[Air-l] SMS and cell phone research

[Miraj Khaled]

Hi redante:

I am doing some research myself on mobile devices and
their effects on socio-economic development and
corresponding  national telecommunications policies.

Anyway, you probably have looked into MobileActive.org
site.
and this one: www.textually.org [it has whole sections
devoted to SMS]

you may find this book useful too:

Thumb Culture: The Meaning of Mobile Phones for
Society
http://www.thumbculture.com/

Cheers!
miraj khaled
simon fraser university

--- air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org wrote:

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Redante Asuncion-Reed <redantereed at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Air-l] SMS and cell phone research
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org

Hello all

I am a graduate student in the American University
School of 
Communications. I am doing my master's theses on the
use of cell phones and sms 
messaging in activism, particularly in Africa by an
NGO called FAHAMU.

The broad question I seek to explore is if the use of
social media 
technology by social activist organizations have made
them more effective 
in their work? FAHAMU's use of cell phones and sms
activism will be my 
case study to narrow it down to manageable size.

I have a lot of Internet websites and a set of mass
market books I will 
use:

Momentum by Allison Fine
Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

What I lack are scholarly and academic research to
give me a 
theoretical framework to work with.I have been
scanning Prof. Barry Wellman's web 
site and sense that some of his research on social
networks and the 
Internet might be applicable but I can't identify a
particular paper or 
book yet that is right for my research.

Can I ask the advice of the list members on what
books, journal 
articles, and other scholarly sources might be helpful
for my research?

Regards,
Redante


 
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