Blind inclusion: new technology designed for the margins.
Consumer electronics enter the consumer retail market as virtually old products. While new technologies emerge faster, smaller and lighter than its predecessors, there are many people around the globe who have never owned or accessed many of the electronic products so-called mainstream consumers tak...
| Published in: | Social Identities Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 525 - 537 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2009
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