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ICT Facts and Figures

Geneva: ITU (2015), 8 pp.

"In 2015 there are more than 7 billion mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide, up from less than 1 billion in 2000. Globally 3.2 billion people are using the Internet of which 2 billion are from developing countries. ICTs will play an even more significant role in the post 2015 development agenda a ... more

Study of Internet Connected Cambodians: Perceptions of Online Freedom of Expression and Political Engagement

Amanda King, Jayson W. Richardson, John B. Nash

Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) (2015), 34 pp.

"Data for this report were gathered through an electronic survey of 895 Cambodian Internet users conducted from March 12 to 18, 2015, as well as through three follow-up focus group discussions [...] Cambodians find the Internet to be useful for personal, professional and civic interests, with the ma ... more

Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum

Sheryl Day

Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies;Technology & Social Change Group;USAID;Microsoft;Gates Foundation (2015), 46 pp.

"The Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum is a growing collection of training materials designed to build information literacies for the millions of people worldwide coming online every month via a mobile phone. Most information and digital literacy curricula were designed for a PC age, and public ... more

Smartphones

Paul A. Soukup

Communication Research Trends, volume 34, issue 4 (2015), pp. 3-39

"Many of the research approaches to smartphones actually regard them as more or less transparent points of access to other kinds of communication experiences. That is, rather than considering the smartphone as something in itself, the researchers look at how individuals use the smartphone for their ... communicative purposes, whether these be talking, surfing the web, using on-line data access for off-site data sources, downloading or uploading materials, or any kind of interaction with social media. They focus not so much on the smartphone itself but on the activities that people engage in with their smartphones. Though most communication research examines on individual and group usage of smartphones, a few people outside of the more technical journals and books have sketched—at least in overview form—the key factors for smartphone success, what Goggin and Hjorth (2014b) identify as infrastructure, economics, and policy. Apart from the manufacture of the handsets, smartphones require an infrastructure of telecommunications operators, with systems across the world divided between national telecommunication services and competing privately owned companies (Curwen & Whalley, 2014; Feijóo, 2014). Secondly, smartphones depend upon both formal and informal economies, from the manufacture and sale of the phones themselves to the production and sale of the apps to the revenues supporting particular app services (music sales, data storage, on-demand services, and so on) (Lobato & Thomas, 2014). Goldsmith (2014) adds a bit of detail, describing an app ecosystem: “Each ecosystem consists of a core company, which creates and maintains a platform and an app marketplace, plus small and large companies that produce apps and/or mobile devices for that platform” (p. 171). Finally, both manufacturers and operators must negotiate agreed-on technical specifications for voice and data transmission, specifications that governments must approve both locally and perhaps in cross-border treaty agreements (Middleton, 2014). These factors lead to a more complex view of smartphones: not only do they function as communication devices and embodiments of technical negotiations, but they also take on identities as symbols of economic and cultural systems, as “moral objects” (whose value justifies their purchase price), as fashion accessories, and as lifestyle supports (Koskinen, 2012, p. 225)." (Introduction, pages 3-4) more

2015 Corporate Accountability Index

Ranking Digital Rights (2015), 77 pp.

"Ranking Digital Rights’ inaugural Corporate Accountability Index evaluates 16 of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications companies on their commitments, policies, and practices that affect users’ freedom of expression and privacy. By opening the door for greater corporate tr ... more

Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals

Jagtar Singh, Alton Grizzle, Sin Joan Yee, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2015), 334 pp.

Islamismus im Internet: Propaganda - Verstöße - Gegenstrategien

Patrick Frankenberger, Stefan Glaser, Ingrid Hofmann, Christiane Schneider

Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2015), 28 pp.

"Die vorliegende Broschüre fasst die Erkenntnisse von jugendschutz.net aus den Recherchen zu Islamismus im Internet zusammen und beschreibt das Phänomen aus der Perspektive des Jugendschutzes. Im Blick sind dabei vor allem Strategien, mit denen junge User für islamistische Propaganda geködert we ... more

Emerging Markets Telecom Trends 2015

Developing Telecoms (2015), 48 pp.

