@article{hansson2016daily,
  title = {Daily Usage of Smartphones - New Activities for Kenyan Elite Runners},
  author = {Per-Olof Hansson and William Jobe},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JMTKS/2016/469363/},
  journal = {Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society},
  volume = (2016),
  pages = 12,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.469363,
  abstract = {This paper analyzes how a group of Kenyan elite runners used smartphones in their daily activities for one year. This study used a participatory action research approach to explore 30 young Kenyan runners’ appropriation and day-to-day use of smartphones. The runners lived in two different low-income areas in Nairobi and were not accustomed to smartphones. The research focused on how the participants utilized the smartphone, its applications, and the Web to improve their learning, training, living conditions, and social interactions. To investigate the participants’ progress, every smartphone was tracked and its usage was analyzed according to Koole’s (2009) FRAME model. Findings highlighted that new activities arose through the frequent usage of the Web and smartphone applications. 180,000 different visits to websites were made and the most popular usage was searching with Google and Yahoo, entertainment, social media, news, and sports related websites. In total, 346,832 applications were used and the phone, launcher and contacts were the primary applications. However, the findings showed a significant use of communication, camera, native applications and applications for running. A concluding remark is that the smartphone acted as a powerful tool for real-life improvement such as improved learning, current events awareness and social interactions for poor people in a developing country. },
  keywords = {ICT4D/M4D, smartphones, Kenya, social interaction, learning, running},
  note = Article ID: 469363
}