‘We would have saved her life’ : mobile telephony in an island village in Papua New Guinea


Autoria(s): Watson, Amanda H. A.
Data(s)

01/11/2010

Resumo

As a new communication technology expands in a disadvantaged, rural area of a developing country, changes take place in the lives of the people in the area. The paper examines the introduction of mobile telephony into a rural village in Papua New Guinea, and contains findings from field research conducted in February 2009. The analysis is undertaken through a social lens, providing an understanding of the roles of mobile phones in this community by foregrounding the feelings, thoughts and attitudes expressed by the village people. This in turn enables a deeper understanding of the sociological effects related to the uptake of mobile telephony.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39042/

Publicador

Central Queensland University

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39042/1/39042.pdf

http://www.ejournalist.com.au/v10n2/Watson.pdf

Watson, Amanda H. A. (2010) ‘We would have saved her life’ : mobile telephony in an island village in Papua New Guinea. eJournalist, 10(2), pp. 106-127.

Direitos

Copyright 2010 Amanda H. A. Watson

Fonte

Creative Industries Faculty

Palavras-Chave #190200 FILM TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA #190300 JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING #Papua New Guinea #telephony #communication #media #rural #Melanesia #mobile phone
Tipo

Journal Article