The Global Impact Study

Araba Sey

Araba Sey is a Research Associate with the Center for Information and Society at the Information School. Her research interests are in the social and economic implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in developing countries. Most recently she has been investigating the development of mobile payphone systems in Africa, and the impacts of mobile phone use in Ghana from industry and user perspectives. Other interests include globalization and the evolution of media systems in developing countries, the historical role of broadcast technologies in socio-economic development, the implications of new ICTs for media and communicative practices, and notions of quality in television programming. Araba holds a PhD in Communication (2008) from the University of Southern California; an MPhil in Communication (1999) from the University of Ghana, and an MSC in Media Management from the University of Stirling (2000). She is co-author of “Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective” (2006) with Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernandez Ardevol and Jack Qui. She has taught courses in telecommunications at the University of Ghana, and in broadcast media, and the social implications of ICTs at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.

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