Project Immigrant Inclusion by eParticipation, lead partner University of Helsinki, Palmenia Lahti. Funded by Centralbaltic Interreg 4A programme 2007-2013
Seminar Four
New Technologies, New Digital Divides
Objective: to understand the importance of new technologies in processes of globalization. To appreciate the nature of various ‘digital divides’ in cyberspace.
The document proposes a platform called ConnectUS to help connect disconnected immigrants in the US. It notes that over 11 million unauthorized immigrants feel isolated and lack information about rules and policies due to language barriers. The platform would use existing social media chatbots and community leaders to broadcast selective content across platforms to provide news, updates, benefits information, and help break social media boundaries to facilitate jobs, events and general well-being. It would also provide a 24/7 multilingual audio/text helpline that is anonymous, with AI assistance or referral to community leaders if needed, in order to help immigrants access information and assistance when most needed.
Mobile phones have brought both economic and social benefits to Rwanda by allowing new forms of communication like "beeping" even among those with limited resources. Beeping involves creative uses of calls, tones, or other signals to feel connected while minimizing costs. This highlights how mobiles are transforming communication by reducing spatial and temporal barriers regardless of the purpose.
Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient. It serves several functions including meeting basic needs, exchanging information, maintaining social routines, and fostering closeness between people. There are different modes of communication that can be used, including pictures, signs, gestures, voice output devices, and other alternatives to speech. Effective communication involves determining the individual's preferred mode, using consistent language, allowing multiple responses, and providing prompts on a continuum from least to most intrusive.
This document discusses a 2010-2011 study of youth movements in transnational feminist networks. The study found that young women were leaving established networks to form "youth-only" networks due to feelings of marginalization by older generations. They cited frustrations with assumptions about youth and "conference feminism" not accessible to all. While online spaces provided access to international organizing, the digital divide meant not all could participate equally. Fieldwork revealed differences in experience for Roma and Nubian activists due to language barriers and other access issues not evident online, showing how "solidarity" could mask divisions. Triangulating digital research with analog fieldwork provided thicker data.
Initial Fieldwork for LWAZI: A Telephone-Based Spoken Dialog System for Rural...Guy De Pauw
The document summarizes initial fieldwork conducted for Project Lwazi, a telephone-based spoken dialog system being developed in South Africa to provide information to rural communities in their preferred languages. It discusses how community development workers were selected as the target users to access localized information through the system. Challenges mentioned include the diversity of end users, developing content in 11 languages, and not all targeted users being excited about using the system.
Issues surrounding access awareness on the ramifications ofBlack4Girlzz
Many communities in South Africa do not have access to computers or the internet due to a lack of infrastructure. This digital divide is caused by poverty and a lack of education. People cannot effectively use or understand technology when they lack knowledge. While some areas have good infrastructure, there are also areas without internet access or networks due to the high costs of providing them. This can restrict human capital development by limiting access to only a few locations. The gender divide also places women at a disadvantage which impacts human capital. The government needs to provide infrastructure, technology, education and information to communities to address these issues surrounding digital access in South Africa.
Seminar Four
New Technologies, New Digital Divides
Objective: to understand the importance of new technologies in processes of globalization. To appreciate the nature of various ‘digital divides’ in cyberspace.
The document proposes a platform called ConnectUS to help connect disconnected immigrants in the US. It notes that over 11 million unauthorized immigrants feel isolated and lack information about rules and policies due to language barriers. The platform would use existing social media chatbots and community leaders to broadcast selective content across platforms to provide news, updates, benefits information, and help break social media boundaries to facilitate jobs, events and general well-being. It would also provide a 24/7 multilingual audio/text helpline that is anonymous, with AI assistance or referral to community leaders if needed, in order to help immigrants access information and assistance when most needed.
Mobile phones have brought both economic and social benefits to Rwanda by allowing new forms of communication like "beeping" even among those with limited resources. Beeping involves creative uses of calls, tones, or other signals to feel connected while minimizing costs. This highlights how mobiles are transforming communication by reducing spatial and temporal barriers regardless of the purpose.
Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient. It serves several functions including meeting basic needs, exchanging information, maintaining social routines, and fostering closeness between people. There are different modes of communication that can be used, including pictures, signs, gestures, voice output devices, and other alternatives to speech. Effective communication involves determining the individual's preferred mode, using consistent language, allowing multiple responses, and providing prompts on a continuum from least to most intrusive.
This document discusses a 2010-2011 study of youth movements in transnational feminist networks. The study found that young women were leaving established networks to form "youth-only" networks due to feelings of marginalization by older generations. They cited frustrations with assumptions about youth and "conference feminism" not accessible to all. While online spaces provided access to international organizing, the digital divide meant not all could participate equally. Fieldwork revealed differences in experience for Roma and Nubian activists due to language barriers and other access issues not evident online, showing how "solidarity" could mask divisions. Triangulating digital research with analog fieldwork provided thicker data.