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Digital Security First Aid Kit for Human Rights Defenders

Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd ed. (2015)

"This kit is a contribution from activists for activists to help us be more secure in our digital practices. It’s designed to help activists deal with the most common security issues that might jeopardise the integrity of our devices and communications. Any at-risk user who encounters security-rel ... more

The Tor Dark Net

Gareth Owen, Nick Savage

London: Centre for International Governance Innovation;Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs (2015), 9 pp.

"This paper does suggest that child abuse content is the most popular type of content on the Tor Dark Net. While law enforcement may crawl such sites, the number of requests that would be seen would be only a tiny fraction, and hence not skew the outline ratios. Similarly, denial of service attacks ... more

The Deep Web and the Darknet, a Look Inside the Internet's Massive Black Box

Daniel Sui, James Caverlee, Dakota S. Rudesill

Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2015), 17 pp.

"The scale of the Internet’s underworld is immense. The number of non-indexed web sites, known as the Deep Web, is estimated to be 400 to 500 times larger than the surface web of indexed, searchable web sites. And the Deep Web is where the dark side of the Internet flourishes. While there are plen ... more

Principles for Governing the Internet: A Comparative Analysis

Rolf H. Weber

Paris: UNESCO (2015), 88 pp.

"This study encompasses both quantitative and qualitative assessment: On the one hand, the more than 50 evaluated declarations, guidelines, and frameworks are briefly described in the given context; on the other hand, the issues contained in these documents are also qualitatively analyzed. In this, ... more

Embracing Web 2.0 and Social Media: A Life-Changing Pathway for Agricultural Development Actors

Clare Pedrick

Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2015), 61 pp.

"Featuring a range of examples from ACP countries, this booklet includes testimonies on how Web 2.0 and social media have contributed to policy dialogue and advocacy (Chapter 1), value chain development (Chapter 2) and provision of information services (Chapter 3). The booklet features 18 stories co ... more

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On the Liveness of Mobile Phone Mediation: Youth Expectations of Remittances and Narratives of Discontent in the Cameroonian Transnational Family

Primus M. Tazanu

Mobile Media & Communication, volume 3, issue 1 (2015), pp. 20-35

"Drawn from multisited fieldwork conducted among Cameroonians in Germany and Cameroon, the article reveals that the liveness of mobile phone communication influences expectations and narratives of remittances in Cameroonian transnational social relationships. These expectations are meaningful within ... more

India's Gender Digital Divide: Women and Politics on Twitter

Sydney Anderson

New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (2015), 8 pp.

"This study explores the spatial politics of Othering and whether women are marginalized in political conversations online in India. It's methodology consists of an analysis of 23,350 tweets over an eight-day period. It shows a significant underrepresentation of women in Twitter's political conversa ... more

Principes de la gouvernance de l'Internet: Analyse comparative

Rolf H. Weber

Paris: UNESCO (2015), 96 pp.

"Cette étude comprend une évaluation à la fois quantitative et qualitative : d’un côté, la cinquantaine de déclarations, directives et cadres évalués sont présentés brièvement dans le contexte donné; d’un autre côté, les questions contenues dans ces documents sont analysées d’un ... more

SDG ICT Playbook: From Innovation to Impact

Carol Bothwell et al.

NetHope;Intel;Catholic Relief Services (CRS);Microsoft;CDW (2015), 66 pp.

"The playbook addresses ten technology areas and explores how each might be applied to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We provide a basic overview of each, discuss benefits, trends and challenges and make recommendations for what nonprofits, governments and the private sector can do ... more

Open Innovation with Social Media: A Source Book for Policy and Decision Makers in International Cooperation

Christian Kreutz, Jan Schwaab, Balthas Seibold

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2015), 22 pp.

FRIDA: 10 años contribuyendo al desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Montevideo: LACNIC (2015), 202 pp.

M4D Impact Service Evaluation: Human Network International 3-2-1 Full Report

Adam Wills, Gilles Morain, Rodolphe Baudeau

GSMA (2015), 80 pp.