Early experience of mobile telephony: a comparison of two villages in Papua New Guinea

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Watson, Amanda H.A. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Papua New Guinea
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06304
    Journal Title:
    Media Asia
    Journal Title Details:
    38(3) : 170-180
    Subject Term:
    communities, information issues, mobile communication systems, rural communities, rural development, rural populations, social change, telephone communication, information technology, cell phones, smartphones, and Papua New Guinea (Oceania)
    Notes:
    Mobile phone not enhancing the lives of rural people in these villages as may have been envisioned. They used it more for social communication than for enhancing household incomes.

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