Intermediated technology use in developing communities

By Nithya Sambasivan, Edward Cutrell, Kentaro Toyama, Bonnie A. Nardi. 2010

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Subfields: Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations, Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction

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Re-imagining Algorithmic Fairness in India and Beyond (2021, background): “, via delay-tolerant connectivity, low cost devices, text-free interfaces, intermediaries, and NGO partnerships (see [45, 74, 86, 115, 132, 179, 209]).”
"Privacy is not for me, it's for those rich women": Performative Privacy Practices on Mobile Phones by Women in South Asia (2018, background): “As documented elsewhere, mediated usage builds upon the social infrastructure and enables women, especially those with lower technical literacy, to make use of tools they find challenging to use [40].”
Imagined Connectivities: Synthesized Conceptions of Public Wi-Fi in Urban India (2017, background): “Social intermediation for first-time Wi-Fi users from their friends and family had helped them navigate the connection process and get on the network for the first time [58].”
How Platform-User Power Relations Shape Algorithmic Accountability: A Case Study of Instant Loan Platforms and Financially Stressed Users in India (2022, methodology): “While instant loan apps are designed as single-user applications, we found evidence of intermediated use among our participants, as is commonly reported in previous research on technology-use in the Global South [12, 41, 72, 110].”
Mobile Phones for Maternal Health in Rural India (2015, background): “The role of intermediaries in contexts such as ours has been frequently discussed in HCI4D research [29, 22].”
Social Justice-Oriented Interaction Design: Outlining Key Design Strategies and Commitments (2016, background): “For example, past projects have focused on designing and deploying novel technology configurations in order to improve Internet access in rural and unconnected spaces [117, 98, 107, 97].”