Participation through mobile phones: A study of SMS use during the Ugandan general elections 2011

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 249-258

  Hellström, Johan ^a   Karefelt, Anna ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crowd; Crowdsourcing; Election monitoring; M4D; Mobile; Participation; SMS; SMS questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CROWD; CROWDSOURCING; M4D; MOBILE; PARTICIPATION; SMS; SMS-QUESTIONNAIRE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84859069386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160673.2160705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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