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Mapping Participation in ICT4D: A Meta-Analytic Review of Development Communication Research

Michael Dokyum Kim, Kyung Sun Lee

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 141-163

"We conducted a meta-analytic study of recent (2009 to 2020) information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research in the field of development communication. Our aim was to explore the conceptualization of participation in the context of ICTs and globalization in contemporary s ... more

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Hold the Phone! A Cross-National Analysis of Women's Education, Mobile Phones, and HIV Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 1990–2018

Aarushi Bhandari, Rebekah Burroway

Social Science & Medicine, issue 334 (2023), pp. 116217 ff.

"Despite remarkable progress in the fight against HIV, the number of new infections remains unacceptably high, epidemics continue to grow in certain communities, and therefore AIDS continues to be one of the deadliest pandemics of our times. This study analyzes the rate of new HIV infections over al ... more

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Informing an Uncertain Future II: Localizing Strategic Alignment with a conceptual analysis of 75 interviews with social impact leaders from East Africa

Jean-Louis Ecochard, Nicholas M. Kerastas

NetHope (2023), 24 pp.

"This whitepaper establishes that there is misalignment on the implementation of digital enabling strategies between global headquarters and the local humanitarian and development programs of East Africa. As headquarters of international NGOs – mostly based in the global north – participate in a ... more

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IoT for Development: Use Cases Delivering Impact

James Joiner, Christina Patsioura, Sayali Barole, Zach White

London: GSMA (2023), 66 pp.

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Improving Farmer Livelihoods Through Digitised Agricultural Value Chains: Results and Lessons from the GSMA Innovation Fund

Emily Gamble, Lisa Chassin

London: GSMA (2023), 143 pp.

"Digital agriculture services supported by the GSMA Innovation Fund were scaled across 17 value chains and profiled more than 1.4 million farmers combined. Most of the farmers profiled are male (70.3%), smallholder farmers cultivating on less than two hectares of land (79.3%) and over 40 years of ag ... more

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Data Governance in Zimbabwe: Opportunities and Challenges

Scott Timcke, Hanani Hlomani

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2023), 12 pp.

"Recent legislation on data linking national security and cybersecurity undermines the creation of a trustworthy data environment. Restrictions on information flows have immediate and medium-term costs to digital economic activity, which in turn have knock-on effects for the prospect of any subseque ... more

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Una panorámica de los apagones de internet en América Latina

Derechos Digitales (2023), 11 pp.

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Why Addressing Digital Inequality Should be a Priority

Ahmed Imran

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 89, issue 3, e12255 (2023), 12 pp.

"This article addresses the multifaceted and far-reaching implications of digital inequality (DI), drawing upon emerging trends and examples. The aim is to sensitize policymakers, practitioners, and academics to issues surrounding DI and foster a common and deeper understanding among relevant stakeh ... more

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What Do We Know About Algorithmic Literacy? The Status Quo and a Research Agenda for a Growing Field

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, German Neubaum

New Media & Society (2023), [no pag.]

"The increasing role of algorithms shaping our use of communication technology—particularly on social media—comes with a growth of empirical research attempting to assess how literate users are regarding these algorithms. This rapidly emerging field is marked by great diversity in terms of how i ... more

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Numérique et développement en Afrique: Les nouvelles technologies entre promesses et réalités du terrain

Paris: L'Harmattan (2023), 252 pp.

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"No Internet Means no Work, no Pay, no Food": Internet Shutdowns Deny Access to Basic Rights in "Digital India"

Human Rights Watch (2023), 109 pp.

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Algorithmic transparency and accountability in the world of work: A mapping study into the activities of trade unions

Algorithm Watch;International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) (2023), 29 pp.

"This report, prepared by AlgorithmWatch for the ITUC, looks at examples from around the world of how unions are tackling the crucial issues of transparency and regulation in relation to algorithms. It reveals that while there is a substantial and growing body of trade union knowledge and policy, th ... more

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Guia da Mobilização U Report

UNICEF (2023), 55 pp.

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Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) on the Impact of Cyber Security Cybercrime Laws enacted by Southern Africa Governments on Media Freedom and Digital Rights

Dianne Hubbard, Frederico Links

Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA);Internews;USAID (2023), 633 pp.

"In 2023, Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA) through its consortium partner, Internews, undertook the most comprehensive review yet of laws affecting media practice and the freedom of expression, including cyber laws, penal codes, constitutions and acts of parliament, in the sixteen Souther ... more

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Energy challenges for mobile networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: The need for clean and reliable energy for universal connectivity and digital transformation

London: GSMA (2023), 48 pp.

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Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook

Deborah Brown, Rasha Younes

Human Rights Watch (2023), 68 pp.

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Latin America in a Glimpse: Amazonía. Acesso a internet y pueblos indígenas en la Amazonía colombiana

Daniel Ospina Celis

Derechos Digitales;Dejusticia (2023), 21 pp.

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De-platforming disinformation: Conspiracy theories and their control

H. Innes, M. Innes

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 6 (2023), pp. 1262-1280

"Informed by two case studies of de-platforming interventions performed by Facebook against two high profile conspiracy theorists who had been messaging about Covid-19, this article investigates how de-platforming functions as an instrument of social control, illuminating the intended and unintended ... more

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Understanding safe digital space: A study of perspectives of young people in Georgia

Mariam Tskhovrebashvili, Tamar Gagniashvili, Mariam Tsutskiridze

RNW media (2023), 60 pp.

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Social media images and conflicts

Mette Mortensen, Ally McCrow-Young (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 137 pp.

"This collection considers how digital images and social media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived around the globe. Devoted to developing original theoretical frameworks and empirical insights, the volume addresses the role of user images and social media in rela ... more