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Aadhaar-Led Identification and Datafication Among Informal Workers in South India: A Data-Justice Perspective

Shyam Krishna

Manchester: Centre for Development Informatics (2019), 26 pp.

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“Privacy is not a concept, but a way of dealing with life”: Localization of Transnational Technology Platforms and Liminal Privacy Practices in Cambodia

Margaret Jack, Pang Sovannaroth, Nicola Dell

ACM Journals, volume 3, issue 128 (2019), 19 pp.

"Privacy scholarship has shown how norms of appropriate information flow and information regulatory processes vary according to environment, which change as the environment changes, including through the introduction of new technologies. This paper describes findings from a qualitative research stud ... more

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Impact Report 2017-2019: Make-IT in Africa. Successfully Promoting Tech Entrepreneurship and the Innovation Ecosystems of Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 71 pp.

"Make-IT started as a "laboratory" for new types of partnerships between development organisations, business, finance and entrepreneurs. After 2 years of implementation experience, we can proudly say that we have successfully combined the strengths of the public and private sectors to promote digita ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Article 19;Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), 87 pp.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service ... more

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Connecting People. Transforming Nations

USAID (2019), 7 pp.

"Nearly 250 million people live in Indonesia. More than 80 percent of them have no access to the Internet. Access to broadband has the potential to transform individual lives, local communities, and entire nations. The last decade has seen exponential growth in Internet connectivity. Information and ... more

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Human Rights in the Age of Platforms

Rikke Frank Jørgensen (ed.)

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2019), xlv, 342 pp.

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Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users
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Dennis Reineck, Roland Schürhoff, Jan Lublinski

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 19 pp.

"While global youth is often referred to as a fairly homogeneous generation of digital natives, data drawn from a survey in Jordan, Moldova, and Uganda suggests that this is not the case. Based on an instrument for measuring digital and news literacy, this paper presents a typology of five personae: ... more

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Digitale Plattformen für internationale Kulturbeziehungen: Sichere Kommunikation und Kooperation im Netz

Werner Bogula

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2019), 87 pp.

"Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, mit welchen Mitteln der ursprüngliche emanzipatorische Anspruch der erhofften neuen Freiräume mit Hilfe digitaler Instrumente eingelöst werden kann. Es werden digitale Plattformen für Projekte der Auswärtigen Kultur- und Bildungspolitik (AKBP) analysiert sowi ... more

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Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding in Kenya

Fredrick Ogenga

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 14 pp.

"Kenya has experienced a cycle of political violence following a series of controversial elections that have centred on ethnic competition, leading to human rights abuses, deaths, destruction of property and a downward economic spiral. At the core of election violence, witnessed in 2007/8 and in 201 ... more

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Personal Data: Political Persuasion. Inside the Influence Industry - How it Works

Berlin: Tactical Tech (2019), 121 pp.

"This guide categorises data-driven campaigning methods to loosely reflect how value is created along the data pipeline, from acquisition (asset), to analysis (intelligence) to application (influence)." (Page 3)

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Digitized Lives: Culture, Power and Social Change in the Internet Era

T. V. Reed

New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2019), xix, 311 pp.

"In chapters examining a broad range of issues - including sexuality, politics, education, race, gender relations, the environment and social protest movements - Digitized Lives argues that making sense of digitized culture means looking past the glossy surface of techno gear to ask deeper questions ... more

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What Motivates ICT4D Champions?

Jaco Renken

Dar es Salaam: 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries (ICT4D) (2019), 12 pp.

"The paper seeks to identify the factors that motivate a person who champions ICT4D initiatives. Given the important contributions of ICT4D champions to initiative success, better understanding of their motivations holds the potential to identify, develop and deploy such individuals more effectively ... more

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Blockchain: A World Without Middlemen? Promise and Practice of Distributed Governance

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 91 pp.

"Before reaching a conclusive answer on the potential of blockchain for development purposes, we believe it is worthwhile to implement a number of proofs-of-concept and pilot projects for the most promising use cases. These will not only help us determine the practical benefits of distributed ledger ... more

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Implications of AI-Driven Tools in the Media for Freedom of Expression

Natali Helberger, Sarah Eskens, Max van Drunen, Mariella Bastian, Judith Moeller

Institute for Information Law (2019), 39 pp.

"Based on an analysis of the use of AI-driven tools in the light of Article 10 EHCR, this report highlights a number of points for attention and the need for further initiatives. In particular, we signal that: - There is an important role for member States to ensure that access to innovative technol ... more

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Tech for Good: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen digitaler Instrumente in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit von Nichtregierungsorganisationen

Berlin: Verband Entwicklungspolitik deutscher Nichtregierungsorganisationen (VENRO) (2019), 39 pp.

"Längst hat der digitale Wandel auch die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und die Humanitäre Hilfe verändert. Das Internet bietet die Chance, die Lebensbedingungen vieler Menschen durch Zugang zu Wissen und zu neuen Möglichkeiten der politischen und ökonomischen Teilhabe zu verbessern. Auch Nichtregi ... more

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China's Digital Rise: Challenges for Europe

Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Mareike Ohlberg

Berlin: Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) (2019), 55 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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Digital 2019: Essential Insights Into How People Around the World Use the Internet, Mobile Devices, Social Media, and E-Commerce

Simon Kemp

We Are Social;Hootsuite (2019), 221 slides

"The big story in this year’s data is the accelerating growth in internet users. More than 360 million people came online for the first time during 2018, at an average rate of more than 1 million new users each day. 57 percent of the world’s population is now connected to the internet, with tren ... more

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Internet in Nairobi, Kenia: Medienaneignung als Konstruktion

Johanna Rieß

Bielefeld: transcript (2019), 314 pp.

"Johanna Rieß untersucht, wie sich Nutzer_innen aus drei verschiedenen Internetcafés in Nairobi/Kenia das Internet aneignen und welche Einsichten sich über dieses Medium ergeben. Erzählt wird außerdem eine ausführliche Digitalisierungsgeschichte Kenias. Dabei zeigt sich, dass gängige Annahmen ... more

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Social Media Analytics: A Practical Guidebook for Journalists and Other Media Professionals
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Timo Lüge

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 47 pp.

"Part 1 approaches social media analytics from the point of view of media outlets’ most frequent needs. When you set out to analyze your social media activities, it can be hard to know where to start. The first part of the guide helps you to quickly find the answers you need, without having to go ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development Top Insights

Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users Top Insights

Taking Stock: Data and Evidence on Gender Equality in Digital Access, Skills and Leadership Top Insights

Social Media Analytics: A Practical Guidebook for Journalists and Other Media Professionals Key Guidance

Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
Top Insights

Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users
Top Insights

Taking Stock: Data and Evidence on Gender Equality in Digital Access, Skills and Leadership
Top Insights

Social Media Analytics: A Practical Guidebook for Journalists and Other Media Professionals
Key Guidance