Are mobile phones changing social networks? a longitudinal study of core networks in Kerala

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-410

  Palackal, Antony ^a   Mbatia, Paul ^b   Dzorgbo, Dan Bright ^c   Duque, Ricardo B ^d   Ynalvez, Marcus Antonius ^e   Shrum, Wesley M ^f  

^a Loyola Coll Social Sciences   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core networks; email; ICTs; India; internet; mobile phones; mobile telephony; networks; professionals; south Asia; technology; telecommunication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957805807     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810393900     Document Type: Article

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