Mobile telephony and copresence in Marakwet, Kenya

Abstract

Abstract

Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century

“…Total internet subscriptions are 21.6 million, with an estimated number of internet users of 31.9 million, which is 74.2 per cent of the population (Communications Authority of Kenya, 2015). While they are personal -handsets have individual owners -the devices are also communal and shared, so that handsets help maintain social networks through exchange networks that involve the handset itself, as well as the information it conveys (Komen, 2014). 2 Managing multilocational households in Kenya is an intricate process, often happening over large distances.…”

Doing Mobile Media and Communication scholarship in different keys: Sounding out structure and integration in the field

“…Another discernable area, or note, within the key of development involves research on the financial capacity of mobile media for improving economic conditions in developing societies. Examples include research examining the micro-processes of economic development through data services for mobile phone-based agriculture, business advice, health care, and money transfers (Komen, 2016, 2017; Komen & Ling, in press).…”