The impact of mobile phone uses in the developing world: giving voice to the rural poor in the Congo

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dc.contributor.authorCibangu, Sylvain K.
dc.contributor.authorHepworth, Mark
dc.contributor.authorChampion, Donna
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-20T14:28:15Z
dc.date.available2017-04-20T14:28:15Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-01
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, the rise of information and communication technologies (ICTs) contrasted with the dire living conditions of the world's poorest has been the subject of debate among industry and academia. However, despite the amount of writings produced on mobile phones, Western bias is surprisingly unbridledly prevailing alongside the fĂȘted dissemination of mobile phones. Expansive literature tends to present the rapid adoption of mobile phones among rural individuals, with little to no indication of how local values and voices are respected or promoted. We undertook semi-structured interviews with 16 rural chiefs to inquire into ways in which mobile phones enabled socio-economic development in the rural Congo. Rather than using quantitative, large-scale, or top-down data, we sought to give voice to chiefs themselves about the role of mobile phones. We found that Western bias dominates the literature and deployment of mobile phones more than usually acknowledged. We suggested some paths forward, while bringing the African communal Utu or Ubuntu culture to the center stage.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationCibangu SK, Hepworth M, Champion D, The impact of mobile phone uses in the developing world: giving voice to the rural poor in the Congo, International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 20-48.en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1935-5661
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.oeg/10.4018/IJICTHD.2017040102
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11794
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherIGI Globalen_UK
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dc.subjectmobile phonesen_UK
dc.subjectinternational developmenten_UK
dc.subjectrural populationsen_UK
dc.subjectCongoen_UK
dc.subjectUbuntuen_UK
dc.subjectWestern biasen_UK
dc.subjectecological methoden_UK
dc.subjectqualitative researchen_UK
dc.subjectcapabilityen_UK
dc.titleThe impact of mobile phone uses in the developing world: giving voice to the rural poor in the Congoen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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