Mobiles in the developing world – 2008 literature review (re)posted
June 18th, 2009
conferences
I have created an ”author post” version of the literature review published last year in the Information Society. The authoritative version (for citation, redistribution and archive purposes) is still here, but for your personal perusal you might want to use this version instead.
Donner, Jonathan. (2008). Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature. The Information Society 24(3), 140-159. (alternate link to author post version)
Abstract: The paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the developing world, and identifies major concentrations of research. It categorizes studies along two dimensions. One dimension distinguishes studies of the determinants of mobile adoption from those that assess the impacts of mobile use, and from those focused on the interrelationships between mobile technologies and users. A secondary dimension identifies a sub-set of studies with a strong economic development perspective. The discussion considers the implications of the resulting review and typology for future research.