Initial Fieldwork for LWAZI: A Telephone-Based Spoken Dialog System for Rural...Guy De Pauw
The document summarizes initial fieldwork conducted for Project Lwazi, a telephone-based spoken dialog system being developed in South Africa to provide information to rural communities in their preferred languages. It discusses how community development workers were selected as the target users to access localized information through the system. Challenges mentioned include the diversity of end users, developing content in 11 languages, and not all targeted users being excited about using the system.
Issues surrounding access awareness on the ramifications ofBlack4Girlzz
Many communities in South Africa do not have access to computers or the internet due to a lack of infrastructure. This digital divide is caused by poverty and a lack of education. People cannot effectively use or understand technology when they lack knowledge. While some areas have good infrastructure, there are also areas without internet access or networks due to the high costs of providing them. This can restrict human capital development by limiting access to only a few locations. The gender divide also places women at a disadvantage which impacts human capital. The government needs to provide infrastructure, technology, education and information to communities to address these issues surrounding digital access in South Africa.
Is203 Lecture 5 Social Implications Of Internetzmiers
1) The document discusses different domains of implications from the internet, including inequality, community/social capital, political participation, and cultural participation/diversity.
2) It examines the concept of a "digital divide" in access both within and between countries. There are different perspectives on what causes the digital divide.
3) Social stratification and social class are discussed in relation to how the internet may reflect or influence existing social inequalities in a society. The impact of the internet on social capital and community is debated.
Crowdmapping allows citizens in South Africa to report crimes and issues in their communities via photos, videos, and links shared through mobile phones and an online platform. The tool aims to empower citizens and engage them in addressing problems like the high crime rates and corruption seen in many low-income townships that suffer from poverty, violence, and inadequate education. By partnering across sectors and utilizing the Ushahidi platform and mobile technologies, the Dube Project in Soweto seeks to give local youth and communities a voice in monitoring issues and participating in solutions.
This document discusses the importance of embracing diversity in the library. It touches on creating a welcoming environment through internet access, community information, and welcoming spaces with specialist staff. The document also mentions the importance of community engagement, consulting and involving local communities to build participation, ownership, and capacity while fostering a sense of belonging and strength in unity.
This document discusses digital citizenship and the digital divide. It defines the digital divide as the gap between those who have access to digital devices and internet versus those who do not, as well as the discrepancy in digital skills and abilities. The digital divide can exist between rural and urban areas, education levels, economic classes, and developed vs developing nations. It also discusses how digital access provides social capital through social networks, communication and relationships, as well as knowledge capital through sharing ideas and information. However, the digital divide prevents those benefits from being realized. The document ends by suggesting ways governments can help address access issues, such as cheaper technology alternatives, improved rural infrastructure, and educational workshops and facilities.
The importance of openness within Digital LiteracyFabio Nascimbeni
The document discusses the importance of openness in digital literacy. It notes that we are increasingly living in an open and participatory culture with low barriers to expression and civic engagement. However, it questions if we are ready for such a society and looks more deeply at whether people can manage multiple digital identities, personal data, find and remix open content, and deal with ethical issues. It analyzes different digital literacy frameworks and concludes that more emphasis needs to be placed on openness, including operational, sociocultural and critical dimensions. The next steps involve identifying additional skills needed for an open participatory society by further examining frameworks and the relationship between social practices and skills.
This document discusses online dispute resolution (ODR) and its potential role in peacebuilding efforts. It notes that ODR platforms initially focused on PC-based platforms for peace negotiations but now recognize the growing importance of mobile technologies. Key drivers of ODR include geo-location tools, social media, smartphones, and broadband access. However, challenges remain around privacy, adapting solutions to different cultural contexts, transitioning investments to mobile platforms, generating political will for conflict transformation, and prioritizing people and process over technology.
The document discusses the "digital divide", which refers to the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not. It notes that while computer ownership has increased overall, certain groups such as Black, Hispanic, and Native American individuals, as well as those living in rural areas or with lower incomes, are still less likely to have computer or internet access due to issues of cost and infrastructure. Several efforts are underway to help close this divide, such as providing internet access to more rural areas, creating community technology centers in low-income neighborhoods, and giving teachers more technology training.
