Montreal, Le Centre Sheraton
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Joyce
Welcome and Registration
Keynote address: Dr. James E. Katz
Director, Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University
Are universal mobile communication patterns developing?: Cultural construction versus cognitive exigencies
Telephony and the Developing World (1)
Kas Kalba
Kalba International/Yale University
The global adoption and diffusion of mobile phones: Nearing the halfway mark
Hiyam Hijazi-Omari & Rivka Ribak
Department of Communications, University of Haifa
Global and local discourses of media resistance: The case of the mobile phone in Arab language websites
Dana Diminescu & Christian Licoppe
Department of Social Science, Ecole Nationale des Telecommunications
Mobile-based money transfer: Weaving together financial and migration fluxes
Katie Lever
Department of Communication, Western Connecticut State University
Mobile music technology, communication isolation and community building
Joyce
Telephony and the Developing World (2)
Patricia Mechael
Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University [paper: Mechael]
Mobile phones and the preservation of family well-being in Egypt
Araba Sey
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California [paper: Sey]
Where did all the payphones go? Intermediaries, innovation and insecurity in the mobile phone industry
Satomi Sugiyama
Department of International Communications, Franklin College Switzerland
Mobile technologies in everyday life for the Arab students
Diverse Themes
A. Kavanaugh, M. Perez-Quinones, M. Evans & A. Puckett
Center for Human Computer Interaction, School of Education & Appalachian Studies Program, Virginia Tech
Scaffolding technologies for low literacy groups: From cell phone to PC in Appalachia
Dawna Ballard & Dina Inman Ramgolam
Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas [paper: Ballard & Ramgolam]
Communication, connection, and connectivity: Mobile communication and human temporality
Gwen Shaffer
Mass Media & Communication Program, Temple University
Peering into the future: The potential for peer-to-peer networking to help close the digital divide
Mobile Communication and the Social Sphere
Timo Saari
Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University
The uses of social media in public spaces
Scott Campbell
Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan [paper: Campbell]
Mobile communication and the public sphere: Linking patterns of use to civic and political engagement
Rich Ling
Telenor/Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan
The role of mobile communication in the maintenance of social networks
Telephony and the Developing World (3)
Jonathan Donner
Microsoft Corporation [paper: Donner]
A typology of mobile uses among small and informal businesses
Harsha de Silva, Ayesha Zainudeen & Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara
LIRNEAsia [paper: Silva, Zainudeen & Ratnadiwakara]
Perceived economic benefits of telecom access at the Bottom of the Pyramid in emerging Asia
Hana Cecelie Geirbo
Telenor
Missed calls: Messaging for the masses
Organized by: Dr. Scott Campbell, University of Michigan; Dr. Jan Fernback, Temple University; Dr. Rich Ling, Telenor Research