I Dont Play Games: Migrant Workers and Digital Media in Bengaluru

Title

I Dont Play Games: Migrant Workers and Digital Media in Bengaluru

Creator

Rajappa A.; Sawhney R.D.

Description

The great impact of media technologies in reordering almost every facet of modern life has been noted by theorists for over a century now, particularly since the idea of the global village imagined by media theorists, and enabled by globalisation and digital technology has become an inescapable reality. The new experience of time and space bears upon various dimensions of life, including the nature of work, the organisation of time and the place of leisure within these rhythms. This article attempts to engage with this very weighty body of scholarship in a modest way, through ethnographic research, to understand how mobile phones and internet technologies structure the experience of everyday life for low-income migrant workers in Bengaluru. The sites include a construction site and a hookah bar, and the study focuses on mobile gaming and the structuring of migrant social networks. 2024 South Asian University.

Source

Society and Culture in South Asia, Vol-10, No. 2, pp. 255-276.

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd

Subject

digital media; migration; Mobile gaming; South Asia; urban studies

Coverage

Rajappa A., Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Sawhney R.D., New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 23938617

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/23938617241256238

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