TY - BOOK TI - The Social construction and usage of communication technologies : : Asian and European experiences SN - 9789715425373 U1 - 303.4833 PY - 2007///] CY - Quezon City : PB - University of the Philippines Press, KW - Information technology KW - Social aspects KW - Telecommunication KW - Communication and technology KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Doing IT in developing societies: varying contexts, similar epistemic practices : Understanding mobile phone design -- Affected by the mobiles: mobile phone culture, text messaging, and digital welfare services -- Managing banality in mobile multimedia -- The cellphone: is it an urban phenomenon? -- Cellphones in the rural Philippines -- Cellphones and the social lives of migrant workers in southern china -- Three technological paradoxes: power manifestations of mobile phone usage among Malaysians on the run -- Vietnam and the internet: a brief history -- The transformative capacities of technology: computer-mediated interactive communications in the Philippines-promises of the present future ER -