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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Main Authors: Timothy D. Baird, J. Terrence McCabe, Emily Woodhouse, Isaya Rumas, Stephen Sankeni, Gabriel Ole. Saitoti
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Resilience Alliance 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c35e031d1b084a05a5776c071e155a7d
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