The Moral and Cultural Economy of Mobile Phones in the Pacific

太平洋地区手机的道德和文化经济

• 批准号: DP140103773
• 负责人: Prof Heather Horst
• 金额: $ 31.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140103773
• 关键词: Moral; Cultural; Economy; Mobile; Phones

Over the last decade, developing countries have experienced a digital revolution through the medium of the mobile phone. Basic handsets are now used for personal communication, social connection, internet access, electronic banking and money transfers. Through a comparative study of mobile telecommunications markets in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, this research will provide fresh insight into a transformative moment by examining how companies, consumers and state actors shape the moral and cultural dimensions of economic life. The research will historically and ethnographically document the broad social consequences of new digital technologies in the Pacific region.

在过去十年中，发展中国家通过移动的电话经历了一场数字革命。基本的手机现在用于个人通信、社会联系、互联网接入、电子银行和汇款。通过对斐济和巴布亚新几内亚的移动的电信市场的比较研究，这项研究将通过研究公司、消费者和国家行为者如何塑造经济生活的道德和文化层面，为变革时刻提供新的见解。这项研究将从历史和人种学的角度记录太平洋地区新数字技术的广泛社会影响。