Mobile phones and wrong numbers: how Maasai agro-pastoralists form and use accidental social ties in East Africa
Mobile phones are recognized as important new tools for rural development in the Global South, but few studies have examined how phones can shape social networks. This study documents a new type of social tie, enabled by mobile phones, that to our knowledge has not previously been discussed in acade...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Society |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss2/art41/ |