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Description of  Political Silence of Youth in Togo: Mobile Phones, Information and Civic (dis)Engagement (Issn, 1)

This book paints an image of sociality in duress, describing how new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) bring possible changes in political engagement and civic-ness. The political branch of the field of ICT-for-Development (ICT4D) is firmly convinced that this translates in civic engagement and democratisation. This book questions this conception, by showing that mistrust greatly increases through new ICT in a society where mistrust has been internalised. These processes are examined in the society encountered in Sokod, the capital of the Central Region of Togo, in the period between 2015 and 2020, when the mobile phone became widespread among young people. Read more