Towards a participatory community mapping method: the Tilburg urban farming c...CommunitySense
Urban farming communities often consist of many disjoint initiatives, while having a strong need to overcome their fragmentation. Community mapping can help urban farmers make better sense of their collaboration. We describe a participatory community mapping approach being piloted in an urban farming community-building project in and around the city of Tilburg. The approach combines (1) a basic community mapping language, (2) a state of the art web-based community visualization tool, and (3) a participatory mapping process to support the community-building efforts. We outline the approach being developed and present initial results of applying it in the Tilburg case.
The document summarizes a presentation by Jordan Treakle from the FAO on Participatory Negotiated Territorial Development. It discusses PNTD as a bottom-up and participatory process for facilitating social dialogue among stakeholders in a territory to promote rights-based development. Common challenges to territorial governance are outlined as weak natural resource structures, asymmetric power relations, legal plurality, and gender disparities. The presentation also provides examples of FAO's work in Angola to strengthen land governance through land titling, capacity building, and implementing a community land delimitation program.
The document discusses the concept of community in community media. It provides several definitions of community from dictionaries as a social group sharing common characteristics, locality, government, or interests. Community media is defined as being operated in, for, about, and by the community. However, defining community is complex, as it can refer to a social unit of any size sharing a common identity, whether geographical, political, cultural, or virtual. The document concludes that community comprises both commonalities and unity among a group of people.
Urban digital technologies present both opportunities and inequalities for people with disabilities. The majority of people with disabilities live in cities in the global south and face significant barriers to equal participation due to a lack of accessible transportation, housing, education, healthcare and other services. While mobile phones and the internet could help overcome some of these barriers, many people with disabilities cannot afford or access these technologies. There is also a failure of imagination in how digital technologies are designed to be inclusive of disability. However, disability rights advocates are working to reimagine cities and media through a social model of disability that recognizes disability as a normal part of human diversity.
Making Community Mapping Work: The Tilburg Urban Farming Community CaseCommunitySense
This presentation outlines an approach for participatory community mapping, illustrated by the Tilburg urban farming community case. It ends with lessons learnt and a set of key open questions.
This document discusses using media and technology to research tolerance levels towards LGBT, religious, and ethnic minorities in Georgia. It proposes using a web-based survey, mobile apps, and social media to engage stakeholders like the Public Defender's Office and NGOs working on minority issues. The goals are to tackle issues related to minorities, improve people's lives, change perceptions and foster understanding through accessible knowledge on the issues. UNDP blogs and social media platforms would disseminate the results to support citizen-driven social innovation.
This document discusses social networks and education. It notes that social networks allow individuals to create public profiles, form connections with other users, and view their connections. The main difference between social networks and other communication is that social networks make social connections visible. Social networks can help sustain strong and weak social ties as people move between communities. They also help young people, especially from low-income families, form peer connections based on interests rather than geography and access influential information and relationships.
This document discusses social networks and education. It notes that social networks allow individuals to create public profiles, form connections with other users, and view their connections. The main difference between social networks and other communication is that social networks make social connections visible. Social networks can help sustain strong and weak social ties as people move between communities. They can also foster peer connections for young people based on interests rather than just geography, giving access to influential information and relationships to build a greater sense of belonging and persistence in school.
This document discusses social networks and their role in education. It outlines three key parts of social networks: creating a profile, forming connections with other users, and viewing connections. Social networks allow users to make visible social connections, unlike other forms of communication. Research shows social networks like Facebook can foster both strong and weak social ties. They also help young people, especially those from low-income families, build peer connections based on interests rather than geography and access influential information and relationships. While some see online communication as inferior, research finds it can be just as friendly, social, and intimate as face-to-face interactions.
Onde mora a produtividade do Ruby on Rails?Fabio Kung
Palestra que aconteceu no evento Mare de Agilidade, em Fortaleza - CE, agosto/2009.
Mas, como sempre, os slides fazem mais sentido para quem esteve na palestra.
My talk at QCon São Paulo 2010.
In that opportunity, I talked about possible uses of the "automatable" infrastructure provided by most cloud vendors (like Locaweb, Amazon and Rackspace).
Specific identity groups benefit from having private online spaces to build community and share experiences without pressures from outside groups. When setting up private online spaces, it is important to have clear membership rules through application forms or vetting processes, as well as community guidelines agreed upon by members to promote understanding. However, even with precautions, online privacy cannot be guaranteed, so options for masking identities while maintaining openness should be considered.
i3wall è un firewall/antivirus/antispam/vpn server di realizzazione Intré S.r.l.
È l'apparato che consente un utilizzo regolato e sicuro di Internet, evitando il rischio di accessi indesiderati dall'esterno e di utilizzi impropri o indiscriminati. Garantisce elevati livelli di protezione alla Vostra rete aziendale pur mantenendo flessibilità e facilità d'uso.
