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A Review of Policy Options and Scenarios on Philippine Platform Work

Jayvy R. Gamboa

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2024), 38 pp.

"The Policy Brief covers pathways for reform of government regulation or public policy with respect to areas applicable to platform workers. These include: a) Laws and statutes enacted by the legislative branch or Congress; and b) Administrative issuances made by the executive branch [...] Further, ... more

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An Urgent Call for Fair Working Conditions in Africa

Ayoade Ibrahim, Bill Mutoro, Ceciriah Barungi Kazibwe, Ebony Ford, Francis Tenge et al.

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork;African Platform Workers Representatives (APWR) (2024), 10 pp.

"The APWR calls on regional institutions and national government agencies to consider the following recommendations: 1. Standardise commission rates [...] 2. Mandate platforms to provide risk mitigation strategies and safety nets [...] 3. The contracts and/or terms and conditions must be subject to ... more

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Digital Coloniality: An Ubuntu perspective

Jan H. Kroeze

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, volume 36, issue 2 (2024), pp. 175-216

"[...] How does the sub-Saharan African philosophy of Ubuntu bring the concept of digital coloniality to light? The main aim of the article is to define the concepts of digital colonialism and digital coloniality, to provide clear examples thereof and to provide some guidelines for corrective interv ... more

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Digital Surveillance, Online and Offline Harassment, and Feminist Media Politics

Millie Phiri

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 88-106

"This chapter examines the digital surveillance and harassment experiences faced by female journalists in Zimbabwe in the 2023 pre-election period covering the year 2022 up to August 2023. The examination is based on interviews conducted with seven purposefully selected female reporters and editors ... more

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Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities

Danica Radovanovic (ed.)

Cham: Springer (2024), xxi, 218 pp.

"More than a dozen experts provide deep insights in stories, research reports, and geographical studies of digital literacy and inclusion models, all from a multi-disciplinary perspective that includes engineering, social sciences, and education. Digital Literacy and Inclusion also highlights a show ... more

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Exploraciones posthumanas: Del algoritmo al robot plantoide

Sebastián Botticelli, Jonathan Piedra Alegría, Alfredo Saab Monroy, Félix Raúl Martínez Cleves

Buenos Aires: Teseo (2024), 194 pp.

"Este libro es el resultado de un trabajo colectivo llevado a cabo por cuatro filósofos que habitan diferentes puntos de Latinoamérica, reunidos a partir de su interés por el campo de tensiones que se despliega entre las tradiciones humanistas y las perspectivas poshumanistas. Los capítulos prob ... more

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The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't

Erin Loechner

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (2024), 306 pp.

"Former social media influencer and trailblazer Erin Loechner has seen the perks and pitfalls of social media usage, and she knows how to hack the strategies of tech wizards and platform experts so you can borrow their billion-dollar playbook to engage your family in meaningful ways away from screen ... more

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Contestations of Internet Governance and Digital Authoritarianism in Pakistan

Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Ihsan Yilmaz, Akbarzadeh, Sharam, Galib Bashirov

International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (2024), 23 pp.

"The existing literature on Internet governance offers important insights on the relationship between state and society in China and the West. It is important to explore this relationship in the developing world. This study focuses on Pakistan, exploring the role of relevant legal frameworks, politi ... more

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Let's talk about Porno: Sexualität, Identität und Pornografie. Arbeitsmaterialien für Schule und Jugendarbeit

Ludwigshafen; München: klicksafe;Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz;Pro Familia (2024), 33 pp.

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Azerbaijan digital skills assessment 2023-2024

Geneva: ITU (2024), ix, 83 pp.

"The survey findings reveal that 25 per cent of those aged between 15 and 74 have at least basic digital skills, with 7.8 per cent having above basic digital skills and 17.3 per cent having basic digital skills. The study also found that over a quarter (26.5%) of respondents below the basic level of ... more

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Digital Skills Toolkit

Chris Coward, Charles Bugre

Geneva: ITU (2024), vi, 49 pp.

"The Digital Skills Toolkit is a guide for governments to develop national digital skills strategies. The aim is to provide governments with step-by-step guidelines and multiple examples that cover a wide range of contexts to draw upon from around the world. The toolkit is for all countries - those ... more

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Mobile Net Zero 2024: State of the Industry on Climate Action

London: GSMA (2024), 50 pp.

"Climate action continues to be a key priority for the mobile industry. In 2019, the mobile industry set a goal to reach net zero by 2050, becoming one of the first sectors in the world to set such an ambitious target. This report is the fourth annual assessment of the industry’s progress towards ... more

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The Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics

Carissa Véliz (ed.)

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2024), xvi, 786 pp.

"The Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to ethical issues related to digital technologies, with a special emphasis on AI. Philosophers with a wide range of expertise cover thirty-seven topics: from the right to have access to internet, to trolling and online shamin ... more

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The gendered dress of DALL-E 2: Exploring profession-based images in the Indian context

Musthafa Mubashir

MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, issue 76 (2024), pp. 100-119

"This study delves into the intricate realm of gender and artificial intelligence (AI) through an examination of DALL-E 2-generated images within the Indian context. It takes a methodological approach that focuses on assessing images generated in response to prompts such as ‘a farmer cultivating c ... more

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The CLeAR Documentation Framework for AI Transparency: Recommendations for Practitioners and Context for Policymakers

Kasia Chmielinksi, Sarah Newman, Chris N. Kranzinger et al.

Shorenstein Center (2024), 35 pp.

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Consultation Paper on AI Regulation: Emerging Approaches Across the World

Juan David Gutiérrez

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 49 pp.

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Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online

Allie Funk, Kian Vesteinsson, Grant Baker

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2024), 43 pp.

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Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience Through Media and Information Literacy

Divina Frau-Meigs, Nicoleta Corbu (eds.)

London: Routledge (2024), 329 pp.

"The book highlights the underlying stakes that are involved in the fight against disinformation, from producing smart tools to generalizing their use beyond the journalistic profession. It considers the MIL theories and methodologies at work in the digital era, especially from the perspective of di ... more

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From Statistics to Stories: Indices and Indicators as Communication Tools for Social Change

Lauren Kogen

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 4 (2024), pp. 1090-1108

"The terms ‘indices’ and ‘indicators’ may immediately cause eyelids to droop. How, then, might they serve to impassion publics and, ultimately, promote social change? This paper examines the extent to which indices and indicators can be considered communication tools for social movements and ... more

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Challenges and opportunities for using universal service funds to bridge the digital divide

Geneva: ITU (2024), 10 pp.

"This document presents the joint interim (annual) deliverable for Question 4/1, “Economic aspects of national telecommunications/ICTs”, and Question 5/1, “Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas”. It concerns the challenges and opportunities associated with using universal servic ... more