What if: WhatsApp as a foundation of Digital Governance
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For the purpose of this article, we use WhatsApp as an example because of it being completely immersed in India sub-culture. Identity Originally we had a name that was used to identify us. If we went to a shop or to a friend we would mention our name and they would be able to mentally pull up a backfground info about us. For example what kind of person we were, could they trust us and whether they are ok lending something to us. We added out family name to our first name to be able to extend this set of background data to our families. Because we grew up in closed knit communities, it was safe to assume that a child had very similar qualities to their parents. Our address was our messaging mechanism. We would communicate with bus
What if: WhatsApp as a foundation of Digital Governance
What if: WhatsApp as a foundation of Digital…
What if: WhatsApp as a foundation of Digital Governance
For the purpose of this article, we use WhatsApp as an example because of it being completely immersed in India sub-culture. Identity Originally we had a name that was used to identify us. If we went to a shop or to a friend we would mention our name and they would be able to mentally pull up a backfground info about us. For example what kind of person we were, could they trust us and whether they are ok lending something to us. We added out family name to our first name to be able to extend this set of background data to our families. Because we grew up in closed knit communities, it was safe to assume that a child had very similar qualities to their parents. Our address was our messaging mechanism. We would communicate with bus