@article {2140,
	title = {The Use of the Mobile Phone for Religious Mobilization in Niger Republic},
	journal = {Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries},
	volume = {83},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {1-19},
	abstract = {While many scholars have studied the ways in which the Internet and online social networks are shaping contemporary religious practices and how new information and communication technologies are supporting networked forms of religious activism, only a few have analyzed the relationships between religion and the use of the mobile phone in African countries. However, in Africa as elsewhere, mobile phones are influencing the everyday practices of religion in multiple ways that are not simply anecdotal but affect beliefs and behaviors and raise ethical concerns among believers. In some cases (e.g., divorce, Qur{\textquoteright}an verses, ringtones, prayer disruption), religious authorities have been obliged to draw up rules and provide guidance to the faithful. This article seeks to identify the opportunities offered and the challenges posed to religion by the introduction of mobile phones in Niamey, the capital-city of Niger Republic. It specifically examines how believers are using this device to mobilize co-religionists, to maintain religious ties and religious faith, as well as how they are coping with the challenges and seeking to resolve related issues. The article argues that the mobile phone is helping mediate in new ways and in a new context the religious norms and behaviors that have always guided Muslim communities. In other words, the advent of the mobile phone offers new opportunities but also poses new challenges to believers who strive to cope with this new phenomenon by inventing new ways to integrate the device into everyday practices. The article is based on semi-structured interviews carried out in June, July, and August 2009 in Niger{\textquoteright}s capital city, Niamey, with ordinary Nigerien Muslims. It combines qualitative data obtained through interviews and observation with demographic statistics and survey results to describe the role the mobile phone plays in the current evolution of Islam in Niger.},
	keywords = {Mobile phone, Niger Republic, religious mobilization},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2017.tb00618.x},
	author = {Alzouma, G}
}
@article {456,
	title = {The influence of religion on Islamic mobile phone banking services adoption},
	journal = {Journal of Islamic Marketing},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {81 {\textendash} 98},
	abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects religious affiliation and commitment have on Southeast Asian young adults{\textquoteright} intention to adopt Islamic mobile phone banking. An online self-administered survey was distributed to Southeast Asian young adults through convenience and snowball sampling and a total of 135 responses obtained. The study found Islamic mobile phone banking to be a novelty service, with little consumer awareness and experience, especially among non-Muslims. Religious affiliation and commitment were both effective segmentation strategies, as differences in adoption intention were found between Muslims and non-Muslims, as well as devout and casually religious Muslims. Overall, devout Muslims were socially-oriented with their adoption criteria whereas casually religious and non-Muslims relied upon the utilitarian attributes. The paper contributes to the existing mobile banking adoption literature by providing evidence of consumers{\textquoteright} adoption intentions toward Islamic mobile phone banking. It also uses religious commitment in addition to affiliation as segmentation tools, an approach which has not been used in previous Islamic mobile banking research.},
	keywords = {banks, Islam, Mobile phone},
	url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17017285\&show=abstract},
	author = {Susan Sun and Tiong Goh and Kim-Shyan Fam and Yang Xue}
}
@article {630,
	title = {Younger Americans{\textquoteright} Reading and Library Habits},
	year = {2012},
	month = {10/2012},
	pages = {1-54},
	institution = {Pew Research Center},
	address = {Washington, D.C.},
	abstract = {More than eight in ten Americans ages 16-29 read a book in the past year, and six in ten used their local public library. Many say they are reading more in the era of digital content, especially on their mobile phones and on computers.},
	keywords = {e-books, internet, Mobile phone, Reading habits},
	url = {http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/10/23/younger-americans-reading-and-library-habits/},
	author = {Zickuhr, Katheryn and Rainie, Lee and Purcell, Kristen and Mary Madden and Brenner, Joanna}
}
