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Mobile and Intimate Conflicts: The Case of Young Female Adults in Nigeria

Mobile and Intimate Conflicts: The Case of Young Female Adults in Nigeria

Gbenga Afolayan
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466661660|ISBN10: 1466661666|EISBN13: 9781466661677
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6166-0.ch006
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Afolayan, Gbenga. "Mobile and Intimate Conflicts: The Case of Young Female Adults in Nigeria." Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications, edited by Xiaoge Xu, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 108-123. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6166-0.ch006

APA

Afolayan, G. (2014). Mobile and Intimate Conflicts: The Case of Young Female Adults in Nigeria. In X. Xu (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications (pp. 108-123). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6166-0.ch006

Chicago

Afolayan, Gbenga. "Mobile and Intimate Conflicts: The Case of Young Female Adults in Nigeria." In Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications, edited by Xiaoge Xu, 108-123. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6166-0.ch006

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Abstract

The recent trends in the developing world show that mobile telephony has signalled a significant milestone for the way people communicate. Even though there are still issues of unequal access to mobile phones, the fact remains that young people's access to mobile phones has become prevalent in Africa with its resultant impacts on virtual mobility, individual's technical capability, and personalised interaction. This chapter provides another local perspective on the transformative debate of mobile phones, the place of young adults in it, and its social consequences on intimate relationship in Nigeria. After reviewing the recent literature on mobile usage in Africa, and its social consequences on intimate conflicts, the chapter explores the ways in which the mobile phone has altered the modes of circulating information that is meant to remain secret. The young adults' usage indicate that the mobile phone, which is seen as an example of a globally imagined technological tool, is appropriated in localised ways in which the local slogan, “Wahala don sele” (problem has started), is articulated in intimate conflicts. The chapter concedes that mobile communication plays major roles in daily affairs of young female adults, but it has its social consequences. Therefore, it suggests that future research should look beyond the normative view of mobile development, which only concentrates on governance, education, business, and health.

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