Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:45:20 +0200 From: Jo Pierson <jo.pierson@vub.ac.be> To: mobile-society <mobile-society@googlegroups.com> Subject: [mobile-society] Fwd: Debate on the social and economic impact of mobile phones FYI Kind regards, Jo Pierson Begin doorgestuurd bericht: > This is an enquiry e-mail via https://iamcr.org/ from: > Mika YAMANAKA<m.yamanaka@unesco.org> > > Dear Sir, Madam, > > I would like to kindly request you to circulate the announcement below among > your members. UNESCO is actually launching a online debate on mobile phones > for development and I thought your members might be also interested in > contributing this global debate. You are also welcomed to join UNESCO?s > online community ?WSIS Platform of Communities?, to use it as a place for > promoting IAMCR activities and to explore networking opportunities. Over 2000 > people have now joined this platform. > Thank you in advance for your cooperation. > Best wishes, > > Mika Yamanaka > Information Society Division > Communication and Information Sector > UNESCO paris > > _______________________________________________ > > UNESCO will launch the first of a series of debates on ICTs and development > on the WSIS Platform of Communities website (www.wsis-community.org) on 11 > April. The debate will last until 25 April. A summary of insights from the > debate will be published as a contribution to this year's WSIS Forum which is > to be held in Geneva from 16 to 20 May 2011, and to discussions by > international development agencies. > > The debate is on the Social and Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in > Developing Countries. > > The debate opens with a background comment on mobile phones in development > (from the debate moderator, Dr David Souter) and two opening statements of > the importance of mobile phones for social and economic development. The > opening statements are by Rich Ling, who focuses on social impact, and Abi > Jagun, who focuses on economic impact. > > A number of interviews with experts in mobile phones and development are also > used to set the scene. The interviews are with Jenny Aker, Ken Banks, > Roxanna Barrantes, Harsha da Silva and Alison Gillwald. > > UNESCO urges everyone with an interest in mobile phones and development is > encouraged to join the debate and raise issues which you think should be > discussed. You are also welcome to draw attention to new developments and > insights on the issues. > > Summaries of the issues and comments from the moderator will be posted as the > debate progresses. > > > > _______________________________________________ > International Association for Media and Communication Research - > http://iamcr.org > Announcements mailing list > > Join IAMCR | http://iamcr.org/about-iamcr/membership/join-iamcr-mainmenu-237 > > Follow IAMCR's updates on Twitter | http://twitter.com/IAMCRtweets > Visit IAMCR's Facebook Page | http://www.facebook.com/iamcr.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en.