The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West

Arora, Payal

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The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West

Arora, Payal·2019·Harvard University Press eBooks

DOI 10.4159/9780674238879

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Why do citizens of states with strict surveillance care so little about their digital privacy? Why do Brazilians eschew geo-tagging on social media? What drives young Indians to friend “foreign” strangers on Facebook and give “missed calls” to people? Payal Arora answers these questions and many more about the internet’s next billion users.

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Authors: Arora, P.
Corresponding author: Arora, Payal
ORCID: Arora, Payal
Venue: Harvard University Press eBooks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2019-04-22
DOI: 10.4159/9780674238879
OpenAlex: W3216577334
Cited by: 181
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 54 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
FWCI: 12.17
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › ICT Impact and Policies
Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
Keywords: internet users, digital privacy, surveillance, geotagging, social media, Facebook, mobile phone use

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