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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa

Iginio Gagliardone, Nicole Stremlau

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.

"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how ... more

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Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización

Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL);Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM);RIIAL (2012), 356 pp.

"This sampler is the result of a common research project of 16 Latin American universities and the Informatics Network of the Catholic Church in Latin America (RIIAL) on "the impact of digital culture in the Latin American societies". The first part consists of seven contributions studying the use o ... more

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Tunisia: From Revolutions to Institutions

Zack Brisson, Kate Krontiris

Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program (2012), 121 pp.

"The study “Tunisia: from revolutions to institutions” stresses how technology-oriented small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) can generate economic expansion and job growth, including in the economically-isolated interior provinces. Tunisian ICT companies are likely to find an attractive marke ... more

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The Rise of E-Reading

Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden, Joanna Brenner

Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, Internet & American Life Project (2012), 68 pp.

"The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of e-content in a survey ending in December 2011, some 43% of Americans age 16 and older say they have either read an e-book in the past year or have read oth ... more

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

Adam Clayton Powell

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 36 pp.

"As Africa becomes increasingly urban, the reach and use of mobile telephones and other portable digital devices inevitably are becoming a mass medium. This shift creates new opportunities for existing broadcasters and publishers. And it creates new opportunities for a much larger number of new inde ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: South Africa

Guy Berger, Zikhona Masala

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 120 pp.

"Developments in digital media in South Africa are densely intertwined with political factors. The Government has sought to be the driver of digitization, but it has also caused repeated delays in digital roll-out. In addition, the Government has had contradictory interests such as promoting competi ... more

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Empowering Women Through ICT

Caroline Wamala

Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions;Stockholm University (2012), 72 pp.

"This publication covers five different projects carried out in six different locations. There were two projects in Bolivia, one focusing on empowering female indigenous leaders and the other provided female victims of domestic violence with a safe virtual environment where they could receive suppor ... more

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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop Per Child Program

Julián P. Cristia, Pablo Ibarrarán, Santiago Cueto, Ana Santiago, Eugenio Severin

Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2012), 40 pp.

"Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementat ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina

Martín Becerra, Santiago Marino, Guillermo Mastrini

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon

Jad Melki, Yasmine Dabbous, Khaled Nasser, Sarah Mallat

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 99 pp.

"Thanks to digital media, Lebanon’s residents have access to a variety of news platforms, from 24-hour cable channels to internet sites and text message services. Despite easy access to Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, CNN, BBC, and others through subscriptions to pirated cable bundles or satellite receive ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Turkey

Asli Tunç, Vehbi Görgülü

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 81 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Albania

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 91 pp.

"According to the ITU, the percentage of the population with internet access rose from 0.1 in 2000 to over 43 in 2010. The number doubled between 2008 and 2010. The report calls for the Digital Strategy to be finalized without further delay, and then implemented. Broadcasting regulation should be am ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Hungary

Borbála Tóth

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 108 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Macedonia

Roberto Belicanec, Zoran Ricliev

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 86 pp.

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Digital News Report 2012: Tracking the Future of News

Nic Newman (ed.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2012), 64 pp.

"Based on a representative survey of online news consumers across five countries – UK, US, Germany, France and Denmark – the report is the start of an ambitious project to track changing digital news behaviour over the next decade. Key international findings: There are significant differences in ... more

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Impact 2.0: New Mechanisms for Linking Research and Policy

Bruce Girard, Estela Acosta y Lara

Montevideo: Comunica (2012), 167 pp.

This book features case studies and reports on the use of web 2.0 and social networking applications and services to increase the impact of research on policy in Latin America. During 2010 and 2011 Fundación Comunica, with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) an ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Nigeria

Ben Akoh, Abiodun Jagun

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.

"Only 40 percent of Nigerians had access to a television in 2008 according to the International Telecommunication Union, and radio is still the dominant medium, reaching three-quarters of households. Both commercial and state broadcasters favor urban audiences and those in the south of the country. ... more