Stephen C. Rea

Cite as:

Adams, James. 2018. “Stephen Rea.” In UCI Anthro Alumni, edited by James Adams and Margaret Woodruff.  In UCI Anthro STS, edited by James Adams and Margaret Woodruff. In STS Across Borders Digital Exhibit, edited by Aalok Khandekar and Kim Fortun. Society for Social Studies of Science. August. http://stsinfrastructures.org/content/stephen-rea/essay.

Essay Metanarrative

This PECE essay helps to answer the STS Across Borders analytic question: “What people, projects, and products exemplify how this STS formation has developed over time?”

This essay is part of a broader exhibit on UCI Anthro STS.

STS Across Borders In Brief

STS Across Borders is a special exhibit organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to showcase how the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has developed in different times, places...Read more

Who is Stephen C. Rea?

About Stephen C. Rea

Dr. Stephen C. Rea is a cultural anthropologist who works on digitally mediated socialities. His most recent project examined South Korean digital gaming culture. He has also published on digital financial inclusion and mobile money professionals.Read more

Personal Website

STS Across Borders Interviews

Notable Work

Crafting Stars: SOUTH KOREAN E-SPORTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A DIGITAL GAMING CULTURE

Stephen Rea discusses and analyzes the emergence of e-sports and the growing popularity of certain e-sports stars in South Korea.Read more

"Bridges to Cash": Channeling Agency in Mobile Money

Abstract:

Encountered by mobile money professionals – industry and philanthropic actors seeking to bring
mobile phone-enabled financial products to poor people in the ‘developing world’ – the authors
move together with new collaborators to inquire into a problem they...Read more
Mobile Money: The First Decade

Abstract:

Over the past decade, mobile phone-enabled financial services, such as those made famous by the Kenyan mobile money platform M-Pesa, have been heralded as a means of poverty alleviation and financial inclusion. The mobile platform represents an exciting possibility as a delivery...Read more

Engagements