Family communication in rural and slum regions of Kenya

Authors:
Erick Oduor;Carman Neustaedter;Serena Hillman;Carolyn Pang
Affiliations:
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Venue:
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We report the findings of a small scale exploratory qualitative study on 13 participants from rural and slum regions of Kenya communicated with remote family members using technology. We focus on communication practices that enabled family members to support economic sustenance activities and also investigate the social aspects of using technology to provide or receive moral, emotional or other forms of support from distributed family members.