Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications

✍ Scribed by Ahmed Gad Abdel-Wahab

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The mobile technology field is expanding with innovative research and discoveries that expand to all walks of life. Mobile technology may have its greatest impact in the developing world, because it brings telecommunication to districts that had never been reached before. Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications reviews different approaches and methodologies used in dealing with issues related to mobile ICTs, presents successful examples mobile ICT adoption in developing countries, and addresses the impact of culture on mobile ICT adoption and deployment. The diverse coverage of mobile information communication technologies adoption in developing countries presented in this book will contribute to a better understanding of all topics, research, and discoveries in this developing, significant field of study.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 5
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgment......Page 18
The Critical Mass of Wireless Communications: Differences between Developing and Developed Economies......Page 20
The Competitive Growth Pattern of Mobile Telecommunications in Korea......Page 37
Mobile Information Communication Technologies and Construction Project Management: Indian Scenario Case Study......Page 55
Requirements Engineering in the ICT4D Domain......Page 71
In Defence of Mobile Technologies: Exploring the Socio-Technological Dimensions of M-Learning......Page 86
Mobile Learning in China......Page 98
Blended Mobile Learning in Developing Nations and Environments with Variable Access: Three Cases......Page 110
Mobile Technologies and Rich Media: Expanding Tertiary Education Opportunities in Developing Countries......Page 122
The Role of M-Government in Western China Development......Page 136
Exploring Civil Servant Resistance to M-Government: A Story of Transition and Opportunities in Turkey......Page 153
Mobile Telephony and Economic Growth in Developing Economies......Page 180
Understanding Mobile Phone Usage While Driving: Mini-Bus and Taxi Drivers’ Experiences In Istanbul......Page 192
Mobile Technology and the Gulf Society: Perception and Attitude......Page 214
BlogWall: Promoting Social Communication through Mobile Technology in Sri Lanka......Page 224
The Role of Information Communication Technologies within the Field of Communication for Social Change......Page 237
Health Hazards of Mobile Information Communication Technologies......Page 256
Compilation of References......Page 271
About the Contributors......Page 308
Index
......Page 317