È compatto e semplice da gestire ed utilizzare: i3wall non necessita di attività di manutenzione periodica
Is203 Lecture 5 Social Implications Of Internetzmiers
1) The document discusses different domains of implications from the internet, including inequality, community/social capital, political participation, and cultural participation/diversity.
2) It examines the concept of a "digital divide" in access both within and between countries. There are different perspectives on what causes the digital divide.
3) Social stratification and social class are discussed in relation to how the internet may reflect or influence existing social inequalities in a society. The impact of the internet on social capital and community is debated.
Crowdmapping allows citizens in South Africa to report crimes and issues in their communities via photos, videos, and links shared through mobile phones and an online platform. The tool aims to empower citizens and engage them in addressing problems like the high crime rates and corruption seen in many low-income townships that suffer from poverty, violence, and inadequate education. By partnering across sectors and utilizing the Ushahidi platform and mobile technologies, the Dube Project in Soweto seeks to give local youth and communities a voice in monitoring issues and participating in solutions.
This document discusses the importance of embracing diversity in the library. It touches on creating a welcoming environment through internet access, community information, and welcoming spaces with specialist staff. The document also mentions the importance of community engagement, consulting and involving local communities to build participation, ownership, and capacity while fostering a sense of belonging and strength in unity.
This document discusses digital citizenship and the digital divide. It defines the digital divide as the gap between those who have access to digital devices and internet versus those who do not, as well as the discrepancy in digital skills and abilities. The digital divide can exist between rural and urban areas, education levels, economic classes, and developed vs developing nations. It also discusses how digital access provides social capital through social networks, communication and relationships, as well as knowledge capital through sharing ideas and information. However, the digital divide prevents those benefits from being realized. The document ends by suggesting ways governments can help address access issues, such as cheaper technology alternatives, improved rural infrastructure, and educational workshops and facilities.
The importance of openness within Digital LiteracyFabio Nascimbeni
The document discusses the importance of openness in digital literacy. It notes that we are increasingly living in an open and participatory culture with low barriers to expression and civic engagement. However, it questions if we are ready for such a society and looks more deeply at whether people can manage multiple digital identities, personal data, find and remix open content, and deal with ethical issues. It analyzes different digital literacy frameworks and concludes that more emphasis needs to be placed on openness, including operational, sociocultural and critical dimensions. The next steps involve identifying additional skills needed for an open participatory society by further examining frameworks and the relationship between social practices and skills.
This document discusses online dispute resolution (ODR) and its potential role in peacebuilding efforts. It notes that ODR platforms initially focused on PC-based platforms for peace negotiations but now recognize the growing importance of mobile technologies. Key drivers of ODR include geo-location tools, social media, smartphones, and broadband access. However, challenges remain around privacy, adapting solutions to different cultural contexts, transitioning investments to mobile platforms, generating political will for conflict transformation, and prioritizing people and process over technology.
The document discusses the "digital divide", which refers to the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not. It notes that while computer ownership has increased overall, certain groups such as Black, Hispanic, and Native American individuals, as well as those living in rural areas or with lower incomes, are still less likely to have computer or internet access due to issues of cost and infrastructure. Several efforts are underway to help close this divide, such as providing internet access to more rural areas, creating community technology centers in low-income neighborhoods, and giving teachers more technology training.
Towards a participatory community mapping method: the Tilburg urban farming c...CommunitySense
Urban farming communities often consist of many disjoint initiatives, while having a strong need to overcome their fragmentation. Community mapping can help urban farmers make better sense of their collaboration. We describe a participatory community mapping approach being piloted in an urban farming community-building project in and around the city of Tilburg. The approach combines (1) a basic community mapping language, (2) a state of the art web-based community visualization tool, and (3) a participatory mapping process to support the community-building efforts. We outline the approach being developed and present initial results of applying it in the Tilburg case.
The document summarizes a presentation by Jordan Treakle from the FAO on Participatory Negotiated Territorial Development. It discusses PNTD as a bottom-up and participatory process for facilitating social dialogue among stakeholders in a territory to promote rights-based development. Common challenges to territorial governance are outlined as weak natural resource structures, asymmetric power relations, legal plurality, and gender disparities. The presentation also provides examples of FAO's work in Angola to strengthen land governance through land titling, capacity building, and implementing a community land delimitation program.
The document discusses the concept of community in community media. It provides several definitions of community from dictionaries as a social group sharing common characteristics, locality, government, or interests. Community media is defined as being operated in, for, about, and by the community. However, defining community is complex, as it can refer to a social unit of any size sharing a common identity, whether geographical, political, cultural, or virtual. The document concludes that community comprises both commonalities and unity among a group of people.
