scholarly journals CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRATION: TRUSTING THE MOBILE PHONE TO CROSS BORDERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Francis Ferris-Dobles
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central American ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Global Capital ◽  
Migratory Patterns ◽  
Traditional Patterns

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous tools for hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants in their transit from their home countries towards the United States (U.S). These communication technologies are not only changing traditional patterns of migration, they are also enabling and inducing migration by providing feelings of trust, closeness, and safety (Barros, 2017). By applying the methods of historical qualitative research and using a media archeological approach, I employ Durham Peters (2009) theory of _infrastructuralism_ to investigate, which are the major infrastructural transitions that have allowed contemporary Central American migrants to use the same mobile phone and plan and to have Internet coverage across multiple national borders during their journey? How have these shifts enabled, induced, changed, and determined new ways and patterns of migration? I conclude that these infrastructural shifts have not only allowed mobile phones to change the traditional migratory patterns, but they are also creating a profitable business for a few private transnational telecommunications corporations. My conclusion presents a central paradox which is, that at the same time that the global capital promotes and enables a “borderless” world through the use of communication technologies which in turn promote emotions of trust, safety, and closeness, the nation-state borders are becoming more harsh, surveilled, and rigid for the migrants who are constantly harassed, detained, and persecuted.

Understanding women’s mobile phone use in rural Kenya: An affordance-based approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Wyche ◽  
Nightingale Simiyu ◽  
Martha E. Othieno
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Rural Kenya ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Definition Of

Increases in mobile phone ownership and Internet access throughout Africa continue to motivate initiatives to use information and communication technologies (ICTs)—in particular, mobile phones—to address long-standing socioeconomic problems in the “developing world.” While it is generally recognized that mobile phones may help to address these problems by providing pertinent information, less widely known is exactly how (and if) a handset’s human–computer interface—that is, its software and hardware design—supports this form of communication. The concept of “affordances” has long been used to answer such questions. In this paper, we use Hartson’s definition of affordances to qualitatively investigate rural Kenyan women’s interactions with their mobile phones. Our detailed analysis provides empirically grounded answers to questions about the cognitive, physical, and sensory affordances of handsets used in our field sites and how they support and/or constrain mobile communication. We then discuss the implications of our findings: in particular, how this affordance-based approach draws attention to mobile phones’ design features and to the context in which they and their users are embedded—a focus which suggests new design and research opportunities in mobile communication.

Growing Up Wireless

2008 ◽  
pp. 99-125
Author(s):  
Letizia Caronia
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter illustrates the role of the mobile phone in the rise of new cultural models of parenting. According to a phenomenological theoretical approach to culture and everyday life, the author argues that the relationship between technologies, culture, and society should be conceived as a mutual construction. As cultural artefacts, mobile communication technologies both are domesticated by people into their cultural ways of living and create new ones. How are mobile phones domesticated by already existing cultural models of parenting? How does the introduction of the mobile phone affect family life and intergenerational relationships? How does mobile contact contribute in the construction of new cultural models of “being a parent” and “being a child”? Analysing new social phenomena such as “hyperparenting” and the “dialogic use” of mobile phones, the author argues upon the role of mobile communication technologies in articulating the paradoxical nature of the contemporary cultural model of family education.

A Survey of Mobile Phone Use in Older Adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Seok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Older Adult Population

Mobile phone adoption by older adults is radically increasing. As a part of multiple empirical studies to improve older adults' experiences with mobile phones, a survey was conducted to investigate a number of specific aspects of mobile phone use in the older adult population including motives of ownership, usage patterns, preferences on mobile phone features, and perceived usability of their own phones. A total of 154 older adults from 20 states of the United States who owned a mobile phone participated in this study. Results indicated that participants used a few basic features of mobile phones since they used them mainly for personal communication and safety reasons. Overall, participants perceived that their current phones offered marginal “ease of use”, but they found most usability problems with understanding error messages, inputting text, and understanding user manuals. The majority of older adults (over 50%) desired a phone with basic features that include making /receiving a call, phonebook, emergency call, voice message checking, speed dial, ringer change, and clock. However, effects of age and gender were found on mobile phone usage patterns and design preferences, which suggest a need of focusing on diverse groups within the older adult population.

scholarly journals Exploring the Use of Mobile Technology in Qualitative Inquiry in Africa

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ane Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

In this article I explore how mobile phones may facilitate greater access to participants and higher participation rates in qualitative inquiry in Africa. Qualitative researchers face a number of ethical and procedural challenges when collecting data in the field. But with the explosion of mobile phone usage, many of these obstacles to data collection may be ameliorated, facilitating greater access to participants, to data, and to important findings. I use the example of a research study on the connection between development and higher education at two public universities in Kenya to illustrate how mobile phones played an unexpected role in data collection. Finally, I discuss preliminary recommendations for using the mobile phone to contend with the myriad challenges to rigorous qualitative research in Africa.

Learners and Mobile

2020 ◽  
pp. 439-459
Author(s):  
Fernando de la Cruz Paragas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Learning Functions ◽  
The Relationship

Studies about mobile phones, the learning process, and educational institutions have grown in recent years though research has mostly focused in the United States and in specific groups. This research contributes to the literature by looking at three educational levels in Singapore and by taking a two-pronged approach to the relationship among these three variables. It answers the following reflexivity: How do students learn to use mobile phone functions? How do they use mobile phones for learning functions? This chapter considers learning as the reflexive process where attitude and aptitude are acquired and shared for curricular and extra-curricular activities. Findings indicate two themes: how students 1) develop the skills to use the expanding array of mobile phone technologies, and integrate these in their daily life and 2) use mobile phones in school and in their schoolwork. Data for the study came from focus interviews with 36 informants who were selected through maximum variation sampling according to their age, educational level, and household income.

