The Contributions of WhatsApp to Social Inclusion: A Case of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria

被引：1
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作者：
Dasuki, Salihu Ibrahim [1 ]
Abubakar, Naima Hafiz [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sheffield, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England
[2] Amer Univ Nigeria, Yola, Nigeria
来源：
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT: STRENGTHENING SOUTHERN-DRIVEN COOPERATION AS A CATALYST FOR ICT4D, PT I | 2019年 / 551卷
关键词：
WhatsApp; Freedoms; IDPs; Nigeria; INFORMATION;
D O I：
10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_34
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
This paper addresses the topic on how WhatsApp can improve the lives of internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by conflict. To theorize the complex relationship between mobile technologies and social inclusion, Sen's five distinct instrumental freedoms was drawn upon to understand the use of WhatsApp by IDPs affected by Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and its impact on their social inclusion. Based on a one-week fieldwork of an ongoing research, the case narrative presented both the freedom outcomes afforded the IDPs by the use of WhatsApp and also the impediments that hinder the developmental impact. Finally, we conclude by providing some implications for research and practice.
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页码：414 / 424
页数：11
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