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ICTs and Development
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Internet
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Browser
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Digital Market Concentration
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Mobile Phone Markets
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ICT Regulation
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Facebook
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
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Communication Rights
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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ICT Economics
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Child Abuse: Digital Media
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Girls and Media
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Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Community Informatics
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Community Radios
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Developing Countries
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Local Development Planning
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Satellite Television
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Francophonie
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UNESCO
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Journalism Education & Training
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance
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Media Development Indicators
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Information Ecosystems
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Information Exchange
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Digital Literacy: Youth
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Low-Cost Solutions, Low Budget Calculation
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Press
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Newspapers
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Radio Broadcasting Equipment & Technologies
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Journals
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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access
Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.
"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre
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Lions Go Digital: The Internet’s Transformative Potential in Africa
McKinsey (2013), 112 pp.
"The Internet will generate economic growth and social transformation in six sectors in particular: financial services, education, health, retail, agriculture, and government. In financial services, for example, M.Pesa's mobile money solutions have brought millions of Kenyans onto the financial grid
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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ICTs and Development: A Study of Telecentres in Rural India
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 264 pp.
"This volume juxtaposes the global discourse on ICT-D and telecentres with in-depth empirical case studies on the pattern of access and use of telecenters in rural India to draw implications for policy and practice. It suggest that access and use of telecentres and their services are mediated by the
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Technologies of Choice? ICTs, Development, and the Capabilities Approach
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2013), xii, 267 pp.
"Drawing on Amartya Sen's capabilities approach to development - which shifts the focus from economic growth to a more holistic, freedom-based idea of human development - Dorothea Kleine examines the relationship between ICTs, choice, and development. Kleine proposes a conceptual framework, the Choi
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Connecting Africa: An Assessment of Progress Towards the Connect Africa Summit Goals
Tunis: African Development Bank (2013), 87 pp.
The World Internet Project: International Report
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
Universal Access and Service: Toolkit
Geneva: ITU (2013), xvii, 106 pp.
ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness
New York: Springer (2013), viii, 46 pp.
"ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has p
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan's Digital Doldrums
Ottawa: SecDev Group (2012), 21 pp.
"Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more ef!cient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. However, the
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Information Technology and Farm Households in Niger
UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (2012), 17 pp.
"This technical report seeks to understand the impact of improved access to information technology on farmers’ agricultural production and marketing practices in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Niger. Related research suggests in that access to mobile telephony can reduce communicatio
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching
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Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, and Constraints on Online Political Communication in Central Asia
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1 (2012), pp. 144-152
"This paper reviews recent events and legal developments related to the Internet and social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include legislation extending libel laws to online communications, blocking of oppositional and independent websites, and punishi
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Women and the Web: Bridging the Internet Gap and Creating New Global Opportunities in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Santa Clara, Calif.; New York: Intel;Dalberg Global Development Advisors (2012), 100 pp.
"This report [is] the first compilation of the global data on how women in developing countries access and use the Internet. I am convinced this report provides key insights for policy makers, the development community and industry. Based on interviews and surveys of 2,200 women in developing countr
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012
Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank;ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)
Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2011), 150 pp.
"Conducted in 2009 by a group of five Masters in New Media (humanities) students from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Geert Lovink the research examines both the role and implementation of ICTs in Uganda, covering a wide range of subcultures and projects, including internet cafe
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Les médias arabes: Confluences médiatiques et dynamique sociale
Paris: CNRS (2011), 231 pp.
"La libéralisation spectaculaire de l’espace médiatique arabe n’en finit pas de surprendre. Comment comprendre cette brutale explosion de créativité, ce foisonnement d’initiatives et d’énergie ? En quelques mois, ces sociétés auraient fait l’apprentissage de la liberté d’expressi
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Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program;ITU, 10th anniversary ed. (2011), 241 pp.
