The moral economy of mobile phones : Pacific Islands perspectives / edited by Robert J. Foster and H...
The moral economy of mobile phones : Pacific Islands perspectives / edited by Robert J. Foster and H...
The moral economy of mobile phones : Pacific Islands perspectives / edited by Robert J. Foster and Heather A. Horst.
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Publisher
Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Call Numbers
H 2018/2650
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 148 pages : colour illustrations, maps, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A Handset Dangling in a Doorway: Mobile Phone Sharing in a Rural Sepik Village (Papua New Guinea) / David Lipset -- HIV, Phone Friends and Affective Technology in Papua New Guinea / Holly Wardlow -- Toby and 'the Mobile System': Apocalypse and Salvation in Papua New Guinea's Wireless Network / Dan J...
Publication information
Publisher
Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Series
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The moral economy of mobile phones implies a field of shifting relations among consumers, companies and state actors, all of whom have their own ideas about what is good, fair and just. These ideas inform the ways in which, for example, consumers acquire and use mobile phones; companies promote and sell voice, SMS and data subscriptions; and state...
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Full title
The moral economy of mobile phones : Pacific Islands perspectives / edited by Robert J. Foster and Heather A. Horst.
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Notes
General note
ANU Press Pacific series
Includes bibliographical references.
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
H 2018/2650
Record Identifier
74VKVk3NxDwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVk3NxDwy
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ISBN
9781760462086
DDC
303.4833
MMS ID
991024181718202626