Urban digital technologies present both opportunities and inequalities for people with disabilities. The majority of people with disabilities live in cities in the global south and face significant barriers to equal participation due to a lack of accessible transportation, housing, education, healthcare and other services. While mobile phones and the internet could help overcome some of these barriers, many people with disabilities cannot afford or access these technologies. There is also a failure of imagination in how digital technologies are designed to be inclusive of disability. However, disability rights advocates are working to reimagine cities and media through a social model of disability that recognizes disability as a normal part of human diversity.
Making Community Mapping Work: The Tilburg Urban Farming Community CaseCommunitySense
This presentation outlines an approach for participatory community mapping, illustrated by the Tilburg urban farming community case. It ends with lessons learnt and a set of key open questions.
This document discusses using media and technology to research tolerance levels towards LGBT, religious, and ethnic minorities in Georgia. It proposes using a web-based survey, mobile apps, and social media to engage stakeholders like the Public Defender's Office and NGOs working on minority issues. The goals are to tackle issues related to minorities, improve people's lives, change perceptions and foster understanding through accessible knowledge on the issues. UNDP blogs and social media platforms would disseminate the results to support citizen-driven social innovation.
This document discusses social networks and education. It notes that social networks allow individuals to create public profiles, form connections with other users, and view their connections. The main difference between social networks and other communication is that social networks make social connections visible. Social networks can help sustain strong and weak social ties as people move between communities. They also help young people, especially from low-income families, form peer connections based on interests rather than geography and access influential information and relationships.
This document discusses social networks and education. It notes that social networks allow individuals to create public profiles, form connections with other users, and view their connections. The main difference between social networks and other communication is that social networks make social connections visible. Social networks can help sustain strong and weak social ties as people move between communities. They can also foster peer connections for young people based on interests rather than just geography, giving access to influential information and relationships to build a greater sense of belonging and persistence in school.
This document discusses social networks and their role in education. It outlines three key parts of social networks: creating a profile, forming connections with other users, and viewing connections. Social networks allow users to make visible social connections, unlike other forms of communication. Research shows social networks like Facebook can foster both strong and weak social ties. They also help young people, especially those from low-income families, build peer connections based on interests rather than geography and access influential information and relationships. While some see online communication as inferior, research finds it can be just as friendly, social, and intimate as face-to-face interactions.
Onde mora a produtividade do Ruby on Rails?Fabio Kung
Palestra que aconteceu no evento Mare de Agilidade, em Fortaleza - CE, agosto/2009.
Mas, como sempre, os slides fazem mais sentido para quem esteve na palestra.
My talk at QCon São Paulo 2010.
In that opportunity, I talked about possible uses of the "automatable" infrastructure provided by most cloud vendors (like Locaweb, Amazon and Rackspace).
Specific identity groups benefit from having private online spaces to build community and share experiences without pressures from outside groups. When setting up private online spaces, it is important to have clear membership rules through application forms or vetting processes, as well as community guidelines agreed upon by members to promote understanding. However, even with precautions, online privacy cannot be guaranteed, so options for masking identities while maintaining openness should be considered.
i3wall è un firewall/antivirus/antispam/vpn server di realizzazione Intré S.r.l.
È l'apparato che consente un utilizzo regolato e sicuro di Internet, evitando il rischio di accessi indesiderati dall'esterno e di utilizzi impropri o indiscriminati. Garantisce elevati livelli di protezione alla Vostra rete aziendale pur mantenendo flessibilità e facilità d'uso.
È compatto e semplice da gestire ed utilizzare: i3wall non necessita di attività di manutenzione periodica
Using affordable and accessible technology can help enhance immigrant groups' social, cultural, and political participation. Manuals should be created for immigrants and authorities on models for inclusion through cost-effective digital tools. While free and open tools reduce costs and shared links improve sustainability, there is a risk users could get lost online without considering beneficiaries, colleagues, and stakeholders.
GimpGirl Community Person to Person WorkshopJennifer Cole
The GimpGirl Community has supported the lives of women with disabilities since 1998. It provides support through various online platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Second Life to connect its members. One member, Liz Henry, has benefited from the community's support through these digital spaces.
TAcTIS è la soluzione completa per il commercio elettronico. Permette la costruzione e gestione di un negozio online senza richiedere conoscenze specifiche di programmazione. Permette di gestire i clienti, di organizzare gli agenti, gli ordini e le vendite facilitando enormemente la consultazione e l'organizzazione dei dati.
TAcTIS aiuta agenti e rivenditori a svolgere la loro attività alleggerendoli dai compiti ripetitivi e fornendo loro informazioni on-line sempre aggiornate. TAcTIS diventa così un componente di supporto alle linee tradizionali di business, riducendo i costi e offrendo l'opportunità di nuovi profitti.
