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Manifestations, drivers, and frictions of mobile phone use in low- and middle-income settings : a mixed methods analysis of rural India and China
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Haenssgen, Marco Johannes (2018) Manifestations, drivers, and frictions of mobile phone use in low- and middle-income settings : a mixed methods analysis of rural India and China. Journal of Development Studies, 55 (8). pp. 1834-1858. doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1453605 ISSN 0022-0388.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1453605
Abstract
Against the backdrop of alleged mobile phone ubiquity and the enthusiasm about the developmental value of mobile technology, this paper examines the manifestations, drivers, and frictions of mobile phone use in two low- and middle-income settings where mobile technology has diffused rapidly. Qualitative data from 231 participants and survey data from 800 adults in rural Rajasthan and Gansu provide consistent and strong support for the claim that the notion of ‘ubiquity’ can mislead development practice because it obscures persistent non-use, under-utilisation, and heterogeneous engagement with mobile technology despite its apparently wide accessibility in rural field sites. The paper suggests avenues for further work on the indicators of technology adoption, and it cautions that phone-based development interventions (and their benefits) may diffuse unevenly if the assumption of ubiquitous technology use is violated.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | |||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development | |||||||||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Development economics -- Rājasthān (India), Development economics -- Gansu Sheng (China), Rural conditions -- India, Rural conditions -- China, Cell phone users -- India, Cell phone users -- China, Technology transfer | |||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Development Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-0388 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 27 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1834-1858 | |||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00220388.2018.1453605 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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