Professor Williams
Englinsh 102
12 April 2013
Jenny C Aker, Isaac M. Mbiti. "Mobile Phones and Economic Development inAfrica." The Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 24, No. 3 (Summer 2010) 207-232. Web
In this reading, it explain how mobile Telephone has brought possibilities to the african continent. All over the urbanrural and rich to poor division. Mobile phone has connected individuals to individuals informations, markets and services. Allowing i ndividuals in Africa to connect with other families from different countries or even continents. Or even in malawi it has help patient who are affected by HIV and AIDS to recieve text messages daily t reminde the m to take their medicine. also how it has reduced the communication cost and made it cheaper for individuals from different social class.
Aker and Mbiti offer severall examples, percentage graphs and the accurate amount of what the price would be in the specific time period. And of course it is a reliable source since the author severall references. Finally, this reseach will hep me show how this technology has in fact in the right use has help us reconnect, raise our knowlegde of our surrounding, economiquely and our awareness of what we can acheive.
You have a strong summary, you go into detail about what the article is about, but it is short and to the point. You should add a little more as to why it's a reliable source, go into more detail and say more than just because the author has several references. What are they references? What do they say? Etc.
ReplyDeleteGood point as to how it's going to be helpful to your research.