Mobile Phones and New Migrant Workers in a South China Village: An Initial Analysis of the Interplay between the “Social” and the “Technological”

Wai-chi Chu and Shanhua Yang

Chapter 10 in New Technologies in Global Societies, 2006, pp 221-244 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe Research QuestionThe Touch of Cyberspace by the New Migrant WorkersRethinking the Interface of Technology and CultureReflectionsReferencesAppendix I. Number o f Phone Users by ProvinceAppendix II. Figures Concerning the Use of SMS Messages by Mobile Phone Users

Keywords: Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Phone; Computer; Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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