Broadening UbiComp's vision: An exploratory study of charismatic pentecostals and technology use in Brazil

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-154

  Wyche, Susan P ^a   Magnus, Camila M ^b   Grinter, Rebecca E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HCI4D; Religious technology; User experience

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RATIONAL BELIEFS; RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY USE; UBICOMP; USER EXPERIENCE; VALUE SYSTEMS;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70450175393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1620545.1620569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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