REVIEW: Noted; Moral quandary over social and political use of mobile phones

Abstract

The Moral Economy of Mobile Phones: Pacific Islands Perspectives, edited by Robert J. Foster and Heather A. Horst. Canberra: ANU Press, 2018. 163 pages. ISBN 978-1-7604-6208-6 (print); 978-1-7604-6209-3 (e-book) WHILE anthropologists have mainly studied mobile phone use at an individual or group level, the entry of Digicel into Pacific nations’ mobile markets over the past decade has introduced a wider set of issues that are explored here in detail.

Keywords

• communication
• mobile phones
• moral economy
• reviews