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Author: Ken Banks
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1906387354

SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa

Providing a unique insight into how activists and social change advocates are addressing Africa's many challenges from within, this collection of essays by those engaged in using mobile phone technologies for social change provides an analysis of the socioeconomic, political, and media contexts faced by activists in Africa today. Get SMS Uprising computer books for free.
The articles address a broad range of issues-including inequalities in access to technology based on gender and rural and urban usage-and it offers practical examples of how activists are using mobile technology to organize and document their experiences. An overview of the lessons learned in making effective use of mobile phone technologies without any of the romanticism so often associated with the use of new te Check SMS Uprising our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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An overview of the lessons learned in making effective use of mobile phone technologies without any of the romanticism so often associated with the use of new te

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