Digital Vision Fellow, Stanford University. Interests: digital media for youth, change through positive youth stories, mobile technologies, ICT for development.
Today's teenagers are hooked on their cellphones. While for some, MySpace or FaceBook are essential elements of their communication tool set, the vast majority of youth around the world rely primarily on their cellphones for staying in touch. According to research from the MobilED (for “mobile education”) initiative, the average South African teen cannot imagine life without a cellphone:...