Ravi Agrawal

India Connected

How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

With the rise of low-cost smartphones and cheap data plans, millions of Indians are now discovering the internet for the first time, and the implications are as vast as the country itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780190858650
• ISBN-10: 0190858656
• Artikelnr.: 51385134

Autorenporträt

Ravi Agrawal has worked for CNN for over a decade in London, New York, and New Delhi. He currently lives in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: India's Great Connect
PART 1 - OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER 1: FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOOGLE'S EARS
Women and the smartphone
CHAPTER 2: HELLO EDUCATION
Bridging the learning gap
CHAPTER 3: INDIA'S MOBILITY
The gig economy and job creation
PART 2 - SOCIETY
CHAPTER 4: TRUE, MAD, LOVE
Dating and marriage in the small screen era
CHAPTER 5: SEARCHING FOR SUNNY
The rise of pornography
CHAPTER 6: WHATSAPP-ENING IN INDIA?
Fake news and the problem with hyper-connectivity
PART 3 - THE STATE
CHAPTER 7: BIG BROTHERS
Internet shutdowns, and Facebook vs India
CHAPTER 8: "DEMONETIZATION"
A shock war on cash, and the rise of digital wallets
CHAPTER 9
CONCLUSION: How we got here . . . and where it's going