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"Over five years Facebook has grown from practically no users in Sub-Saharan Africa to become the most widely used social media platform. In the four countries where face-to-face surveys were carried out for this research, between 14% (Tanzania) and 27% (Ghana) of all respondents were using it [...]
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Net Children Go Mobile: Final Report
Milano: Educatt (2014), 50 pp.
This report is based on a quantitative study of 3500 children, aged from 9 to 16 years in seven countries, and a qualitative study with 327 children and 230 adults (parents, teachers and educators) in nine European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain
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Overview of Information Literacy Resources Worldwide
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed. (2014), 668 pp.
"We are very, very pleased to advise you that we have added dozens of new languages to our multilingual database, more than doubling the 42 which appeared in the first edition. At the same time, we are very happy to report that there is a great deal of interest in maintaining this database as an imp
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The Link Between ICT4D and Modernization Theory
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 22 pp.
"For some decades western institutions have shared an enormous enthusiasm for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Nevertheless, despite the field’s ever-increasing importance, research on it remains fragmented and lacks a theoretical foundation. By establishing a li
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Locating Disaster Communication in Changing Communicative Ecologies Across the Pacific
Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy (AJTDE), volume 2, issue 4 (2014), 16 pp.
"According to ITU statistics, around 60 percent of Pacific Islanders had access to a mobile in 2012, compared to just 10 percent in 2006. In many Pacific countries mobile phones are, therefore, emerging as a key element of the local communication systems, and are being be built into disaster managem
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The Mobile Economy Latin America
London: GSMA (2014), 82 pp.
"The Latin America mobile market is now the fourth-largest globally, with almost 326 million unique subscribers and 718 million connections as of September of 2014. A little over half of the population in the region have now subscribed to a mobile service, a figure that is expected to reach almost 6
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The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2014
London: GSMA (2014), 68 pp.
"Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been the fastest growing region over the last five years, in terms of both unique subscribers and connections. By June 2014, there were 329 million unique subscribers, equivalent to a penetration rate of 38%. Consumers, governments and businesses across SSA are rapidly
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The Mobile Economy Asia Pacific
London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Asia Pacific is the world’s largest mobile region but also one of the most diverse regions in terms of the levels of both economic and mobile market development. Asia Pacific dominates the global mobile industry in terms of both unique subscribers and connections, having seen significant growth o
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Open Content: A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licences
Bonn; Berlin; Köln: German Commission for UNESCO (DUK); Wikimedia Deutschland; North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz) (2014), 78 pp.
"With this publication, we intend to provide interested individuals and organisations with practical guidelines for the use and application of open content licences: How do open content licences work? How do I choose the most suitable licence for my individual needs? Where can I find open content on
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Suchen, finden, weitergeben: Workshop zur Informationskompetenz im Netz. Handreichung für Dozentinnen und Dozenten
Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW; Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission; Verband der Bibliotheken des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (2014), 70 pp.
"Dieser Workshop soll in Verbindung mit der Publikation „Der Info-Kompass“ dem interessierten Nutzer zeigen, wie er sich selbstbewusst im Internet bewegen kann, effektiv die Möglichkeiten ausschöpft und die allgegenwärtigen Gefahren souverän umschifft. Der Workshop ist modular aufgebaut und
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ICT Facts and Figures
Geneva: ITU (2014), 8 pp.
"The new figures show that, by the end of 2014, there will be almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world, and that the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally. Fifty-five per cent of these subscriptions are expected to be in
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Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Similarities and Differences
Communicar, volume 42, issue 21 (2014), pp. 137-145
"In knowledge society, there is currently a call for cultivating a combination of media literacy and information literacy. This, however, requires cooperation from these two separate fields of study, and uncertainty regarding their boundaries hinders a smooth merger. It is unclear whether they are s
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Theories of the Information Society
London: Routledge, 4th ed. (2014), xii, 404 pp.
"Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual relationships and breakneck change poses challenges to one and all. In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster makes sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they refer to the 'Information Soci
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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and International Standards
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 98 pp.
"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor
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The 1% Rule in Four Digital Health Social Networks: An Observational Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 16, issue 2 (2014), 10 pp.
"In recent years, cyberculture has informally reported a phenomenon named the 1% rule, or 90-9-1 principle, which seeks to explain participatory patterns and network effects within Internet communities. The rule states that 90% of actors observe and do not participate, 9% contribute sparingly, and 1
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Digital in the Americas 2014
We Are Social (2014), 229 pp.
Key Issues in the Development of Mobile Telephony in Botswana (1998-2011): An Empirical Investigation
New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 5 (2014), pp. 840-855
"The study has shown that as a developing country, Botswana has done well to develop and structurally position the mobile telephony sector for the benefit of its citizens. This is evidenced by the high rate of subscription of mobile telephony countrywide and continuous attempts by the government to
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Global Citizenship in a Digital World
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom (2014), 404 pp.
"We are pleased to be sharing with you the second yearbook on media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue. The first MILID Yearbook was published in June 2013 [...] The theme of the 2014 Yearbook is Global Citizenship in a Digital World. Global citizenship assumes ease of participation
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