Political Silence of Youth in Togo : : Mobile Phones, Information and Civic (dis)Engagement / / Roos Keja.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Connectivity and Society in Africa ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 220 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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