The Global Smartphone by Alfonso Otaegui
A look at the adoption of smartphones by older people across the globe.The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose--but do we really know what it is, or what its consequences are for people's lives around the world? This volume presents the findings of eleven anthropologists in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America on the adoption of smartphones by older people. Their research reveals that smartphones are a technology for everyone, not just for the young. The Global Smartphone presents a series of original perspectives deriving from a comparative research project on the ways that people use smartphones. The smartphone is unprecedented in the degree to which the user can transform it. It follows that in order to comprehend it, we must take into consideration a range of national and cultural nuances, such as visual communication in China and Japan, mobile money in Cameroon and Uganda, and access to health information in Chile and Ireland--all alongside diverse trajectories of aging in Al Quds, Brazil, and Italy.
Abed Rabho, Laila: - Laila Abed Rabho is a researcher at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787359628 |
| ISBN 10 | 178735962X |
| Title | The Global Smartphone |
| Author | Daniel Miller |
| Series | Ageing With Smartphones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | UCL Press |
| Year published | 2021-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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