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Mobile Technologies and Disadvantaged Women: A Mixed Methods Study of Information Behavior in a D

Potnis, Devendra Dilip

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Title
Mobile Technologies and Disadvantaged Women: A Mixed Methods Study of Information Behavior in a D
Author(s)
Potnis, Devendra Dilip
Issue Date
2009-02-08
Keyword(s)
  • Mobile Technologies
  • Information Behavior
  • Disadvantaged Women
  • Developing Nation
Abstract
This dissertation research studies the role of mobile technologies in shaping information behavior of financially disadvantaged women, who own and use mobile cell phones, and earn less than US $1 per day, by working at a domestic business set up in rural India. Wilson’s global model of human information behavior will be used to study the information behavior of a sample population. The research findings will be of great use to public sector organizations, academia as well as private sector organizations in a variety of different ways.
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Language
en
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