Economic and social effects of mobile phone use in morocco

Abstract

Mobile phone ownership in Morocco has leapt from zero percent to two thirds of the population in less than ten years of commercial availability. This rate of penetration underscores the degree to which the mobile phone has become part of everyday routines and serves various communicative needs (ANRT 2007). Ethnographic research among urban laborers indicates that mobile telephony is a resource for human agency and action, and its use has resulted in greater personal income by increasing economic activity and enabling informal income-generating possibilities. (Mobile phones, income-generation, social networks, Morocco) Copyright 2010 by The University of Pittsburgh. All rights reserved.