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Good Data

Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt, Monique Mann (eds.)

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2019), 370 pp.

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Smartphone Ownership is Growing Rapidly Around the World, But Not Always Equally: In Emerging Economies, Technology Use Still Much More Common Among Young People and the Well-Educated

Kyle Taylor, Laura Silver

Pew Research Center (2019), 46 pp.

"Mobile technology has spread rapidly around the globe. Today, it is estimated that more than 5 billion people have mobile devices, and over half of these connections are smartphones. But the growth in mobile technology to date has not been equal, either across nations or within them. People in adva ... more

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The Neurocognitive Process of Digital Radicalization: A Theoretical Model and Analytical Framework

Tiffiany Howard, Brach Poston, Stephen D. Benning

Journal for Deradicalization, issue 19 (2019), pp. 122-145

"Recent studies suggest that empathy induced by narrative messages can effectively facilitate persuasion and reduce psychological reactance. Although limited, emerging research on the etiology of radical political behavior has begun to explore the role of narratives in shaping an individual’s beli ... more

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Acceso a internet y ruralidad: El caso de Macharetí en Bolivia

Karen Mercado Andia, Oscar Bazoberry Chali

La Paz: Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) (2019), 81 pp.

"Que se haya establecido en primer lugar el uso de la aplicación WhatsApp nos muestra la importancia de las redes en la comunicación personal, afectiva, familiar, en el trabajo, la economía y la organización de las personas. El Facebook denota la importancia e las redes abiertas, sin embargo, ta ... more

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Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies: A Rights, Openness, Access, and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Xianhong Hu, Bhanu Neupane, Lucia Flores Echaiz, Prateek Sibal, Macarena Rivera Lam

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 197 pp.

"This report recognizes artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through its contribution to building inclusive knowledge societies. Based on UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM framework agreed by UNESCO’s Member States i ... more

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Bottom-up Connectivity Strategies: Community-Led Small-Scale Telecommunication Infrastructure Networks in the Global South

Nicola J. Bidwell, Michael Jensen

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2019), 206 pp.

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Consideraciones de ciberseguridad del proceso democrático para América Latina y el Caribe

Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA);Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2019), 68 pp.

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After Access 2018: A Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet from 10 African Countries

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2019), vii, 38 pp.

"Of all 10 African countries surveyed, only in South Africa is more than half the population online. The Internet penetration rate in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria and Senegal is above the 20% threshold – but even this requires further investigation in a developing country context, where the unaf ... more

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The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms

Andreas Sudmann (ed.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2019), 331 pp.

"After a long time of neglect, Artificial Intelligence is once again at the center of most of our political, economic, and socio-cultural debates. Recent advances in the field of Artifical Neural Networks have led to a renaissance of dystopian and utopian speculations on an AI-rendered future. Algor ... more

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Digital Future

Development and Cooperation, issue September (2019), pp. 19-33

"Information technology and its multifold applications offer spectacular opportunities in business. They can also contribute to making public institutions more transparent and accountable. In recent years however developmental visions that are related to digitalisation have become darker. The reason ... more

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Ciudadanos reemplazados por algoritmos

Néstor García Canclini

Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press;Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (CALAS) (2019), 174 pp.

"Nuestras opiniones y comportamientos, capturados por algoritmos, quedan subordinados a corporaciones globalizadas. El espacio público se vuelve opaco y lejano. La desciudadanización se radicaliza, mientras algunos sectores se reinventan y ganan batallas parciales. Pero los usos neoliberales de la ... more

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Rendición de cuentas de Google y otros negocios en Colombia: La protección de datos personales en la era digital

Vivian Newman Pont, María Paula Ángel

Bogotá: Dejusticia (2019), 117 pp.

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ReSeT: Der Selbsttest zur Smartphone-Nutzung

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2019), 12 pp.

"Dieser Test soll dir ein paar Denkanstöße geben: Wie verwendest du dein Smartphone im Alltag? Und: Wie wichtig ist es für dich ganz persönlich? Entsprechend gibt es keine richtigen oder falschen Antworten. Vielleicht lösen die Fragen etwas bei dir aus und du denkst über manche Situationen mit ... more

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Digital Vs Traditional Media Consumption: Analyzing Time Devoted to Online and Traditional Forms of Media at a Global Level, as Well as by Age and Across Countries

GlobalWebIndex (2019), 40 pp.

