Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana /
Burrell, Jenna, 1978-
Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana / Jenna Burrell. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations - - Acting with technology . - Acting with technology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Youth and the indeterminate space of the Internet cafe -- 3. Ghanaians online and the innovation of 419 scams -- 5. Rumor and the morality of the Internet -- 5. Practical metaphysics and the efficacy of the Internet -- 6. Linking the Internet to development at the world summit -- 7. The import of secondhand computers and the dilemma of electronic waste -- 8. Becoming visible.
This title provides an account of how young people in Ghana's capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy. The book captures the flexibility of technology by users in the margins but also highlights how their invisibility puts limits on their full inclusion into a global network society.
English.
9780262301459 (electronic bk.) 0262301458 (electronic bk.) 1280498870 9781280498879 9786613594105 6613594105 0262300680 9780262300681
7212387
22573/ctt58f46r JSTOR 8936 MIT Press 9780262301459 MIT Press
2011039761
Internet and teenagers--Ghana.
Cybercafes--Ghana.
Technology and youth--Ghana.
Online social networks--Ghana.
Internet et adolescents--Ghāna.
Cybercafés--Ghāna.
Technologie et jeunesse--Ghāna.
Réseaux sociaux (Internet)--Ghāna.
COMPUTERS--Networking--Intranets & Extranets.
COMPUTERS--Web--General.
COMPUTERS--Social Aspects--General.
Cybercafes.
Internet and teenagers.
Online social networks.
Technology and youth.
Ghana.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ799.2.I5 / B87 2012eb
004.67/8083509667
Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana / Jenna Burrell. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations - - Acting with technology . - Acting with technology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Youth and the indeterminate space of the Internet cafe -- 3. Ghanaians online and the innovation of 419 scams -- 5. Rumor and the morality of the Internet -- 5. Practical metaphysics and the efficacy of the Internet -- 6. Linking the Internet to development at the world summit -- 7. The import of secondhand computers and the dilemma of electronic waste -- 8. Becoming visible.
This title provides an account of how young people in Ghana's capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy. The book captures the flexibility of technology by users in the margins but also highlights how their invisibility puts limits on their full inclusion into a global network society.
English.
9780262301459 (electronic bk.) 0262301458 (electronic bk.) 1280498870 9781280498879 9786613594105 6613594105 0262300680 9780262300681
7212387
22573/ctt58f46r JSTOR 8936 MIT Press 9780262301459 MIT Press
2011039761
Internet and teenagers--Ghana.
Cybercafes--Ghana.
Technology and youth--Ghana.
Online social networks--Ghana.
Internet et adolescents--Ghāna.
Cybercafés--Ghāna.
Technologie et jeunesse--Ghāna.
Réseaux sociaux (Internet)--Ghāna.
COMPUTERS--Networking--Intranets & Extranets.
COMPUTERS--Web--General.
COMPUTERS--Social Aspects--General.
Cybercafes.
Internet and teenagers.
Online social networks.
Technology and youth.
Ghana.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ799.2.I5 / B87 2012eb
004.67/8083509667