This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has
transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities
and challenges. At a time when knowledge and truth are increasingly
contested, the book asks how mobile technology has changed the ways
in which people create, disseminate, and access knowledge.
Worldwide, mobile internet access has surpassed desktop access, and
it is estimated that by 2022 there will be AN excess of 6 billion
mobile phone users in the world. This widespread proliferation
raises all sorts of questions around who creates knowledge, how is
that knowledge shared and proliferated, and what are the structural
political, economic, and legal conditions in which knowledge is
accessed. The practices and power dynamics around mobile
technologies are location specific. They look different depending
on whether one chooses to highlight the legal, social, political,
or economic context. Bringing together scholars, journalists,
activists and practitioners from around the world, this book
embraces this complexity, providing a multifaceted picture that
acknowledges the tensions and contradictions surrounding accessing
knowledge through mobile technologies. With case studies from Hong
Kong, South Korea, India, Syria, Egypt, Botswana, Brazil, and the
US, this book provides an important account of the changing nature
of our access to knowledge, and is key reading for students,
researchers, activists and policy makers with an interest in
technology and access to knowledge, communication, social
transformation, and global development.
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