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Digital Russia: The language, culture and politics of new media communication
London; New York: Routledge (2014), xix, 292 pp.
"Digital Russia provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which new media technologies have shaped language and communication in contemporary Russia. It traces the development of the Russian-language internet, explores the evolution of web-based communication practices, showing how they have
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The Social Media Landscape in Nigeria
africapractice (2014), 32 pp.
"This report is the 1st of future analysis, which aims to highlight the personalities and the platforms that are the most impactful through the quality of content and material ( not just the most popular but the most reliable, forward thinking, social media bodies that are in*uencing the landscape w
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"Over five years Facebook has grown from practically no users in Sub-Saharan Africa to become the most widely used social media platform. In the four countries where face-to-face surveys were carried out for this research, between 14% (Tanzania) and 27% (Ghana) of all respondents were using it [...]
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Data Protection and Journalism: A Guide for the Media
Wilmslow, Cheshire (UK): Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (2014), 52 pp.
"This guide explains how the Data Protection Act (DPA) applies to journalism, advises on good practice, and clarifies the role of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). It does not have any formal legal status and cannot set any new rules, but it will help those working in the media understa
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Der indische Online-Heiratsmarkt: Medienpraktiken und Frauenbilder im Wandel
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2014), 337 pp.
"In Indien wirft das Thema Eheschließung Fragen individueller und kultureller Identität im Spannungsfeld von gesellschaftlichem Wandel und Kontinuität auf. Am rasant wachsenden indischen Online-Heiratsmarkt lassen sich diese Fragen besonders eindrücklich im Zusammenhang mit der Medienentwicklung
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Mobile Technology Handbook
Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 51 pp.
"This handbook is intended to give people involved in international development work a framework for getting started with mobile technology. It is meant to be paired with training slides that provide more examples and context. It was created using training resources developed by myself and by Alison
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Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxi, 192 pp.
"[This publication] re-emphasizes the important contribution that broadband Internet can make and assesses the status of existing infrastructure in at least 18 MENA countries. While there is significant potential across the region, the take-up of broadband Internet has been slow and the price of bro
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SaferJourno: Digital Security Resources for Media Trainers
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2014), 126 pp.
"The six modules [...] are designed to help trainers integrate digital safety and online security topics into their media training. The modules do not assume that the trainer has special knowledge of the subject. While we wrote the toolkit with journalism trainers in mind, we believe that the module
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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and International Standards
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 98 pp.
"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor
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Vigilancia de las comunicaciones en Colombia: Al abismo entre la capacidad tecnológica y los controles legales
Bogotá: Dejusticia (2014), 50 pp.
"El objetivo de este documento es examinar el marco legal y jurisprudencial colombiano sobre vigilancia de comunicaciones, a la luz de las capacidades tecnológicas de hoy. Dicho a manera de hipótesis, el propósito es mostrar cómo la regulación y la jurisprudencia en materia de inteligencia no s
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"They Know Everything We Do": Telecom and Internet Surveillance in Ethiopia
Human Rights Watch (2014), 137 pp.
"[The publication] documents how Ethiopia’s government uses its control over the telecom system to restrict individuals’ rights. Based on over 100 interviews with victims of government abuses, former government officials, and former staff of telecom companies, the report describes the various me
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The Internet and Development: A Critical Perspective
"This chapter extends a critical perspective on the economic impact of the Internet to the study of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for development, concentrating on the effects of the Internet on the lives of some of the poorest people and most marginalized communities. The disti
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Cyber Security in Developing Countries, a Digital Divide Issue: The Case of Georgia
Journal of International Communication, volume 20, issue 2 (2014), pp. 200-217
"Based on the case study of the cyber war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, this paper is a theoretical deliberation in an attempt to illustrate connection between the Digital Divide and cyber security. Through a qualitative study of cyber warfare between the two countries, one on the devel
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More or Less Equal: How Digital Platforms Can Help Advance Communication Rights
Geneva: Globethics.net (2014), 158 pp.
Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Similarities and Differences
Communicar, volume 42, issue 21 (2014), pp. 137-145
"In knowledge society, there is currently a call for cultivating a combination of media literacy and information literacy. This, however, requires cooperation from these two separate fields of study, and uncertainty regarding their boundaries hinders a smooth merger. It is unclear whether they are s
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Ética multicultural y sociedad en red
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2014), xx, 130 pp.
"Si bien ponerse de acuerdo en los estándares que sustentan el desarrollo tecnológico de Internet ha sido un trabajo poco complicado, el alcanzar consensos sobre las implicaciones éticas que acarrean las múltiples decisiones que regulan el intercambio comunicacional es una tarea que está lejos
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State of Evidence: The Economic Impact of a Human Rights-Based Internet
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 30 pp.
"This paper takes four key policy issues for protecting human rights online - net neutrality; an absence of arbitrary online filtering and blocking; an absence of arbitrary surveillance; and protecting intermediaries from liability for user-generated content. For each policy area it summarises the t
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Feature Phone User Survey: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
London: Balancing Act (2014), 64 pp.
"Feature phone users are significantly more likely to use the Internet almost as much radio and TV for news and information. This is not an either/or set of choices but the Internet is part of the range of media they use. Internet is in second position in Nigeria, third position in Ethiopia and Keny
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