Studying mobile phone use in context: Cultural, political, and economic dimensions of mobile phone use

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 205-212

  Wei, Carolyn ^a,b   Kolko, Beth E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Central Asia and Information and Communication Technologies (CAICT) Project   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural communication; Mobile phone use; Technology studies; Usability

Indexed keywords

CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE USE; TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; USABILITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HUMANITIES COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745280099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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