The Great Indian Phone Book : How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life.
Assa. Doron
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (352 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps, Illustrations, Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Radio Frequency and Mobile Phones -- Introduction: 'So Uncanny and Out of Place' -- In India -- In the world -- In conclusion -- Part One: Controlling -- 1. Controlling Communication -- Horses, runners and rulers -- Untying communication -- 2. Celling India -- Act I: '… Within a fortnight …' -- Act II: Sidelining the referee -- Act III: Bread, clothing, shelter-and a mobile -- Act IV: Schools for scandal -- Part Two: Connecting -- 3. Missionaries of the Mobile -- Man's best friend -- Talk time-small, medium, large -- The art of retail -- 4. Mechanics of the Mobile -- People -- Factory workers -- Tower walas -- Mistriis -- Trainers and trainees -- Process -- The Care Centre -- Part Three: Consuming -- 5. For Business -- On the sea … -- Around the globe … -- At the bank … -- On the river … -- On the farm … -- Empowering, ensnaring or just chatting …? -- 6. For Politics -- 'Smart mobs' in the world -- 'Smart organisations' in India -- Limits, lessons and possibilities -- 7. For Women and Households -- Who will guard the mobile? -- The household mobile -- Ownership and property -- Romance, marriage and the mobile -- 8. For 'Wrongdoing': 'Waywardness' to Terror -- 'Waywardness' -- Pornography -- Crime -- Scandal and surveillance -- Espionage and terror -- Conclusion: 'It's the autonomy, stupid' -- Health -- Mobile waste -- Social networks -- Language and media -- Politics and governance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| ISBN | 9780674074248
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