A village goes mobile : telephony, mediation, and social change in rural India / Sirpa Tenhunen.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in mobile communicationPublication details: New Delhi; Oxford University Press: 2018.Description: ix, 200pagesISBN:- 9780190923143
- 384.5340954 TEN
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Prof. Ram Dayal Munda Central Library General Stacks | Sociology | 305 TEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 80439 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theorizing phone use contexts and mediation -- Why mobile phones became ubiquitous : remediation and socialities -- Mobile telephony, economy and social logistics -- Mediating gender : mobile phones and women's agency -- Mediating conflict : mobile telephony and politics -- Smartphones, caste and intersectionalities.
"This book examines how mobile telephony contributes to social change in rural India on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork. The book investigates how the use of mobile phones has influenced economic, political and social relationships including gender relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development" --
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