Mobile telephony, mediation, and gender in rural India

Tenhunen, Sirpa

doi:10.1080/09584935.2014.899981

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“…To counter unexamined and “accepted truths,” Burrell and Oreglia’s (2015) research falls under Donner’s (2008) third identifiable trajectory of mobile phone research, which emphasizes the interrelationships between mobile technologies and users. Their work is aligned with authors who map out the interplay between technologies and localized culture by addressing how the integration of communication technologies influences the organization of gender (Archambault, 2011; Burrell, 2014; Sey, 2011; Tenhunen, 2014), or the expression of national affiliation in specific communities (Miller and Slater, 2000; Uimonen, 2009). In alliance with these scholars, digital unhu takes into account the economic forces influencing adoption of communication technologies, though likewise emphasizes the historical and cultural specificity of digital practices in Zimbabwe.…”

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Digital unhu: Mobile connectivity and immaterial labor in Zimbabwean artistic expression

McClune

2017

New Media & Society

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Through an analysis of two cases of Zimbabwean artistic collaboration and expression, this article proposes the concept “digital unhu” as a useful tool for understanding a Zimbabwean-inflected expression of immaterial labor. This concept is premised on the unprecedented rise of mobile phones in Zimbabwe, and contains three main components, including the fusion of older traditions with newer technologies, an emphasis on community and collaboration, and strategies of mobility. Using this framework, this article seeks to add to scholarship that considers a variety of factors that influence digital practices in the rise of mobile phone use in the global south. Specifically, it emphasizes the impact of markets, as well as historical and cultural influences, on mobile phone practices in Zimbabwe.

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Digital unhu: Mobile connectivity and immaterial labor in Zimbabwean artistic expression

McClune

2017

New Media & Society

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“…Fortunati and Taipale (2012) found that for the majority of women the act of using a mobile phone, even if they do not possess one, is empowering. Tenhunen (2014) finds that the mobile phone is enabling young married girls in rural areas to maintain their kinship ties even after marriage. Foley et al (2007) say that using the mobile phone even as a leisure activity can give a sense of self-confidence and autonomy to women especially in the public sphere which remains restricted for women because of the male gaze.…”

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Is Mobile Phone Use Invading Multiple Boundaries? A Study of Rural Illiterate Women in India

Garg

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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Blurring various boundaries of age, place of residence (urban/rural) and sociocultural–economic factors, the mobile phone has become an integral part of everyday life of almost everyone in this world. Through the identification of differences in accessibility and use of technology including the mobile phone, a digital divide is seen to be emerging, and what is of great concern is the emergence of a digital gender divide. The article is based on a study of mobile phone use by rural illiterate women in India, exploring whether three different parameters, namely, place of residence (rural or urban), gender and illiteracy, are hindering the use of the mobile phone or not. Nearly 85 per cent of the rural illiterate women studied were found to be using a mobile phone without necessarily owning it. It was their quickest means of communication and receiving information. A further improvement such as a community radio through which interaction with the outside world can be facilitated should be encouraged.

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“…In this respect, more gender-equitable access to information can be of paramount importance to reach this type of awareness and ultimately produce positive spillover effects within society. Although this is a novel area of research, a few studies have addressed the question of whether mobile phone diffusion might benefit women's role and voice in politics, building on the idea that mobile technology creates new contexts for speech and action (Tenhunen 2014). Evidence from Nigeria suggests that the use of WhatsApp enables women to voice their opinions and political views more openly by joining, for instance, online forums created by women leaders (Abubakar and Dasuki 2018).…”

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Mobile Technology and Gender Equality

Pesando

Rotondi

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunicationstelephone lines and wireless signals and computers, as well as softwares that enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. Mobile technology is, literally speaking, the type of technology that goes where the user goes. It consists of portable two-way communication devices, computing devices, and the networking technology that connects them. Currently, mobile technology is typified by internet-enabled devices like smartphones, tablets and watches. In this work, mobile technology refers more narrowly to mobile phones of any types, including smartphones. The United Nations (UN) define gender equality as equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men become the same but that women's and men's rights, responsibilities, and opportunities do not depend on whether they are born female or male. Gender equality implies that the interests, needs, and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration, recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men. As of 2017, gender equality is the fifth of 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Gender inequality is measured annually by the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Reports.

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Mobile telephony, mediation, and gender in rural India

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Digital unhu: Mobile connectivity and immaterial labor in Zimbabwean artistic expression

Digital unhu: Mobile connectivity and immaterial labor in Zimbabwean artistic expression

Is Mobile Phone Use Invading Multiple Boundaries? A Study of Rural Illiterate Women in India

Mobile Technology and Gender Equality

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