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Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature
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This paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the developing world, and identifies major concentrations of research, and categorizes studies along two dimensions.Abstract:
This paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the developing world, and identifies major concentrations of research. It categorizes studies along two dimensions. One dimension distinguishes studies of the determinants of mobile adoption from those that assess the impacts of mobile use, and from those focused on the interrelationships between mobile technologies and users. A secondary dimension identifies a subset of studies with a strong economic development perspective. The discussion considers the implications of the resulting review and typology for future research.read more
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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa
TL;DR: Aker and Mbiti as mentioned in this paper examined the growth of mobile phone technology over the past decade and considered its potential impacts upon quality of life in low-income countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Effectiveness of Mobile-Health Technology-Based Health Behaviour Change or Disease Management Interventions for Health Care Consumers: A Systematic Review
Caroline Free,Gemma Phillips,Leandro Galli,Louise Watson,Lambert Felix,Phil Edwards,Vikram Patel,Andy Haines +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that high-quality, adequately powered trials of optimized interventions are required to evaluate effects on objective outcomes.
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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa
Jenny C. Aker,Isaac Mbiti +1 more
TL;DR: Mobile telephony has brought new possibilities to the continent of sub-Saharan Africa as discussed by the authors, and 60 percent of the population has mobile phone coverage, which is the highest rate in the world.
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Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and Management
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TL;DR: Evidence on behavior change and clinical outcomes was compiled from randomized or quasi-experimental controlled trials of text message interventions published in peer-reviewed journals by June 2009.
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Understanding Generation Y and their use of social media: a review and research agenda
Ruth N. Bolton,A. Parasuraman,A.H.J.M. Hoefnagels,Nanne Migchels,Sertan Kabadayi,Thorsten Gruber,Yuliya Komarova Loureiro,David Solnet +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review what we know and don't know about Generation Y's use of social media and assess the implications for individuals, firms and society, and develop managerial implications and a research agenda.
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