The global smartphone: beyond a youth technology
The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose, so you would think we would know what it is. But do we? To find out, 11 anthropologists each spent 16 months living in communities in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, focusing on the take up of smartphones by older people. Their research reveals that smartphones are technology for everyone, not just for the young.
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- Full title :The global smartphone : beyond a youth technology / Daniel Miller [and ten others].
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The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose, so you would think we would know what it is. But do we? To find out, 11 anthropologists each spent 16 months living in communities in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, focusing on the take up of smartphones by older people. Their research reveals that smartphones are technology for everyone, not just for the young.
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- Publication Date:2021.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):UCL Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 295 pages : : illustrations (colour) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1787359638, 9781787359635, 178735962X, 9781787359628
- oclc:on1225068836
- LC Classification:HE9713
- Dewey Decimal:303.4834
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. What people say about smartphones -- 3. The smartphone in context -- 4. From apps to everyday life -- 5. Perpetual opportunism -- 6. Crafting -- 7. Ageing and smartphones -- 8. The heart of the smartphone - LINE, WeChat and WhatsApp -- 9. General and theoretical reflections.
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