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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Internet
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Facebook
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Artificial Intelligence
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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International Humanitarian Crisis Reporting, Foreign Disaster Reporting
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Digital Technologies and War
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 913 (2020), pp. 1-444
Digital Peacebuilding Playbook: Social Media
The Commons (2020), 19 pp.
Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: Current Strategies and their Discontents
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 17 pp.
This is the second of two policy briefs on polarisation. The first policy brief, “Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: The Current Research,” reviewed the research, and concluded by recommending directions for future research. This brief describes interventions: (a
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Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding in Kenya
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
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Nosotros, Colombia ... Comunicación, paz y (pos)conflicto
Chía: Universidad de La Sabana; Editorial EAFIT (2019), 279 pp.
"La paz parece haber sido esquiva en la historia de Colombia. Los vaivenes en los procesos de negociación, las promesas incumplidas y la polarización política han hecho de Colombia una nación en un estado de continua crisis y que, a pesar de sí misma —retomando la vieja frase de Bushnell— h
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E-Analytics Guide: Using Data and New Technology for Peacemaking, Preventive Diplomacy and Peacebuilding
Key Guidance
New York: Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (2019), 26 pp.
"This guide offers an overview of e-analytics in the context of peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. It is rooted in the e-analytics course that the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs has been conducting jointly with Global Pulse and a range of other partners since 2017. The guide pr
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Estudios interdiciplinarios: Paz y comunicación
Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP); Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Social y Paz (IUDESP); Alternativa y Participativa (RICCAP) Red de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria; Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz; Observatorio de Medios para el cambio social (COMCAMBIO) (2019), 557 pp.
Digital Blooms: Social Media and Violence in Sri Lanka
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute; Alliance for Peacebuilding (2018), 12 pp.
"The policy brief outlines key snapshots of Sri Lanka’s social media landscape as it stood at the time of writing, in early August 2018, and offers some recommendations aimed at civil society’s use of social media for conflict transformation." (Abstract)
#defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide: Notes for Facilitators
#defyhatenow (2018), 54 pp.
#defyhatenow: Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation. Field Guide
Key Guidance
Berlin: r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation (2018), 111 pp.
"The #defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide offers tools and strategies to be used in grassroots communities & online campaigns for peacebuilding in South Sudan and around the world. This “Field Guide” contains an overview of relevant grassroots projects, initiatives and st
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Social Media and Peace Mediation
Swisspeace (2018), 5 pp.
"The spread of social media has an increasing impact on peace mediation. It complicates mediators’ efforts to provide a confidential negotiation space. It also provides opportunities for public communication and consultations, allowing peace mediators to engage with audiences that were previously
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Digital Media Literacy in Conflicts: The Increasing Role of Social Media in South Sudan
In: International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
Belinha S. De Abreu, Paul Mihailidis, Alice Y. L. Lee, Jad Melki, Julian McDougall (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 368-379
"In this chapter we have discussed a number of concrete strategies and practical examples on how to implement digital media literacy projects even in a difficult political and socio-cultural context like South Sudan. These are based in developing a holistic approach that considers citizen interactio
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Assessing the Role of Social Media and Digital Technology in Violence Reporting
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 33 pp.
"This paper assesses the role of social media and digital technologies (SMDTs) in the reporting of violent events, and evaluates their relative strengths and weaknesses as compared to other means available. It seeks to understand how SMDT data are collated, how reliable the data are, and what practi
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Using Digital and Social Media to Monitor and Reduce Violence in Kenya’s Elections
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 4 pp.
"Social media and digital technology offer immense potential for citizens, policymakers and practitioners to raise awareness of, monitor, and respond to violence. With Kenya’s elections approaching, technology can help to raise awareness of insecurity, support early warning, combat incitement of v
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PeaceTech: The Liminal Spaces of Digital Technology in Peacebuilding
International Studies Perspectives, volume 18, issue 1 (2017), pp. 4-42
"This collection of articles contributes to the growing body of research on how technology is affecting peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, and research methodologies in the field. Assumptions about the use of technology for peace are interrogated, such as the purported deepening of inclusivi
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Crowdseeding in Eastern Congo: Using Cell Phones to Collect Conflict Events Data in Real Time
Journal of Conflict Resolution, volume 60, issue 4 (2016), pp. 748-781
"Poor-quality data about conflict events can hinder humanitarian responses and bias academic research. There is increasing recognition of the role that new information technologies can play in producing more reliable data faster. We piloted a novel data-gathering system in the Democratic Republic of
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The Role of Online/social Media in Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
Birmingham: University of Birmingham GSDRC (2016), 15 pp.
Innovative Peacebuilding in Syria: A Scoping Study of the Strategic Use of Technology to Build Peace in the Syrian Context
British Council (2016), 24 pp.
Social Media and Conflict Management in Post-Conflict and Fragile Contexts
Birmingham: GSDRC University of Birmingham (2015), 11 pp.
"This rapid review identifies recent literature on the role of social media plays in conflict management in post-Conflict and fragile contexts. Conflict management refers to policies relating to national reconciliation; peace-building; stronger state-Citizen relations; and social cohesion and inclus
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In Search of Local Knowledge on ICTs in Africa
Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 4, issue 1 (35) (2015), pp. 1-15
"This article explores whether, and to what extent, local knowledge features in research on the role of ICTs in statebuilding and peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on neighboring Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. We question whether the claims of the transformative power of ICTs are backe
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