India Connected - How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World''s Largest Democracy

Zusatztext The smartphone may well rank among fire and electricity in terms of sheer impact on humanity. And, as Ravi Agrawal argues in this book, there are few places in the world that have experienced that revolution as forcefully as India. Like no one else, Agrawal highlights just how far India has come with the smartphone, and how much further it can go. A read as entertaining as it is informative. Informationen zum Autor Ravi Agrawal has worked for CNN for over a decade in London, New York, and New Delhi. He currently lives in New York. Klappentext With the rise of low-cost smartphones and cheap data plans, millions of Indians are now discovering the internet for the first time, and the implications are as vast as the country itself. Zusammenfassung With the rise of low-cost smartphones and cheap data plans, millions of Indians are now discovering the internet for the first time, and the implications are as vast as the country itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: India's Great Connect PART 1 - OPPORTUNITY CHAPTER 1: FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOOGLE'S EARS Women and the smartphone CHAPTER 2: HELLO EDUCATION Bridging the learning gap CHAPTER 3: INDIA'S MOBILITY The gig economy and job creation PART 2 - SOCIETY CHAPTER 4: TRUE, MAD, LOVE Dating and marriage in the small screen era CHAPTER 5: SEARCHING FOR SUNNY The rise of pornography CHAPTER 6: WHATSAPP-ENING IN INDIA? Fake news and the problem with hyper-connectivity PART 3 - THE STATE CHAPTER 7: BIG BROTHERS Internet shutdowns, and Facebook vs India CHAPTER 8: "DEMONETIZATION" A shock war on cash, and the rise of digital wallets CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION: How we got here . . . and where it's going

Product details

• Authors: Ravi Agrawal, Ravi (Journalist Agrawal
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780190858650
• ISBN: 978-0-19-085865-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, HISTORY / Social History, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Politics & government, Politics and government, Media, Information & Communication Industries