Publication Type
Report
Year
4-2014
Abstract
Millions of people do not read for one reason: they do not have access to text. But mobile phones and cellular networks are transforming a scarce resource into an abundant one. Drawing on the analysis of over 4,000 surveys collected in seven developing countries and corresponding qualitative interviews, this report paints a detailed picture of who reads books and stories on mobile devices and why. The findings illuminate, for the first time, the habits, beliefs and profiles of mobile readers in developing countries. This information points to strategies to expand mobile reading and, by extension, the educational and socio-economic benefits associated with increased reading. Mobile technology can advance literacy and learning in underserved communities around the world. This report shows how.
Disciplines
Communication Technology and New Media | Reading and Language
Subject(s)
Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship
Publisher
UNESCO
Version
publishedVersion
Language
eng
Copyright Holder
Publisher-cc-by-sa
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
West, Mark and CHEW, Han Ei.
Reading in the mobile era: A study of mobile reading in developing countries. (2014). 1.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/oi_research/21