Theories of Communication & Media
1
User-Generated Contents
1
Visual Cultures
1
Youth and Media
1
Youth Media
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Youth: Media Representation & Reporting
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"In many countries, mobile operators have teamed up with social media platforms to offer free access to specific websites or internet services—including news websites. The most well-known of these offerings, Facebook’s Free Basics, has been explicitly pitched as a way to give citizens in develop ... more
"Perhaps the most exciting headline in this year’s reports is that global internet users have now passed the 4 billion mark. Well over half of the world’s population now uses the internet, and a quarter of a billion new users came online for the first time during the past 12 months. People are s ... more
"In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term ethnographic fieldwork in West Bengal began before the village had a phone system in place and continued through the introduction and proliferation of the ... more

The Mobile Economy 2018

London: GSMA (2018), 56 pp.
"Having surpassed 5 billion people connected to mobile services in 2017, the global mobile industry will reach further milestones over the next eight years. The number of unique mobile subscribers will reach 5.9 billion by 2025, equivalent to 71% of the world’s population. Growth will be driven by ... more
"The study reveals key aspects of digital connectivity in the lives of refugees at the Ritsona camp in Greece in January 2017. Of the approximately 750 residents of the camp, 135 adults were sampled and interviewed [...] Mobile phone access is 'important' to over 80% of refugees in this study. Women ... more
"This research assesses the access and usage of ICT (mobile and smart phones, personal computer, tablets and ipads) and internet by residents of Lagos in Nigeria, with emphasis on the availability and use of ICT for socioeconomic and political growth. ICT access and usage is indispensable in today's ... more
"18 countries participated in the research, 200 representative smartphone owners from each country [...] The majority (63%) of smartphone owners worldwide use their mobile device at least every 30 minutes. This usage includes any and all different ways a mobile device can be used, from making calls, ... more

The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media

New York; London: Routledge, paperback ed. (2017), xxiii, 558 pp.
"The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media seeks to be the definitive publication for scholars and students interested in comprehending all the various aspects of mobile media. This collection, which gathers together original articles by a global roster of contributors from a variety of disciplines, s ... more
"This ESOMAR/GRBN Guideline on Mobile Research is intended to support researchers, especially those in small and medium-sized research organisations, in addressing legal, ethical and practical considerations when conducting research using mobile devices. It explains how to apply the fundamental prin ... more

Mobile Phone Usage in Turkana, Kenya

In: The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 475-487
"While a decade ago much of the discussion of new media in Asia was couched in Occidental notions of Asia as a "default setting" for technology in the future, today we are seeing a much more complex picture of contesting new media practices and production. As "new media" becomes increasingly an ever ... more
"Smartphones and digital connectivity are essential for refugees seeking protection and safety in Europe, but they also carry risks for them. This research identified a huge gap in the provision of relevant, reliable and timely digital news and information for refugees on their journeys and upon arr ... more
"A qualitative study was conducted in Indonesia and Sri Lanka to understand the varied perceptions on the use and ownership of mobile phones [...] The study was conducted amongst four groups of people (urban men, urban women, rural men, and rural women) in each of two countries. The study found that ... more
"The paper addresses the blurred understandings of what developing country mobile internet users feel they are paying for. The move towards increasing online news and music consumption around the world has resulted in low growth in paid content consumption and a digital advertising market that is no ... more
"ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of cont ... more
"This volume captures the domestication of mobile communication technologies by families in Asia, and its implications for family interactions and relationships. It showcases research on families across a spectrum of socio-economic profiles, from both rural and urban areas, offering insights on chil ... more
"In the religious sector, for centuries, pilgrimages have been a clear example of mass events of a spiritual nature. Due to globalization and increased mobility, recent times have seen the multiplication of international events without a fixed location: Taizé encounters, Kumbh Mela (India), and Wor ... more