Intergenerational relations and the power of the cell phone: Perspectives on young people's phone usage in sub-Saharan Africa
Intergenerational relations and the power of the cell phone: Perspectives on young people's phone usage in sub-Saharan Africa
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10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.06.002
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2015-08-01
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3.5
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Milner, James
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作者：
Porter, Gina;Hampshire, Kate;Milner, James
手机为地球仪各地的青年人提供了新的社交形式和新的交往机会。这一点在撒哈拉以南非洲最为明显，那里的使用规模，甚至在非常贫穷的人中，都是引人注目的。在本文中，我们反映了嵌入在年轻人的手机互动的代际相遇，并考虑更广泛的社会影响，尤其是潜在的权力代际平衡的相关变化。这种不断变化的代际关系的一个有趣的特点是，虽然许多年轻人的电话互动，从他们的rnid青少年开始，正在从老一辈转向他们自己年龄组的友谊网络，同时他们正在重新定位自己-或成为重新定位-作为家庭信息中心，由于他们的电话专业知识。本文借鉴了混合方法的研究与年轻人年龄c。9-25在加纳、马拉维和南非的24个地点（从高密度的贫穷城市到偏远农村）对老年人进行了长达10年的深入访谈。(C)2015作者爱思唯尔有限公司出版
Cell phones present new forms of sociality and new possibilities of encounter for young people across the globe. Nowhere is this more evident than in sub-Saharan Africa where the scale of usage, even among the very poor, is remarkable. In this paper we reflect on the inter-generational encounters which are embedded in young people's cell phone interactions, and consider the wider societal implications, not least the potential for associated shifts in the generational balance of power. An intriguing feature of this changing generational nexus is that while many young people's phone-based interactions, from their rnid-teens onwards, are shifting away from the older generation towards friendship networks in their own age cohort, at the same time they are repositioning themselves - or becoming repositioned - as family information hubs, as a consequence of their phone expertise. The paper draws on mixed-methods research with young people aged c. 9-25 years and in-depth interviews with older age-groups in 24 sites (ranging from high density poor urban to remote rural) across Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.