Political Silence of Youth in Togo Mobile Phones, Information and Civic (dis)Engagement

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3110675269
• ISBN-13: 978-3110675306
• ISBN-13: 978-3110675337
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter, 2022
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 461567
• Chủ đề: 1. ICT4D; 2. information gathering; 3. mobile communication; 4. mobile telephony; 5. African history; 6. Social and cultural anthropology; 7. Togo

Tóm tắt

In the constrained socio-cultural, economic and political context of Sokodé, Central Togo, social hierarchies and distrust are defining factors for the intimacy of information. Towards this background, this book explores the usages and roles of mobile phones in everyday life in Sokodé, and links this to civic engagement. It shows that mobile phones do not necessarily lead to increased civic-ness, yet they do provide a sense of possibility.