"In this report, GlobalWebIndex offers a unique perspective on day-to-day media consumption behaviors by age and across 41 markets – analyzing how much time people are spending online, tracking the types of media they are consuming and assessing the share of time spent on digital versus traditiona ... more

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Who is Connected? Social Media and the Digital Divide

Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2019), 49 pp.

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Taking Stock: Data and Evidence on Gender Equality in Digital Access, Skills and Leadership
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Araba Sey, Nancy Hafkin (eds.)

United Nations University (UNU);Equals Global Partnership (2019), 338 pp.

"1. While gender gaps are observable in most aspects of ICT access, skills and leadership, the picture is complex. There are large regional variations: some countries are close to parity or have even reversed the gender gap on some indicators, while others still have persistent gaps. Individual coun ... tries can have both large and small gaps, depending on the indicator being measured. Interpreting the gaps requires careful and contextualised analysis. 2. Barriers to gender digital equality are generally related to one or more of the following: 1) availability of infrastructure; 2) financial constraints; 3) ICT ability and aptitude; 4) interest and perceived relevance of ICTs; 5) safety and security; and 6) socio-cultural and institutional contexts. Most of these barriers cut across issues of access, skills, and leadership, although they may manifest in slightly different ways. While research has documented these barriers, the evidence from different sources is sometimes contradictory, even within the same country contexts. 3. There is no one conclusive strategy for eliminating gender digital inequalities. Recommendations generally call either for targeting specific contributing factors of gender digital inequality (such as affordability or recruiting practices), or for reshaping deeply ingrained social norms and practices (such as gender stereotypes) that are at the root of gender inequalities. As with the evidence on barriers, research results are sometimes contradictory or nuanced. 4. The dominant approaches to gender equality in ICT access, skills, and leadership mostly frame issues in binary (male/female) terms, thereby masking the relevance of other pertinent identities. Insufficient research has been done on the implications of ICTs for intersectional identities. Data collection should move from binary sexdisaggregation towards finer degrees of status disaggregation in order to recognise multiple and interacting identities (such as sexuality, poverty, class, education, age, disability, and occupation). 5. To ensure privacy and safety as well as full participation in the digital economy, women should have equal opportunities to develop adequate basic and advanced digital skills. Cyberstalking, online harassment, image manipulation, privacy violations, geotracking, and surveillance can compromise women’s and girls’ safety both online and offline. In addition, some evidence suggests the digital transformation of labour may be widening gender wage gaps. These outcomes can be averted with the right types of training combined with social and institutional change. 6. Developments in digital technologies open new pathways to gender diversity and inclusion; however, lack of attention to gender dynamics and differences hampers the potential for true progress. For example, evidence suggests that most women’s work in the digital economy, particularly in the Global South, reinforces existing social divisions. Moreover, artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, designed largely by men, tend to ignore the negative gender implications of their designs. Research, government policy and design principles should include gender awareness and analysis, for example by building in data and privacy protections and avoiding gender stereotypes." (Key findings, page 19-20) more

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Gefährdungsatlas: Digitales Aufwachsen. Vom Kind aus denken. Zukunftssicher handeln

Niels Brüggen, Stephan Dreyer et al.

Bonn: Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien (2019), vii, 186 pp.

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Considerations for Using Data Responsibly at USAID

Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR);FHI 360;USAID (2019), vi, 34 pp.

"This document aims to provide USAID staff and local partners with a framework for identifying and understanding risks associated with development data. It is meant as a conversation starter—to highlight important concerns and provide actionable advice—to help those who use data in development p ... more

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Beyond the “Big Three”: Alternative Platforms for Online Hate Speech

SCAN Specialised Cyber-Activists Network (2019), 13 pp.

"As the ‘big three’ social media platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter increasingly lose their relevance for young users, other social media, especially Instagram, step up to fill this space. Our research showed that hate groups and extremists wishing to influence minors or young adults with t ... more

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Teaching and Learning with Twitter

Twitter;UNESCO (2019), 36 pp.

"Educators use Twitter in many ways, including: - The Digital Classroom: Twitter can be used to teach media and information literacy, including digital skills as well as global citizenship. You can prepare students to be informed, creative, engaged, empowered as well as how to express themselves — ... more

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