Digital Lifeline?: ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Book Overview

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of new information technologies, including mobile phones, wireless networks, and biometric identification, in the global refugee crisis.

Today's global refugee crisis has mobilized humanitarian efforts to help those fleeing persecution and armed conflict at all stages of their journey. Aid organizations are increasingly employing new information technologies in their mission, taking advantage of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262535084
• ISBN13: 9780262535083
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher