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  • Mobile phone use by college and university students in Botswana: An ethnographic study

    Author(s)
    Lesitaokana, William
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Lesitaokana, William O.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    In this paper, I consider how mobile phones have become central to the everyday lives of students in Botswana. Using non-participant observations and focus group discussions, this ethnographic study explored why students in Botswana consider mobile phones as 'must have' technology. The devices promise them extensive connectedness with their families and friends, facilitate learning, and stimulate a sense of personal identity and belonging into social groups. The potency of mobile phones in this regard is expressly linked to the socio-economic challenges that these students face, such as rural-urban migration, the ...
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    In this paper, I consider how mobile phones have become central to the everyday lives of students in Botswana. Using non-participant observations and focus group discussions, this ethnographic study explored why students in Botswana consider mobile phones as 'must have' technology. The devices promise them extensive connectedness with their families and friends, facilitate learning, and stimulate a sense of personal identity and belonging into social groups. The potency of mobile phones in this regard is expressly linked to the socio-economic challenges that these students face, such as rural-urban migration, the digital divide and poverty. This paper therefore suggests that although empirical studies about the use of mobile phones by college and university students from various regions may show slightly similar findings, the specific uses of the device in each region across the world is determined by the socio-economic challenges that the students face.
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    Conference Title
    IAMCR. Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders: Papers presented at the 2013 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research
    Publisher URI
    http://www.iamcr2013dublin.org/
    Subject
    Group Theory and Generalisations
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/60929
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