The use of mobile phones among trishaw operators in Myanmar

• Main Authors: Ling, Rich, Aricat, Rajiv George, Oreglia, Elisa, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Lwin, May Oo
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Mobile Phones; Myanmar; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80922; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48162; https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3882/1505
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article examines use of mobile phones by trishaw (rickshaw) operators in the newly emerging techno-landscape of Myanmar. Trishaw operators transport people and goods in a physically demanding job that often earns them as little as US$2 per day. Spanning the period before and after the widesprea...