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050	0	0	_aHM851 _b.A744 2019
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100	1		_aArora, Payal, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe next billion users : _bdigital life beyond the West / _cPayal Arora.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2019.
300			_a269 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aNew-media pundits obsess over online privacy and security, cyberbullying, and revenge porn, but do these things really matter in most of the world? The Next Billion Users reveals that many assumptions about internet use in developing countries are wrong. After immersing herself in factory towns, slums, townships, and favelas, Payal Arora assesses real patterns of internet usage in India, China, South Africa, Brazil, and the Middle East. She finds Himalayan teens growing closer by sharing a single computer with common passwords and profiles. In China's gaming factories, the line between work and leisure disappears. In Riyadh, a group of young women organize a YouTube fashion show. Why do citizens of states with strict surveillance policies appear to care so little about their digital privacy? Why do Brazilians eschew geo-tagging on social media? What drives young Indians to friend "foreign" strangers on Facebook and give "missed calls" to people? The Next Billion Users answers these questions and many more. Through extensive fieldwork, Arora demonstrates that the global poor are far from virtuous utilitarians who mainly go online to study, find jobs, and obtain health information. She reveals habits of use bound to intrigue everyone from casual internet users to developers of global digital platforms to organizations seeking to reach the next billion internet users.-- _cProvided by publisher
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index.
650		0	_aInternet users _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aInternet and the poor _zDeveloping countries.
650		4	_aINTERNET _xSocial aspects _zDeveloping countries. _9247291
650		0	_aComputer security _zDeveloping countries.
985			_aMHCIP _d2018-10-10
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