Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Resource Mobilization Theory: Political Movement in Egypt
This paper discusses the application of the resource mobilization theory (RMT) to clarify the activities of certain key socio-political groups and movements in Egypt up till 2011. It contends that the political movements in the country have utilized information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social networks sites (SNSs) as a tool for mobilizing people and coordinating anti-regime act...
متن کاملMobile Phones for Fundus Photography in Ibadan, Sub Sahara Africa
The Ophthalmoscope was developed by Von Helmotz. He published his work in1851 [1]. The direct ophthalmoscope has since being further developed and re-engineered. However the field of view is limited to about 5 degrees. Most physicians are reluctant to use it and patient education was not possible with it as only the doctor sees the retina. In 1945, Charles Sheepens developed the indirect ophtha...
متن کاملMobile phones in Africa: how much do we really know?
Mobile phones are a crucial mode of communication and welfare enhancement in poor countries, especially those lacking an infrastructure of fixed lines. In recent years much has been written about how mobile telephony in Africa is rapidly reducing the digital divide with developed countries. Yet, when one examines the evidence it is not at all clear what is really happening. In one country, Tanz...
متن کاملPolitical Mobilization in Tibet
This paper aims to investigate the root of ongoing conflict between China and Tibetan regions for independence. By using the data collected from waves of protests in 2008 across Tibetan regions in China, it investigates the extent to which the physical Han Chinese presence led to political mobilization. The findings show that regions with stronger presence of Han population witnessed less prote...
متن کاملCurrent Trends in Research on Mobile Phones in Language Learning
This study aimed at examining the major mobile wireless technologies, that is,mobile phones and the possibilities associated with them, currently in use in theeducational domains, with an emphasis on language teaching and learning practices.Accordingly, some of the most typical studies using different functions of mobilephones such as e-mail, multimedia capabilities, Wireless Application Protoc...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Econometrica
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0012-9682
DOI: 10.3982/ecta14392