TAcTIS permette anche di inventare nuove modalità di fare business e di
renderle operative in tempi ridottissimi, con pochi click del mouse!
E' così possibile definire campagne, promozioni, eventi speciali con la velocità che è necessaria per anticipare un mercato sempre in rapida trasformazione.
GimpGirl Community at CSUN 2010 Tweet UpJennifer Cole
GimpGirl is a community of women with disabilities that comes together to share their lives in a safe space focused on their strengths rather than disabilities. It has grown over the years into a collective of hundreds of members dedicated to peer counseling and advocacy with a DIY spirit. Members participate across multiple social media platforms mostly in English and from different countries. The GimpGirl Twitter account was founded in 2007 and has over 1,000 followers to communicate with women with disabilities and allies daily by announcing events and sharing disability-related information.
The document summarizes the history and activities of GimpGirl Community, an online community for women with disabilities that was started in 1998. It provides details on how the community has utilized various online platforms over the years, including MOO, LiveJournal, Second Life, and social media. The community aims to provide a safe space for peer counseling, advocacy, and networking. It has over 1500 members from different countries and focuses on inclusion and empowerment.
GimpGirl Community Virtual Praxis II Event SlidesJennifer Cole
20% of women in the US have disabilities, and those with disabilities experience higher rates of poverty, abuse, and social isolation than women without disabilities. They are less likely to utilize available healthcare resources and face greater barriers to escaping abusive situations. However, women with disabilities can redefine dominant narratives about their bodies, sexuality, and roles. The GimpGirl Community aims to provide weekly meetings, networking events, and outreach/education opportunities for women with disabilities.
The document summarizes the GimpGirl Community, a virtual community for women with disabilities that was started in 1998. It provides a timeline of GimpGirl's online platforms over the years, including early use of MOO and LiveJournal and current use of Second Life, IRC, Facebook, and Twitter. The community provides support groups and events to network and discuss issues relevant to women with disabilities. It is staffed by a director and community liaisons with experience in disability advocacy and aims to be radically inclusive through interdependent models of access and universal design.
GimpGirl Community Sex Tech 2009 Presentation SlidesJennifer Cole
GimpGirl Community is a group that supports women with disabilities. It started in 1998 as email lists on SerenityMOO and transitioned to LiveJournal in 2003. It later opened on Second Life, Facebook, and Twitter in 2008. The community provides a safe space and focuses on members' strengths. Second Life allows for networking, collaboration, and accessibility adaptations. Sex and sexuality topics are addressed through shared stories and experiences, including with partners, and community-led informational projects.
The future of Crisis Information Management: Some driversSanjana Hattotuwa
The document discusses several topics related to open data and civic media, including:
- The importance of focusing on process over just individual data points to gain richer context.
- Key factors that influence civic media and open data initiatives locally such as language, culture, local actors, and demographics.
- Examples of open data initiatives by governments and non-profits to increase transparency and sharing of information.
- Technologies and platforms that help filter and verify real-time data from various sources to help people make sense of large amounts of information quickly.
The document discusses several topics related to open data and civic media, including:
- The importance of focusing on process over just individual data points to add context.
- Key factors related to open data and civic media in local contexts, such as local languages, culture, actors, and politics.
- Examples of open data initiatives by governments and non-profits, and the potential for open data to increase transparency.
- Technologies and approaches from other domains that could inform civic media and open data efforts, such as collaborative tools, crowdsourcing, and visualization techniques.
Presentation made at "Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders" organised by National Defence University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC on 17 August 2011.
The document discusses several key aspects of democracy and e-democracy including:
1) It compares direct democracy to representative democracy and examines the role of elections, political parties, and money in political systems.
2) It explores some challenges for democracy like voter apathy, corruption, and the influence of special interests.
3) It outlines some theories around enhancing civic participation through technology and discusses examples of early experiments with interactive cable TV and online forums.
Collaborative behaviours in e participationPeter Parycek
This document discusses collaborative behaviors in e-participation. It notes that social networking fulfills natural human social needs and has progressed from simply sharing information to building social relationships. Effective governance of participation requires establishing guidelines for behavior and considering how discussion forums are designed. Hyperlinks express social relationships and have shifted human conversation online, with highly engaged communities producing work through collective efforts, while crowds contribute discrete anonymous inputs. Opportunities of e-participation include more effective governance, while risks include low participation, an overload of useless information, and manipulation. Tensions exist between consumption and contribution of opinions and between traditional hierarchies and virtual environments.
