IJMR Young Research Writer award 2012 Finalist: Using mobile devices to access the realities of youth: How identification with society influences political engagement

This paper describes a mobile-based research methodology to explore comparative levels of political engagement among young people in the UK, China and India, and reasons for the differences between these nations.

IJMR Young Research Writer award 2012 Finalist: Using mobile devices to access the realities of youth: How identification with society influences political engagement

Martin Smith

Firefish Ltd (UK)

Judges’ citation

The judges commended the author on a passionate, thoughtful and elegant piece of writing, discussing the pros and cons of the method described in the paper. Despite the small-scale sample, the judges felt that this pilot study provides readers with interesting food for thought on using mobile technology for ethnographic-based research.

THE PAPER

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This paper is a demonstration of a methodological innovation around mobile technology that I believe has...

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