African Families Faced with NICT: Stakes and Effect on Inter-Individual and Intergenerational Relation

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Author(s): Honoré Mimche (IFORD-University of Yaounde II, Cameroon)and Norbert Tohnain Lengha (CNE-Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 11
Source title: Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development: ICTs for Mobility
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anette Hallin (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)and Tina Karrbom-Gustavsson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-822-2.ch014

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Sustainable Development

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In Africa, family structures are today committed or involved in the dynamics of social transformation which jeopardize their mode of constitution their future, the sustenance of intergenerational and individual relationships as well as the traditional systems of social relationships based on direct and personal communication. This chapter is a sociological analysis of the future of the family through its relationship with NICT notably the Internet and the cellular telephone. The analyses lay emphasizes on the consequences of NICTs on the modalities for the constitution of marriage covenants, family relationships and intergenerational transfers.

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