Behavioural Data Collection Using Mobile Phones

2014 ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Asakura ◽  
Eiji Hato ◽  
Takuya Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Travel Survey ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey System ◽  
Survey Instruments

This chapter reviews the development of mobile phone-based travel survey instruments and systems over the last 15 years and discusses the issues and challenges that they will likely face in the future. The essential ideas were proposed in earlier mobile phone surveys in the 1990s but have since become more sophisticated. Probe Person (PP) survey systems were developed in the 2000s using GPS-assisted mobile phones connected to Internet Web diaries, and were implemented in several cities in Japan. This chapter presents the characteristics of PP systems and survey examples. Smartphone-based travel survey systems have recently been developed and implemented all over the world. This chapter includes a case study of a smartphone-based PP survey system in Kumamoto, Japan. Advantages and remaining issues are discussed with the goal of improving information use and enhancing communication technologies in the field of travel data collection and analysis.

Design Specification for an M-Health Solution to Improve Antenatal Care

2022 ◽  
pp. 41-79
Author(s):  
Ishaya Gambo ◽  
Ekundayo Oluwole Ayegbusi ◽  
Obaloluwa Abioye ◽  
Theresa Omodunbi ◽  
Rhoda Ikono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Design Specifications ◽  
Information And Communication

Existing research on improving antenatal care—using information and communication technologies and related technology—has focused on mobile phones to support SMS alerts and the implementation of a tool for booking appointments. The SMS alert system is limited in many ways, especially in addressing the conflicts in schedule and time for appointment and visit. Even with the reported tool(s) implemented, activities in the software development process, especially the design specifications, were not correctly followed and documented to justify the solutions proposed. By means of a qualitative research approach, a face-to-face oral interview with both pregnant women and obstetricians and a brainstorming session with the obstetricians were achieved. The chapter approach harnesses course-plotting technology to determine the most suitable obstetrician based on proximity and route with Google Map's aid. The result is presented from both analytical and technical perspectives to prevent and reduce the high rate of maternal and neonatal loss.

scholarly journals Kajian dampak transformasi desain Nokia 3310 terhadap minat pasar Nokia di Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Kevin Ahmed Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Modern Design ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Large Market

Nokia mobile phone is one of the famous mobile phone brands carrying the slogan 'Connecting People' with the intention of presenting a mobile phone that can be used by everyone. Nokia is targeting a large market share, where every mobile phone made can be obtained by many people and with a design that is not inferior to other brands. One of the famous mobile phones ever produced by Nokia is the Nokia 3310 series which in its time Nokia 3310 phone is very in demanded because of its good design and resiliency. Then in 2017 comes the new Nokia 3310 series featuring a more modern design with a more developed specification than the previous Nokia 3310 series with the intention to hook the Nokia consumers who miss the Nokia 3310 but still feel the phone is not outdated. This research is a qualitative research based on the application of product design principles at Nokia 3310 - 2017.Keywords: tranformation, design, celuller phone, interest, market, spesification

Foreign policy of A.M. López Obrador: Declarations and reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-202
Author(s):  
V. L. Jeifets
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Central American ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
International Role ◽  
Traditional Patterns ◽  
The Right

The paper examines the foreign policy of Mexico during the first years of President A. M. López Obrador (AMLO) administration (2018‒2020). The research aims to both identify the key priorities of the country’s foreign policy (i.e., relations with the United States and Latin American countries, particularly in the context of the Venezuelan and Bolivian crises, as well as the Central American migration crisis) and to weigh it up against traditional patterns of Mexico’s foreign policy behavior, as well as to assess its overall feasibility. The latter issue is all the more relevant since the center-left administration of AMLO is constantly criticized for its ‘populism’. The paper shows that Mexico continues to prioritize relations with the United States not only in terms of economic cooperation (within the USMCA framework) and in addressing the migration crisis but also in terms of the overall foreign policy agenda setting as well. However, the author emphasizes that although the pressure from the United States is significant and can take various forms, Mexico manages to pursue an independent and multifaceted policy, as the Venezuelan and Bolivian crises have shown. Such a policy is based on the traditional principles that have crystallized during the years of maneuvering between the interests of the great powers and which, according to AMLO and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, should not be subject to any revision. These principles include non-interference in the internal affairs of other states and respect for their sovereignty, as well as respect for the right to political asylum. It is these principles that may contribute to reinforcing the international role of Mexico both regionally and globally despite a rather limited involvement of the current administration in foreign policy matters and its focus on domestic issues. Thus, the author concludes that beneath the populist rhetoric of A. M. López Obrador lies a fairly traditional foreign policy, warranted by the domestic situation and international environment.

Learners and Mobile

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Fernando de la Cruz Paragas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Learning Functions ◽  
The Relationship

Studies about mobile phones, the learning process, and educational institutions have grown in recent years though research has mostly focused in the United States and in specific groups. This research contributes to the literature by looking at three educational levels in Singapore and by taking a two-pronged approach to the relationship among these three variables. It answers the following reflexivity: How do students learn to use mobile phone functions? How do they use mobile phones for learning functions? This chapter considers learning as the reflexive process where attitude and aptitude are acquired and shared for curricular and extra-curricular activities. Findings indicate two themes: how students 1) develop the skills to use the expanding array of mobile phone technologies, and integrate these in their daily life and 2) use mobile phones in school and in their schoolwork. Data for the study came from focus interviews with 36 informants who were selected through maximum variation sampling according to their age, educational level, and household income.

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