Public access, private mobile : the interplay of shared access and the mobile Internet for teenagers in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.authorWalton, Marion
dc.contributor.authorDonner, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T14:41:14Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T14:41:14Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.description.abstractThe study assesses and describes the interplay between public PC-based Internet access and private mobile-based access for urban teenaged public access venue (PAV) users in Cape Town. South Africa is a particularly fruitful “leading edge” environment to do this work since not only mobile use, but specifically mobile Internet use, is increasingly common even among resource-constrained young people. We combine quantitative surveys with open-ended interviews of users and PAV operators. Discussion is structured around five claims: 1) Public access and private mobiles offer different affordances, and teenage users have developed complex, fine-grained practices which help them to negotiate the respective strengths and weaknesses of the affordances. 2) The PAV provides non-substitutable impact to resource-constrained users, even those with “the Internet in their pocket.” 3) Public access supports the development of digital literacies associated with hyperlinked media and largeformat documents, while mobile access supports everyday social literacies and messaging. 4) Teens can use a combination of mobile and public access Internet resources to participate in networked media production and grassroots economic mobilization. 5) PAV operators can improve venue rules and skills to encourage the complementary use of the mobile Internet.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (69 p. : ill.)en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/51518
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Cape Townen
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal impact study research report series; October 2012en
dc.subjectPUBLIC ACCESSen
dc.subjectINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)en
dc.subjectICTen
dc.subjectICTDen
dc.subjectM4Den
dc.subjectMOBILE INTERNETen
dc.subjectCELLULAR PHONESen
dc.subjectCYBERCAFESen
dc.subjectICT4Den
dc.subjectLIBRARIESen
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONESen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWNen
dc.titlePublic access, private mobile : the interplay of shared access and the mobile Internet for teenagers in Cape Townen
dc.typeIDRC-Related Reporten
idrc.copyright.holderUniversity of Cape Town
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY-NC-SAen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.number104714
idrc.project.titleInvestigating the Social and Economic Impact of Public Access to Information and Communication Technologiesen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-3570-57
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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