THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY DEEPTI CHITTAMURU AT ICA 2011

1. Social Dynamics of Mobile Phone Use By Children In Rural India:MILLEE Deepti Chittamuru ICA 2011, Boston, MA University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School Of Communication

3. Background & Motivation (Why)

4. Research Methods (How)

5. The Findings (Findings)

6. Implications For Design (Finally…)How Why Findings Finally…

7. 3 PROBLEM STATEMENT How Why Findings Finally…

9. Focus on inculcating a learning component in digitized village games

10. Quantification of English learning gains caused by the games

11. Capture the culture of mobile phone use by children in rural India

12. Focus on understanding children’s learning and play practices

13. Qualitative assessment of the social dynamics of mobile phone use4

14. 5 TIMELINE How Why Findings Finally… O-o-S Qualitative Study Out-of-school (O-o-S) Exploratory Study End O-o-S Qualitative Study Feasibility study‏ Feasibility study Needs assessment‏ Classroom pilot Exploratory study‏ Jun 2008 Mar 2009 2004 2005 2006 2007 Jan 2009 Jan 2008 Note: This timeline does not show all the iterations of the larger MILLEE study

16. Mobile phone access and use

17. Learning and play practicesHow Why Findings Finally…

20. Remote data gathering methodsHow Why Findings Finally…

22. Fifth & Sixth Grade

23. Opportunity for Sharing Among Siblings

24. Variety of Social Factors

25. Gender & Caste

26. Socio-Economic Status8 How Why Findings Finally…

28. Unstructured Interviews

29. Semi-structured Interviews

30. Images and Videos9 How Why Findings Finally…

32. FINDINGS

34. Phones taken away by brothers

35. Girls taught to yield by parents

36. Parental support

37. Lower caste Vs Upper caste

38. Infrastructural challenges12 How Why Findings Finally…

40. Girls interrupted continually

41. Emergence of power users

42. Effect of socially protected spaces

45. Provide a socially protected space

46. Support interruptability

47. Work with, not against social conditions e.g. lack of sharing across genders