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Gideon Burton

WAN IFRA International Newsroom Summit: How The Crowd Saved Our Company | Digital First - 0 views

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    A seminal statement of how journalism must transform in the digital age.
Ariel Szuch

Transforming women's work: New ... - Google Books - 0 views

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    This is my group's book for our book club--it talks about the way women and families were affected by the industrial revolution
Gideon Burton

The digital age an age of stagnation? - 2 views

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    When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?
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    Fascinating article. Thanks for sharing this, Dr. Burton. Do you think it's because internet technologies are mainly looked at as entertainment sources and not utilized as educational, academic, and research empowering tools? Is there something about the facility of information that hampers one's creativity, kind of like the cat and mouse game of dating that heightens one's mojo? Or could it possibly just be the result of a nation that has become exhausted with the competitive level necessary to transform this into what it may become? Or finally, do you think it's just a matter of time like the economic historian, Paul David said?
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    I do think it is a matter of time. People fall into ruts, even with revolutionary technologies. But enough is happening to keep this sphere innovating on the large scale even if it appears same-old in the short term. Nice to hear from you, Sean.
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    Very interesting! Nice to hear from you too, Dr. Burton.
Kristen Nicole Cardon

allAfrica.com: Africa: Cell Phones Transform Continent's Development (Page 1 of 2) - 0 views

  • Mobile penetration is expanding dramatically. The number given for 2007 is about 250 million subscribers in Africa and the numbers are continuing to rise very, very rapidly.
Kristen Nicole Cardon

Africa calling: mobile phone usage sees record rise after huge investment | Technology ... - 1 views

  • Uganda, the first African country to have more mobiles than fixed telephones, is cited as an example of cultural and economic transformation. Penetration has risen from 0.2% in 1995 to 23% in 2008, with operators making huge investments in infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. Given their low incomes, only about a quarter of Ugandans have a mobile subscription, but street vendors offer mobile access on a per-call basis. They also invite those without access to electricity to charge their phones using car batteries.Popular mobile services include money transfers, allowing people without bank accounts to send money by text message. Many farmers use mobiles to trade and check market prices.
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    Thank you for the links, this is exactly what I was actually going to post about.
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