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Africa's Voices: Using Mobile Phones and Radio to Foster Mediated Public Discussion and to Gather Public Opinions in Africa
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2014), 21 pp.
"This paper presents the findings from a one-year applied research pilot project, Africa's Voices, run by the University of Cambridge's Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR). Africa's Voices developed out of CGHR's wider research programme on politics, ICTs and interactive media in Africa. Th
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Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing Field
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2014), 26 pp.
"An overview essay by Beth Kerley based on insights from the International Forum for Democratic Studies’ expert workshops reflects on the challenging landscape that confronts organizations seeking to deploy AI tools. Fernanda Campagnucci, spotlighting the work of Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR), expl
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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone
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Closing the Feedback Loop: Can Technology Bridge the Accountability Gap?
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxiv, 303 pp.
Citizen Participation and Technology
Washington, DC: National Democratic Institute (NDI) (2014), 67 pp.
"Using case studies from countries such as Burma, Mexico and Uganda, the study explores whether the use of technology in citizen participation programs amplifies citizen voices and increases government responsiveness and accountability, and whether the use of digital technology increases the politic
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Les réseaux sociaux sur Internet à l'heure des transitions démocratiques
Tunis; Paris: Institut de la Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC); Karthala (2013), 489 pp.
"Les pays en quête de démocratie ont traversé de grands bouleversements. C’est ce dont témoignent les mouvements sociaux sur Internet, acteur incontournable des soulèvements populaires. Leurs contours, les lieux où ils évoluent ainsi que les volontés qui s’y expriment constituent un terr
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Enabling Openness: The Future of the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Montevideo; Ottawa: Comunica; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2013), 200 pp.
Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy
Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012), xxvii, 176 pp.
Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study
New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xv, 287 pp.
"This book focuses on the impact of digital media use for political engagement across varied geographic and political contexts, using a diversity of methodological approaches and datasets. The book addresses an important gap in the contemporary literature on digital politics, identifying context dep
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"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form
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The Social Media (R)evolution? Asian Perspectives on New Media
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Media Programme Asia (2012), 188 pp.
"A compilation of 13 articles that discuss social media developments and trends in Asia. For this publication we invited eleven alumni from the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines to share their views on social media issues based o
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New Media and Intercultural Communication: Identity, Community and Politics
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), xx, 337 pp.
"Chapters explore what happens in praxis when digital media are implemented across cultures and are contested and negotiated within complex local and political conditions. The book showcases interpretative and critical research from voices with diverse backgrounds, from locations around the world."
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The Birth of Social Election in South Korea, 2010-2012
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"By getting connected with each other again, social media users seem to have more incentive to vote because approval by friends becomes an integral part of benefits from voting. In South Korea this phenomenon came at the dusk of the 1987 regime, which is a conservative representation system where yo
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Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account
New York et al.: Berghahn (2011), xxv, 150 pp.
"Internet activism is playing a crucial role in the democratic reform happening across many parts of Southeast Asia. Focusing on Subang Jaya, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, this study offers an in-depth examination of the workings of the Internet at the local level. In fact, Subang Jaya is regarded as Ma
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ICT Facilitated Access to Information Innovations: A Compendium of Case Studies from South Asia
One World Foundation India (2011), 145 pp.
"This report documents seven innovative ICT practices – five from India and two from Bangladesh – with the aim of advancing access to information for enhanced transparency and accountability in governance and the improvement of democratic practices and public service delivery." (Page 11)
Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.
"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter
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Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking
Paris: OECD (2007), 124 pp.
"Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in worldwid
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Civic Leadership Blogging Guidebook
International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE), 2nd ed. (2007), 82 pp.
"This guide has been compiled from a number of sources, including industry experts on blogging, with a particular focus on civic leadership weblogging. Many of the examples are based on the experiences of a government-backed pilot into blogging in the public sector. The International Centre of Excel
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Internet und Gesellschaft in Iran
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2007), 195 pp.
"Das Internet besitzt das Potenzial, neue Formen von gesellschaftlicher Vernetzung und Kommunikation hervorzubringen und trägt damit wesentlich zur Ausgestaltung sozialer und politischer Systeme bei. Auch in Iran hat sich das Internet trotz infrastruktureller Schwierigkeiten und staatlicher Zensurm
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