Democracy in South Africa: The role of eParticipationLaban Bagui
This document discusses democracy and public participation in South Africa, with a focus on the role of e-Participation. It provides context on South Africa's democratic system and spheres of government. Experts are cited discussing issues with current public participation approaches and the importance of local government listening to citizens. Examples of e-Participation in other countries are presented, along with frameworks for assessing e-Participation. Challenges are noted, but e-Participation is seen as an opportunity for more inclusive and efficient participation.
Introduction to CommunityMatters Workshop in Newport VermontCommunityMatters
The document outlines an agenda for a community meeting in Newport, Vermont on connecting citizens and activating change. The agenda includes introductions, lunch, sessions on tools and approaches for engagement, and a closing. Ground rules are listed to ensure respectful and productive discussion. The context of changing citizen expectations and the need for civic infrastructure is also discussed.
Social Media for public administrations: opportunities and challengesAlessandro Lovari
My presentation at the European Project eCitizens II, event organized by Municipality of Bologna, Italy. My speech was about the role of social media for public communication, focus on the potentialities of these platforms for administrations. Moreover I also discuss some empirical outputs coming from some studies I did with some colleagues. In the last part I discussed the managerial implications and guidelines
Designing innovative X appropriate technologies and methods to foster youth i...Leo Burd
The document discusses the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) and its goals of using technology to strengthen local communities and civic engagement among residents. It aims to develop an open-source digital toolkit and curricula to help young people capture and share local knowledge through mapping and media, and organize civic initiatives through an online advocacy forum. The toolkit would allow users to take photos, record interviews, and construct local maps to represent neighborhood information and share it online.
Designing appropriate technologies and methods for youth inclusion, participa...Leo Burd
The document discusses the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) and its goals of using technology to strengthen local communities and civic engagement among residents. It aims to develop an open-source digital toolkit and curricula to help young people capture and share local knowledge through mapping and media, and organize civic initiatives through an online advocacy forum.
The document discusses the digital divide, which refers to unequal access to and use of digital technologies between different groups. It notes that there are gaps between those who have access to technologies and the information they provide ("digital haves") and those who do not ("digital not haves"). These gaps exist along dimensions like nations, generations, gender, education level, income level, and more. The document also discusses how the digital divide impacts education, with divides in access to technologies and resources, how technologies are used, and the development of digital skills among students and teachers. It emphasizes the need for policies, education, collaboration, and other efforts to address these divides.
The document discusses the digital divide, which refers to unequal access to and use of digital technologies between different groups. It notes that divides exist between high and low-income countries, as well as between different demographic groups within countries along lines of gender, age, education level, and more. While digital technologies can help overcome exclusion, existing social inequalities are often deepened in the digital environment. Closing the digital divide requires awareness, strong policies supporting access and skills development, and international collaboration between public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
The document discusses different aspects of communication and information sharing in society. It divides people into three groups based on their willingness to participate in social communication through new technologies. The first group has access and skills but no time or motivation. The second group actively participates. The third group has no access, skills or motivation. It also discusses the importance of developing communication systems, skills, and culture to build social capital within organizations and communities.
Johnson_H_Forming community in a context of growth in population and diversitylatrobeuni
The document discusses building community in the City of Wyndham, which is experiencing rapid population growth and diversity. It outlines the role of local government in providing infrastructure, services, and supporting community development. Wyndham is planning infrastructure with stakeholders and seeking to strengthen engagement with community groups to collaboratively build diverse, thriving communities and address organizational barriers to integrated planning. The goal is to deliver the benefits of community life while strengthening local democracy in a context of significant social changes.
What kind of communication is needed in support of the Millennium Development Goals? This presentation argues that the vertical information & dissemination paradigms have proved to be a failure and only participatory communication can help.
An ANT exploration of mParticipation in the city of Cape TownLaban Bagui
This document summarizes a research study that used actor-network theory to examine how mobile technologies could help improve public participation and the articulation of community needs in Cape Town, South Africa. The study found that while mobile technologies were expected to improve this process, the necessary transformations in government and other actors had not been fully realized. Several issues around adoption of mobile technologies hindered further progress in establishing a network for community mobile articulation of needs. The document concludes that further research is needed to address barriers and develop a plan to help local government better connect with stakeholders using mobile technologies.
The document discusses social media and its use by city governments. It defines social media as online tools that enable interaction and two-way communication rather than just passive viewing. It outlines the opportunities and challenges of using social media, including increasing reach and engagement with citizens at low cost, but also requiring staff time and relinquishing some message control. The document advocates using social media where target audiences interact and to meet citizens' needs for information, input, and responsive government. Examples of social media use by cities include blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
CCCD is using various social media and communication strategies to empower women and advance their rights in Zimbabwe. These include using mobile technologies like Freedom Phones, digital storytelling, citizen journalism, and theatre for development to give women voices, share their stories, and mobilize for change. Some challenges include lack of skills, infrastructure, and resources, but CCCD addresses these through creative uses of social media and a focus on sustainability.
