Ethnography of the telephone: Changing uses of communication technology in village life

Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-46

  Wang, Tricia ^a   Brown, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

development; ethnography; Mexico; telephony

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; CO-EXISTING; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPMENT; DEVICES AND SYSTEMS; ETHNOGRAPHY; INSTANT MESSAGES; INTERNET CAFES; ME-XICO; MOBILE HCI; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MSN MESSENGER; RUNNING WATERS; TELEPHONE CALLS; TELEPHONY; WIKIPEDIA; YOUTUBE;

CONFERENCE CALLS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054834086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2037373.2037382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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