Brown, CherylCzerniewicz, Laura2012-08-212012-08-212011-09http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50170This paper considers the relationship between social and academic spheres in students’ communication networks, with reference to computer and cell phone use. The context for the study is a resource-constrained South African higher education environment where personal computer ownership is not the norm and many students rely on campus-based infrastructure for computer access and use. The analysis examines participants’ location in their networks, the structure of the networks, and the relationship between the physical and the virtual.Text1 digital file (24 p. : ill.)application/pdfenHIGHER EDUCATIONSOUTH AFRICASTUDENTSINFORMATION SOCIETYINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)SOCIAL MEDIASHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS)COMPUTERSCELL PHONESMOBILE PHONESACCESS TO ICTSOUTH OF SAHARAUNIVERSITIESWorking Paper