Goodbye text, hello emoji: Mobile communication on WeChat in China

R Zhou, J Hentschel, N Kumar - … of the 2017 CHI conference on human …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
We present a qualitative study of mobile communication via WeChat in Southern China,
focusing on the rapid proliferation of emoji and stickers and the lessening dependence on …

Systematic mapping study of information technology for development in agriculture (the case of developing countries)

A Zewge, Y Dittrich - The Electronic Journal of Information …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With its rapid proliferation in the developing world, information and communication
technology (ICT) has been accepted as an opportunity to assist disadvantaged people …

FarmChat: a conversational agent to answer farmer queries

M Jain, P Kumar, I Bhansali, QV Liao… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Farmers constitute 54.6% of the Indian population, but earn only 13.9% of the national GDP.
This gross mismatch can be alleviated by improving farmers' access to information and …

The impact of internet use on income: The case of rural Ghana

A Siaw, Y Jiang, MA Twumasi, W Agbenyo - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study analyzed the effects of internet use on farm income and household income using
survey data from 478 rural farmers from two regions in Ghana. An endogenous switching …

Human-food interaction

RA Khot, F Mueller - Foundations and Trends® in Human …, 2019 - nowpublishers.com
Food is not only fundamental to our existence, its consumption, handling or even the mere
sight of its also brings us immense joy. Over the years, technology has played a crucial part …

“That courage to encourage”: Participation and Aspirations in Chat-based Peer Support for Youth Living with HIV

N Karusala, DO Seeh, C Mugo, B Guthrie… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We present a qualitative study of a six-month pilot of WhatsApp-based facilitated peer
support groups, serving youth living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in an informal …

Actionable UI design guidelines for smartphone applications inclusive of low-literate users

A Srivastava, S Kapania, A Tuli, P Singh - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
With easy access to affordable internet-powered smartphones, developing countries are
adopting smartphone applications to provide enabling services to its citizens, through …

Collaboration without consensus: Building resilience in sustainable agriculture through ICTs

B Chaudhuri, L Kendall - The Information Society, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we draw on a case study of a weather information system in West Bengal,
India to examine how the design and usage of ICTs can play a much larger role in steering …

User interface design for low-literate and novice users: Past, present and future

IM Thies - Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer …, 2015 - nowpublishers.com
One of the greatest challenges in providing information and communication technology
access is that about 775 million people in the world are completely non-literate and many …

Social media platforms for low-income blind people in India

A Vashistha, E Cutrell, N Dell, R Anderson - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
We present the first analysis of the use and non-use of social media platforms by low-income
blind users in rural and peri-urban India. Using a mixed-methods approach of semi …