Edited by
Jean-Michel Ledjou, Paris-Saclay University, France.
Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe, Paris-Saclay University, France.
Destiny Tchéhouali, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada.
ISBN : 9781836690764
Publication Date : May 2026
Hardcover 314 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
In the space of fifteen years, smartphones have replaced many technical devices, making digital uses more mobile and autonomous. Connected Mobilities presents an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the continuities and discontinuities between past and present uses of mobile applications in the era of permanent connectivity.
This book examines the socio-technical effects of these digital devices on social interactions, collective imaginaries, and modes of communication in public spaces now saturated with screens, interfaces and mobile devices. It also examines their impact on our consumption choices, on the accessibility and discoverability of diverse cultural expressions online, and on power relations in increasingly digitized environments.
In order to shed light on the complex links between technological innovations, mobile connectivity and development, the book analyzes the opportunities and risks associated with the widespread, even pervasive, dissemination and adoption of these technologies. Based on surveys conducted in a variety of fields, the book questions how mobile applications can promote or hinder societal change and behavioral transformation in a context marked by persistent digital inequalities. It thus provides key insights in understanding the technological and societal changes underway in our hyperconnected era. It is essential reading for taking a step back and looking ahead to the issues and challenges of the future, in a world where the boundary between digital life and real life is becoming increasingly blurred.
Part 1. Culture, Education And Empowerment.
1. Discovering Audiovisual Content Via Mobile Platforms And Applications: Usage Trends On TV5MONDEplus, Destiny Tchéhouali.
2. Digital Acculturation: From Lived Experience To Skills Acquisition, Billel Aroufoune And Michel Durampar.
3. Female Empowerment Via Smartphones In Saudi Arabia, Hélène Bourdeloi.
4. Comparative Analysis Of Two Mobile Learning Initiatives In Secondary Education In Togo, Yawa Assiklou.
Part 2. Economic Issues And Digital Entrepreneurship.
5. The Smartphone In The Fields: Questioning The Human–Technology Relationship In Farming, Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe And Jean-Michel Ledjou.
6. Service-Oriented Mobile Applications: Curiosity, Action And Addiction In The Face Of Food Waste, Jean-Marc Ferrandi And Béatrice Siadou-Martin.
7. E-Commerce: The Future Of Physical Commerce?, Emmanuelle Bornet.
8. Smartphones In The Service Of Women’s Entrepreneurship In Côte D’Ivoire, Nakanfè Dagnogo.
9. The Adoption Of Mobile Applications By African Women Traders: An Affordance Approach, Carole Fagadé And Ibrahim Maïdakouale.
10. Mobile Money In Sub-Saharan Africa: Innovation And Stakeholder Strategies, Sokhna Fatou Seck-Sarr.
Part 3. Law And Health.
11. In Search Of An Optimal Framework For The Protection Of Minors Using Smartphones, Philippe Achilleas.
12. Homo Digitalis: The French And European Legal Framework For Mobile Applications, Cynthia Chiarbonello.
13. Dark Patterns And Manipulation Of Mobile Usage? Proposal For Regulation Through Design, Fabien Lechevalier And Marie Potel-Saville.
14. Socio-Anthropological Issues Of Uses And Design Of Mobile Health Applications, Béa Arruabarrena.
15. ICT And Lockdown: An Advantage For The Tunisian Middle Classes?, Tsiry Andrianampiarivo, Céline Bonnefond And Fatma Mabrouk.
Jean-Michel Ledjou is an associate professor at Paris-Saclay University, France, a lecturer in the computer science department (Orsay) and researcher at IDEST/Amétis. His research focuses on the effects of digital technologies on society.
Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe is an associate professor at Paris-Saclay University, and fellow researcher at UniLaSalle, France. Her research specializes in institutional digital economics and she is a member of IDEST/Amétis.
Destiny Tchéhouali is a professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Communication and Technologies for Development.
