Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana.
Burrell, Jenna.
Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - Acting with Technology Series . - Acting with Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Youth and the Indeterminate Space of the Internet Café -- 3 Ghanaians Online and the Innovation of 419 Scams -- 4 Rumor and the Morality of the Internet -- 5 Practical Metaphysics and the Efficacy of the Internet -- 6 Linking the Internet to Development at a World Summit -- 7 The Import of Secondhand Computers and the Dilemma of Electronic Waste -- 8 Becoming Visible -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An account of how young people in Ghana's capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy.
9780262301459
Internet and teenagers-Ghana.
Cybercafes-Ghana.
Technology and youth-Ghana.
Online social networks-Ghana.
Electronic books.
004.67/8083509667
Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - Acting with Technology Series . - Acting with Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Youth and the Indeterminate Space of the Internet Café -- 3 Ghanaians Online and the Innovation of 419 Scams -- 4 Rumor and the Morality of the Internet -- 5 Practical Metaphysics and the Efficacy of the Internet -- 6 Linking the Internet to Development at a World Summit -- 7 The Import of Secondhand Computers and the Dilemma of Electronic Waste -- 8 Becoming Visible -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An account of how young people in Ghana's capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy.
9780262301459
Internet and teenagers-Ghana.
Cybercafes-Ghana.
Technology and youth-Ghana.
Online social networks-Ghana.
Electronic books.
004.67/8083509667