Invisible Users : Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Burrell, Jenna, 1978- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Acting with technology Acting with technology.
Subject:	Internet and teenagers -- Ghana. Cybercafes -- Ghana. Technology and youth -- Ghana. Online social networks -- Ghana. Cybercafes. Internet and teenagers. Online social networks. Technology and youth. Ghana. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132154

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ISBN:	9780262301459 0262301458 9780262017367 0262017369 1280498870 9781280498879 9786613594105 6613594105
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This title provides an account of how young people in Ghana's capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy. The book captures the flexibility of technology by users in the margins but also highlights how their invisibility puts limits on their full inclusion into a global network society.
Other form:	Print version: Burrell, Jenna, 1978- Invisible users. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262017367
Standard no.:	7212387

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