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New-media pundits obsess over online privacy and security, cyberbullying, and revenge porn, but do these things really matter in most of the world? The Next Billion Users reveals that many assumptions about internet use in developing countries are wrong. After immersing herself in factory towns, slums, townships, and favelas, Payal Arora assesses real patterns of internet usage in India, China, South Africa, Brazil, and the Middle East. She finds Himalayan teens growing closer by sharing a single computer with common passwords and profiles. In China's gaming factories, the line between work…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2019Harvard University Press · 280 pages · 9780674983786
- Other · English · 2019Next Billion UsersHarvard University Press · 280 pages · 9780674238879
Internet, social aspectsComputer securityDeveloping countries, social conditionsInternet usersInternet and the poorInternetSocial aspects