Mobile Discourses
Maria Paola de Salvo
Broschiertes Buch

Mobile Discourses

A Critical Discourse Analysis on Reports of Intergovernmental Organizations Recommending Mobile Phones for Development

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Considered the most accessible Information Communication Technology (ICT) ever to emerge, mobile phones are being recommended by international organizations as an essential tool for treating development problems, despite barriers and the lack of evidence of benefits. This book relies on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of reports of the World Bank, the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme to unveil how these intergovernmental organizations articulate their discourse of advising mobiles to improve life. Their main rationale is also compared with previous development and ...