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Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society
Cambridge: Polity Press (2019), vii, 194 pp.
"Digitization has transformed the way we interact with our social, political and economic environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of personal data. This requires us to fundamentally rethink our und
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The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons
Deep Insights
Capetown; Ottawa: African Minds; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2019), xiii, 574 pp.
"A decade ago, open data was more or less just an idea, emerging as a rough point of consensus for action among pro-democracy practitioners, internet entrepreneurs, open source advocates, civic technology developers, and open knowledge campaigners. Calls for “open data now” offered a powerful cr
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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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Venezuela’s 21st Century Authoritarianism in the Digital Sphere
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 14 pp.
"This policy brief summarises extensive information on digital rights violations and politically motivated information disorders affecting Venezuelans, principally social media users. The brief focuses on the conflict dynamic between an authoritarian government and those fighting for re-democratisat
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What Motivates ICT4D Champions?
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
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Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities
Key Guides
Internet Society (2019), 255 pp.
"This book is a guide on how to build a community network, a shared local telecommunications infrastructure, managed as a commons, to access the internet and other digital communications services. It was written collectively by a group of community network pioneers in Europe, activists and researche
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It Happened on Tinder: Reflections and Studies on Internet-Infused Dating
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2019), 219 pp.
Gott und die digitale Revolution
Regensburg: Pustet (2019), 230 pp.
"Algorithmen nehmen zunehmend Einfluss auf unser Leben. Ein Konsens darüber, dass nicht das technisch Mögliche, sondern das gesellschaftlich Sinnvolle passiert, setzt einen konstruktiven Dialog voraus. Segen oder Fluch der Digitalisierung hängen wesentlich von vorgegebenen Werturteilen ab. Doch w
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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Deep Insights
London: Zed Books (2019), xi, 192 pp.
"Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting th
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Disconnected: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Network Disruptions
Global Network Initiative (2019), 33 pp.
"The statistical study determines that network interferences are more likely to happen at higher rates of expansion of Internet connectivity until a tipping point, suggesting that efforts to extend Internet access in low- and middle-income countries may lead to less overt restrictions. This threshol
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Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies: Publics See Mobile Phones and Social Media Bringing Certain Benefits to Them and Their Societies. But These Views Are Paired with Widespread Concerns About Their Impact on Children
Pew Research Center (2019), 92 pp.
"Surveys conducted in 11 emerging and developing countries across four global regions [Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; South Africa and Kenya; India, Vietnam and the Philippines; and Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon] find that the vast majority of adults in these countries own – or have access to – a
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Manual de seguridad digital: Kit de herramientas para una internet feminista
Málaga: ArsGames (2019), 12 pp.
Checklist for the Development of Portals for International Development
Knowledge Management for Development Journal, volume 14, issue 1 (2019), pp. 83-94
"This guideline has been developed by the authors in a collaborative manner over the period May 2018-May 2019 in consultation with the Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) community. It is designed to provide guidance for development organizations who are setting up portals –also known as
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Algo.Rules: Regeln für die Gestaltung algorithmischer Systeme
iRights.Lab; Bertelsmann Stiftung (2019), 7 pp.
"Bei den Algo.Rules handelt es sich um einen Katalog an formalen Kriterien, die beachtet werden müssen, um eine gesellschaftlich förderliche Gestaltung und Überprüfung von algorithmischen Systemen zu ermöglichen und zu erleichtern. Sie legen eine Grundlage für ethische Erwägungen und für die
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Digitized Lives: Culture, Power and Social Change in the Internet Era
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
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Going Deeper: Social Media Use and the Development of Democratic Attitudes in Latin America
Global Media and Communication, volume 15, issue 1 (2019), pp. 85-101
"The deepening of democracy in developing regions requires that individuals support their political systems not only through democratic behaviours but also through the continual strengthening of democratic attitudes. Traditional news media have long held a favoured position when it comes to understa
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Measuring the Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for the Future
Key Guides
Paris: OECD (2019), 260 pp.
"The aim of Measuring the Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for the Future is not to “rank” countries or develop composite indicators. Instead, its objective is to provide policy makers and analysts with key indicators for each of the dimensions of the Going Digital integrated policy framework b
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