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Lliteracy Plus, Published

Those of you who like your mobile phone related research in print may want to peruse Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies edited by James E. Katz. Based on the time and effort it took James & MIT Press to bring this to print - I'm guessing it's a labour of love.

The book contains 32 chapters in sections covering: digital divides and social mobility; sociality and co-presence; politics and social change; and culture and imagination. My own minor contribution comes in a chapter titled Understanding Illiteracy as a Barrier to Mobile Phone Communication. Yeah it is online. The slides that accompany the essay can be viewed below or download here (PowerPoint, 6MB), or you could just watch the video.

Photos from one of the literacy research field studies in Hangzhou, China, 2004, taken by the students working on the project.

Writing from Mishuku | May 27, 2008 | Permalink