Participatory Corruption Appraisals (PCAs) were used in Indonesia to understand how corruption affects the poor. The methodology involved 3 steps: 1) focus group discussions with poor communities to identify corrupt practices and their effects; 2) case interviews with individuals to learn their stories; 3) reporting back findings to spur discussion and follow-up actions. PCAs captured how corruption imposed financial, social, and human capital costs on the poor. It eroded trust in communities and exacerbated their exclusion from public services. Publishing the poor's stories and establishing anti-corruption networks in their communities aimed to amplify their voices and spur corrective actions.
Similar to Project Immigrant Inclusion by eParticipation, Matthias Wevelsiep (20)
Why We Chose ScyllaDB over DynamoDB for "User Watch Status"ScyllaDB
Yichen Wei and Adam Drennan share the architecture and technical requirements behind "user watch status" for a major global media streaming service, what that meant for their database, the pros and cons of the many options they considered for replacing DynamoDB, why they ultimately chose ScyllaDB, and their lessons learned so far.
projet de traité négocié à Istanbul (anglais).pdfEdouardHusson
Ceci est le projet de traité qui avait été négocié entre Russes et Ukrainiens à Istanbul en mars 2022, avant que les Etats-Unis et la Grande-Bretagne ne détournent Kiev de signer.
Christian persecution in Islamic countries has intensified, with alarming incidents of violence, discrimination, and intolerance. This article highlights recent attacks in Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq, exposing the multifaceted challenges faced by Christian communities. Despite the severity of these atrocities, the Western world's response remains muted due to political, economic, and social considerations. The urgent need for international intervention is underscored, emphasizing that without substantial support, the future of Christianity in these regions is at grave risk.
https://ecspe.org/the-rise-of-christian-persecution-in-islamic-countries/
विवादास्पद फिल्म के ट्रेलर से गाली-गलौज वाले दृश्य हटा दिए गए हैं, और जुर्माना लगाया गया है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट और बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट दोनों ने फिल्म की रिलीज पर रोक लगा दी है और उसे निलंबित कर दिया है। पहले यह फिल्म 7 जून और फिर 14 जून को रिलीज होने वाली थी, लेकिन अब यह 21 जून को रिलीज हो रही है।
ग्रेटर मुंबई के नगर आयुक्त को एक खुले पत्र में याचिका दायर कर 540 से अधिक मुंबईकरों ने सभी अवैध और अस्थिर होर्डिंग्स, साइनबोर्ड और इलेक्ट्रिक साइनेज को तत्काल हटाने और 13 मई, 2024 की शाम को घाटकोपर में अवैध होर्डिंग के गिरने की विनाशकारी घटना के बाद अपराधियों के खिलाफ सख्त कार्रवाई की मांग की है, जिसमें 17 लोगों की जान चली गई और कई निर्दोष लोग गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए।
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Discover the life and times of Lalu Prasad Yadav with a comprehensive biography in Hindi. Learn about his early days, rise in politics, controversies, and contribution.
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Since fleeing to the United States in 2014, Guo Wengui has founded a number of projects in the United States, such as GTV Media Group, GTV private equity, farm loan project, G Club Operations Co., LTD., and Himalaya Exchange.
Recent years have seen a disturbing rise in violence, discrimination, and intolerance against Christian communities in various Islamic countries. This multifaceted challenge, deeply rooted in historical, social, and political animosities, demands urgent attention. Despite the escalating persecution, substantial support from the Western world remains lacking.
Slide deck with charts from our Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive exploration of news consumption habits around the world, based on survey data from more than 95,000 respondents across 47 countries.
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19 जून को बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने विवादित फिल्म ‘हमारे बारह’ को 21 जून को थिएटर में रिलीज करने का रास्ता साफ कर दिया, हालांकि यह सुनिश्चित करने के बाद कि फिल्म निर्माता कुछ आपत्तिजनक अंशों को हटा दें।
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8. Local authorities ICT
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10. In the complete 2005 season of
American Idol
just over 500 million votes were cast.
In 2004 the American
Presidential election
garnered a paltry 122 million votes.
11. Do’s and don’ts
• Don’t be afraid of the big questions
• Don’t get stuck (too long) with conceptual
discussion
• Get clarity on what you can plan and what you
need to leave open
• Get the budget right
12. Matthias Wevelsiep
University of Helsinki
Palmenia Center for
Continuing Education
Matthias.wevelsiep@helsinki.fi
+358 50 5958978