Researching mobile phones in the everyday life of the “less connected”: the development of a New Diary Method

de Lanerolle, Indra; Schoon, Alette; Walton, Marion

Title: Researching mobile phones in the everyday life of the “less connected”: the development of a New Diary Method
Creator: de Lanerolle, Indra
Creator: Schoon, Alette
Creator: Walton, Marion
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160413
Identifier: vital:40443
Identifier: DOI: 10.1080/23743670.2020.1813785
Description: This article introduces our mobile diary method, a qualitative method for the study of mobile phone practices. Adapted from the diary methods of psychology and media studies audience research, it is designed to foreground tacit and mundane data about everyday mobile phone practices. The diary interview reconstructs details of the social practices of everyday life that make up each participant’s “yesterday” and situates mobile practices within this account. To illustrate the method, we provide examples from our study, Izolo, that spanned three distinct South African neighbourhoods in different parts of the country and focused on less-connected people.
Format: 17 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Journalism Studies
Relation: de Lanerolle, I., Schoon, A. and Walton, M., 2020. Researching mobile phones in the everyday life of the “less connected”: the development of a New Diary Method. African Journalism Studies, pp.1-16
Relation: African Journalism Studies volume number 1 16 September 2020 2374-3689
Rights: Publisher
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