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

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Keja, Roos, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH [2022]
Series:Connectivity and Society in Africa
Subjects:
Information technology > Political aspects > Togo.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009792109806719
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

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