Essays about: "Yannika Ehde"

Found 1 essay containing the words Yannika Ehde.

  1. 1. "Technology Changes, Humans Don't?": A cultural analysis on how young adult women’s ordinary phone call habits led to the refusal of a new smartphone personal security application.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yannika Ehde; [2019]
    Keywords : women; personal security; habits; culture; mobile apps; telecommunications; innovation; science park; Sweden; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Since at least 2011, designers and developers around the world have been creating innovative mobile applications for women’s use to increase their sense of security while alone in public space; however, there is little known about women’s everyday use of personal security applications nor how the personal security application phenomenon is making an impact in society. A small Swedish start-up company designed their own personal security application called SecurityApp and as their intern, I conducted an ethnographic research study focusing on young adult women’s interaction with their new application. READ MORE