Youth, mobility and mobile phones in Africa: findings from a three-country study
Youth, mobility and mobile phones in Africa: findings from a three-country study
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DOI：
10.1080/02681102.2011.643210
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Tanle, Augustine
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作者：
Porter, Gina;Hampshire, Kate;Tanle, Augustine
移动的电话以惊人的速度渗透到撒哈拉以南非洲：对许多年轻人来说，移动电话现在是他们日常生活中非常重要的一部分。本文探讨了使用和感知的影响，在年轻人年龄c。9-18在加纳、马拉维和南非这三个国家，我们的证据来自对年轻人，他们的父母，教师和其他关键信息提供者的深入定性研究（深入访谈，焦点小组和学校论文），以及对24个研究地点近3000名年轻人进行的后续问卷调查。这项研究是在每个国家的八个不同地点进行的（即两个农业生态区中的城市、城郊、农村和偏远农村地点），从而能够比较不同空间背景下的经验。在一项更广泛的儿童流动性研究中收集的证据使我们能够研究年轻人目前的使用模式，特别关注这些模式在不同地点环境中出现的方式，并探索年轻人的电话使用，虚拟和物理移动性之间的联系以及对社会变革的更广泛影响。性别和代际关系问题是本书的重要内容。
The penetration of mobile phones into sub-Saharan Africa has occurred with amazing rapidity: for many young people, they now represent a very significant element of their daily life. This paper explores usage and perceived impacts among young people aged c. 9-18 years in three countries: Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. Our evidence comes from intensive qualitative research with young people, their parents, teachers and other key informants (in-depth interviews, focus groups and school essays) and a follow-up questionnaire survey administered to nearly 3000 young people in 24 study sites. The study was conducted in eight different sites in each country (i.e. urban, peri-urban, rural and remote rural sites in each of two agro-ecological zones), enabling comparison of experiences in diverse spatial contexts. The evidence, collected within a broader research study of child mobility, allows us to examine current patterns of usage among young people with particular attention to the way these are emerging in different locational contexts and to explore connections between young people's phone usage, virtual and physical mobilities and broader implications for social change. The issues of gender and inter-generational relations are important elements in this account.