{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4413062951","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","title":"Mobile Phones in the Drylands: How Technology Supports Community Information Sharing in Rural Kenya","display_name":"Mobile Phones in the Drylands: How Technology Supports Community Information Sharing in Rural Kenya","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-07-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4413062951","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3715335.3735464","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068771469","display_name":"Jacob M. Rigby","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-5007"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I52099693","display_name":"University of York","ror":"https://ror.org/04m01e293","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I52099693"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacob M. Rigby","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of York, York, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-5007","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of York, York, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I52099693"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060578766","display_name":"Chris Preist","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5094-5294"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36234482","display_name":"University of Bristol","ror":"https://ror.org/0524sp257","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chris Preist","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5094-5294","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082615684","display_name":"Alphayo Lutta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-1727"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210107666","display_name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/01mxmb797","country_code":"KE","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210107666","https://openalex.org/I4210154877"]}],"countries":["KE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alphayo Lutta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Stockholm Environment Institute, Nairobi, Kenya"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-1727","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Stockholm Environment Institute, Nairobi, Kenya","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210107666"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050892041","display_name":"Oliver Vivian Wasonga","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5929-6091"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12859529","display_name":"University of Nairobi","ror":"https://ror.org/02y9nww90","country_code":"KE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12859529"]}],"countries":["KE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Oliver Wasonga","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5929-6091","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12859529"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064316299","display_name":"Katerina Michaelides","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-0543"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36234482","display_name":"University of Bristol","ror":"https://ror.org/0524sp257","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Katerina Michaelides","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-0543","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068090777","display_name":"Michael Bliss Singer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-2224"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79510175","display_name":"Cardiff University","ror":"https://ror.org/03kk7td41","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79510175"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael Singer","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-2224","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79510175"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.8492,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93338385,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"167","last_page":"183"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13194","display_name":"ICT in Developing Communities","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13194","display_name":"ICT in Developing Communities","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11499","display_name":"ICT Impact and Policies","score":0.978600025177002,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12060","display_name":"Child Development and Digital Technology","score":0.9523000121116638,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5217869281768799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-telephony","display_name":"Mobile telephony","score":0.4210219383239746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-technology","display_name":"Mobile technology","score":0.41336822509765625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-computing","display_name":"Mobile computing","score":0.37095701694488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.34031519293785095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.2619951367378235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-radio","display_name":"Mobile radio","score":0.1429678499698639}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5217869281768799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95491727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q992968","display_name":"Mobile telephony","level":3,"score":0.4210219383239746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60952562","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6887246","display_name":"Mobile technology","level":3,"score":0.41336822509765625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144543869","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2738570","display_name":"Mobile computing","level":2,"score":0.37095701694488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.34031519293785095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.2619951367378235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781307350","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6887221","display_name":"Mobile radio","level":2,"score":0.1429678499698639}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3715335.3735464","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:232261","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400854","display_name":"White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2800616092","host_organization_name":"White Rose University Consortium","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800616092"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Proceedings Paper"},{"id":"pmh:oai:research-information.bris.ac.uk:openaire/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400895","display_name":"Bristol Research (University of Bristol)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I36234482","host_organization_name":"University of Bristol","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Rigby, J M, Preist, C W, Lutta, A, Wasonga, O, Michaelides, K & Singer, M 2025, Mobile Phones in the Drylands: How Technology Supports Community Information Sharing in Rural Kenya. in COMPASS '25 : Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","raw_type":"contributionToPeriodical"},{"id":"pmh:oai:research-information.bris.ac.uk:publications/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/1983/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400895","display_name":"Bristol Research (University of Bristol)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I36234482","host_organization_name":"University of Bristol","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Rigby, J M, Preist, C W, Lutta, A, Wasonga, O, Michaelides, K & Singer, M 2025, Mobile Phones in the Drylands: How Technology Supports Community Information Sharing in Rural Kenya. in COMPASS '25 : Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","raw_type":"contributionToPeriodical"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:research-information.bris.ac.uk:openaire/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/561327e1-8c0d-4967-9f43-f0c9c80dd3f4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400895","display_name":"Bristol Research (University of Bristol)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I36234482","host_organization_name":"University of Bristol","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36234482"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Rigby, J M, Preist, C W, Lutta, A, Wasonga, O, Michaelides, K & Singer, M 2025, Mobile Phones in the Drylands: How Technology Supports Community Information Sharing in Rural Kenya. in COMPASS '25 : Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715335.3735464","raw_type":"contributionToPeriodical"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6825920799","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"869550","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332999","funder_display_name":"Horizon 2020 Framework Programme"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332999","display_name":"Horizon 2020 Framework Programme","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":96,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1494409209","https://openalex.org/W1531851508","https://openalex.org/W1780382453","https://openalex.org/W1964968613","https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W1984997401","https://openalex.org/W1985923012","https://openalex.org/W2003554883","https://openalex.org/W2007607845","https://openalex.org/W2011371208","https://openalex.org/W2015273195","https://openalex.org/W2022834193","https://openalex.org/W2022906735","https://openalex.org/W2026357597","https://openalex.org/W2026362007","https://openalex.org/W2027376987","https://openalex.org/W2031824939","https://openalex.org/W2037597974","https://openalex.org/W2069595943","https://openalex.org/W2073137996","https://openalex.org/W2085175529","https://openalex.org/W2087641660","https://openalex.org/W2087841005","https://openalex.org/W2110141503","https://openalex.org/W2119728341","https://openalex.org/W2135260678","https://openalex.org/W2137916314","https://openalex.org/W2138849909","https://openalex.org/W2141717168","https://openalex.org/W2273919247","https://openalex.org/W2276947754","https://openalex.org/W2277570718","https://openalex.org/W2291308022","https://openalex.org/W2343577147","https://openalex.org/W2403455684","https://openalex.org/W2407340569","https://openalex.org/W2418803210","https://openalex.org/W2425820308","https://openalex.org/W2518811848","https://openalex.org/W2567080393","https://openalex.org/W2569080466","https://openalex.org/W2579892030","https://openalex.org/W2739450535","https://openalex.org/W2767431811","https://openalex.org/W2787578649","https://openalex.org/W2798080887","https://openalex.org/W2886130191","https://openalex.org/W2890916426","https://openalex.org/W2897252603","https://openalex.org/W2902500148","https://openalex.org/W2911413617","https://openalex.org/W2914342949","https://openalex.org/W2918392200","https://openalex.org/W2941259834","https://openalex.org/W2941714597","https://openalex.org/W2944928110","https://openalex.org/W2950504429","https://openalex.org/W2955298904","https://openalex.org/W2955807610","https://openalex.org/W2960962810","https://openalex.org/W2977918506","https://openalex.org/W2980565502","https://openalex.org/W2988242552","https://openalex.org/W2995289242","https://openalex.org/W3007792770","https://openalex.org/W3015715733","https://openalex.org/W3016236788","https://openalex.org/W3026747215","https://openalex.org/W3028349877","https://openalex.org/W3028631676","https://openalex.org/W3029974735","https://openalex.org/W3111661488","https://openalex.org/W3122763283","https://openalex.org/W3134694792","https://openalex.org/W3160288057","https://openalex.org/W3165549709","https://openalex.org/W3170385545","https://openalex.org/W3175998072","https://openalex.org/W3185423465","https://openalex.org/W3204969614","https://openalex.org/W4220804195","https://openalex.org/W4225127221","https://openalex.org/W4281386847","https://openalex.org/W4281630036","https://openalex.org/W4285129105","https://openalex.org/W4306248486","https://openalex.org/W4306861286","https://openalex.org/W4308791863","https://openalex.org/W4312233313","https://openalex.org/W4327722767","https://openalex.org/W4328125179","https://openalex.org/W4366587377","https://openalex.org/W4383682912","https://openalex.org/W4383907228","https://openalex.org/W4396832087","https://openalex.org/W4403498981"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2154498492","https://openalex.org/W2047117180","https://openalex.org/W2170180570","https://openalex.org/W2123791785","https://openalex.org/W3134241760","https://openalex.org/W2231721668","https://openalex.org/W2741497217","https://openalex.org/W2997885423","https://openalex.org/W1561363727","https://openalex.org/W4210272022"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Mobile":[0],"phone":[1],"usage":[2],"is":[3,83,93,111],"widespread":[4],"in":[5,34,64,90,122,146],"rural":[6,60],"Kenya,":[7],"and":[8,18,28,56,76,81,95,101,114,125,134],"digital":[9],"services":[10],"delivering":[11],"livelihood-specific":[12],"information":[13,30,53,77,92,128,143],"can":[14,129],"potentially":[15],"aid":[16],"development":[17],"mitigate":[19],"climate":[20,74,82],"impacts.":[21],"However,":[22,120],"to":[23,97,131],"be":[24,32],"embraced":[25],"by":[26,73],"individuals":[27],"communities,":[29],"should":[31],"delivered":[33],"ways":[35,89],"that":[36],"integrate":[37],"with":[38,47,103,117],"current":[39],"community":[40,49],"practices.":[41,119],"We":[42,86,137],"present":[43],"an":[44],"interview":[45],"study":[46],"24":[48],"\"information":[50],"sharers\",":[51],"investigating":[52],"sharing":[54],"practices":[55],"technology":[57],"use":[58],"within":[59,133],"dryland":[61,99],"pastoralist":[62],"communities":[63],"Isiolo":[65],"county.":[66],"This":[67],"region":[68],"experiences":[69],"frequent":[70],"droughts":[71],"exacerbated":[72],"change,":[75],"regarding":[78],"weather,":[79],"water":[80],"especially":[84],"relevant.":[85],"found":[87],"diverse":[88],"which":[91],"obtained":[94],"shared":[96],"support":[98],"lives":[100],"livelihoods,":[102],"smartphones":[104],"playing":[105],"a":[106],"prominent":[107],"role.":[108],"Notably,":[109],"WhatsApp":[110],"widely":[112],"used":[113],"integrates":[115],"well":[116],"existing":[118],"inconsistency":[121],"the":[123],"access":[124],"provision":[126,144],"of":[127],"lead":[130],"inequalities":[132],"between":[135],"communities.":[136],"offer":[138],"several":[139],"design":[140],"recommendations":[141],"for":[142],"systems":[145],"these":[147],"settings.":[148]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}