Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature Export

@article{donner:approaches, abstract = {This paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the developing world, and identifies major concentrations of research. It categorizes studies along two dimensions. One dimension distinguishes studies of the determinants of mobile adoption from those that assess the impacts of mobile use, and from those focused on the interrelationships between mobile technologies and users. A secondary dimension identifies a subset of studies with a strong economic development perspective. The discussion considers the implications of the resulting review and typology for future research.}, address = {Bristol, PA, USA}, author = {Donner, Jonathan}, citeulike-article-id = {4058783}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1451269.1451271}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240802019970}, doi = {10.1080/01972240802019970}, issn = {0197-2243}, journal = {The Information Society}, keywords = {behaviour, developing, mobile-phones, survey, user-study}, number = {3}, pages = {140--159}, posted-at = {2009-04-13 10:32:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis, Inc.}, title = {Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240802019970}, volume = {24}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - donner:approaches L3 - citeulike-article-id:4058783 N2 - This paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the developing world, and identifies major concentrations of research. It categorizes studies along two dimensions. One dimension distinguishes studies of the determinants of mobile adoption from those that assess the impacts of mobile use, and from those focused on the interrelationships between mobile technologies and users. A secondary dimension identifies a subset of studies with a strong economic development perspective. The discussion considers the implications of the resulting review and typology for future research. IS - 3 JF - The Information Society SN - 0197-2243 AD - Bristol, PA, USA EP - 159 TI - Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature PB - Taylor & Francis, Inc. VL - 24 SP - 140 KW - behaviour KW - developing KW - mobile-phones KW - survey KW - user-study AU - Donner, Jonathan PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240802019970 ER -