Wireless Communication and Development

Posted on | October 17, 2005 |

Papers and presentations from the annual workshop organized by the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication. This years topic was “Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective.” Professor Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madras was also one of the presenters.

Also check out the research report titled: The Mobile Communication Society - A cross-cultural analysis of available evidence on the social uses of wireless communication technology.

This research report offers an analytical overview of existing research on the social uses of wireless communication technology. It seeks to provide a solid empirical basis for an informed discussion of the social uses and social effects of wireless in Europe, the Asian Pacific and the United States. Major themes explored include the deep connection between wireless communication and the emergence of youth culture, the transformation
of language by texting and multimodalty, the growing importance of wireless
communication in socio-political mobilization, and changes in the practice of time and space resulting from wireless communication.

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