Analysing appropriation and usability in social and occupational lives: An investigation of Bangladeshi farmers' use of mobile telephony

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Dey, Bidit Lal (author), Newman, David R. (author), and Pendergast, Renee (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011
    URL:
    http://glyndwr.collections.crest.ac.uk/348/
    Published:
    Glyndŵr University
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10915
    Journal Title:
    Information Technology & People
    Journal Title Details:
    24(1):46-63
    Subject Term:
    agricultural development, farmer needs, farmers, information needs, rural development, social communication, mobile phone, Bangladesh (Southern Asia), information communication technology, and usability
    Notes:
    28 pages., via online journal., The purpose of this paper is to understand how Bangladeshi farmers interact with mobile telephony and how they negotiate the resulting difficulties. In doing so the paper identifies how farmers integrate mobile telephony into their daily lives and what factors facilitate and limit their use of mobile telephony

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