Political silence of youth in Togo : mobile phones, information and civic (dis)engagement /

This book paints an image of sociality in duress, describing how new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) bring possible changes in political engagement and civic-ness. The political branch of the field of ICT-for-Development (ICT4D) is firmly convinced that this translates in civic enga...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keja, Roos (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2022]
Colección:Connectivity and Society in Africa, volume 1
Temas:
Information technology > Political aspects > Togo.
Youth > Political activity > Togo.
Political participation > Togo.
Youth > Togo > Attitudes.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect politique > Togo.
Jeunesse > Activité politique > Togo.
Participation politique > Togo.
Jeunesse > Togo > Attitudes.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Information technology > Political aspects
Political participation
Politics and government
Youth > Attitudes
Youth > Political activity
Togo > Politics and government.
Togo > Politique et gouvernement.
Togo
ICT4D.
information gathering.
mobile communication.
mobile telephony.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Keeping the faith in enduring economic and political hardship
  • 3 Private and public information and communication
  • 4 Economic and techno-social basis of mobile phone use
  • 5 Sociality and the mobile phone as connector and liar
  • 6 Civic (dis)engagement and protest
  • 7 The imaginary of ICT4D and civic (dis)engagement
  • 8 Conclusions: Political silence and new ICTs in a repressive state
  • References
  • Appendix 1: Graphs mobile communication logs
  • Appendix 2: Questionnaire mobile communication logs
  • Index

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