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Governing Speech on the Internet: From the Free Marketplace Policy to a Controlled 'Public Sphere'
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Smarika Kumar
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Aug 28, 2015
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Aug 28, 2015 05:57 AM
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Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Judiciary,
RAW Blog,
69A,
Censorship,
Section 66A,
Researchers at Work
This post by Smarika Kumar is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Smarika is a consultant with Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. She is interested in issues concerning law and technology. In this essay, Smarika explores how through the use of policy and regulation, the private marketplace of the internet is sought to be reined in and reconciled to the public sphere, which is mostly represented through legislations governing the internet.
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Habits of Living: Global Networks, Local Affects
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Wendy Chun, Kelly Dobson, Matthew Fuller and Eivind Rossaak
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Mar 23, 2012
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 01:38 PM
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Net Cultures,
Researchers at Work,
Research
“Networks” have become a defining concept of our epoch. From high-speed financial networks that erode national sovereignty to networking sites like Facebook that transform the meaning of the word “friend,” from blogs that foster new political alliances to unprecedented globe-spanning viral vectors that threaten world-wide catastrophe, networks allegedly encapsulate what’s new and different.
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How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Jul 06, 2016
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Jul 06, 2016 02:28 PM
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Digital News,
Journalism,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Digital Media,
Researchers at Work
How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media become more important? These are the questions we are pursuing in a joint pilot project with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
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How Green is the Internet? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Aishwarya Panicker
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Sep 23, 2016
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Sep 23, 2016 05:02 AM
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Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Environmental Impact
This essay by Aishwarya Panicker is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author draws attention to the fact that there is little data, debate, analysis, and examination of the environmental impact of the internet, which is true especially for India. She explores four central issue areas. First, as the third highest country in terms of internet use, what is the current environmental impact of internet usage in India? Second, are there any regulatory provisions that give prescriptive measures to data centres and providers? Third, do any global standards exist in this regard and finally, what future steps can be taken (by the government, civil society and individuals) to address this?
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Hyper-connected, Hyper-lonely?
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Nilofar Ansher
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Jun 11, 2012
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Apr 24, 2015 11:57 AM
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Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
The Digital Natives newsletter, part of the 'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project, invites contributions to its April-May 2012 double issue.
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Digital Natives
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I Believe that .......... should be a Right in the Digital Age
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by
Samuel Tettner
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Mar 28, 2011
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May 14, 2015 12:20 PM
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Digital Activism,
Web Politics,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
On Monday March 21, 2011, people from three continents blogged about what they believe will/should/are rights in the digital age, as part of the "Digital Natives with a Cause?" project. From "free music" to "many identities", people have a varied and rich set of beliefs of what should constitute a right.
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Blog
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IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
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Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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Sep 17, 2020
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Jun 29, 2021 07:27 AM
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Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the responses to the outbreak of Covid-19 by digital platform based companies, trade unions, and governments to help out workers for digital platform based companies hereafter app based workers during the lockdown. The research work in this article is a characterization of the struggles of app based workers during the global pandemic and how it has affected and changed the world of work for them. The surveys were conducted amongst the workforce working for app based companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato etc. This study is partially supported by CIS as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications.
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IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
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Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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Jun 25, 2021
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Jun 29, 2021 06:53 AM
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Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
Between July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, conducted 2,128 surveys across 6 major cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow, to determine the occupational health and safety of app-based transport workers. CIS is proud to publish the study report and the press release. Akash Sheshadri, Ambika Tandon, and Aayush Rathi of CIS supported post-production of this report.
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IIIT Delhi Workshop on Center for IT and Society
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Sep 17, 2016
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Sep 17, 2016 02:40 PM
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Researchers at Work,
Learning
A workshop on the upcoming Center for IT and Society in IIIT-Delhi was organised today, September 17, in the institute. The workshop highlights on the process of establishing a center on IT and Society, which will focus on studying relationships and impact of ICTs and Internet on society and the role that society plays in shaping them, particularly in India. The center will bring together faculty in various humanities and social sciences disciplines, and would also initiate interdisciplinary taught programme in IT and Social Sciences. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to participate in this workshop.
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IIRC: Reflections on IRC16
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Sep 06, 2016
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Sep 06, 2016 09:28 AM
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IRC16,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Researcher's Conference
The first edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) series was held on February 26-28, 2016. It was hosted by the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and was supported by the CSCS Digitial Innovation Fund. Here we share our reflections on the Conference, albeit rather delayed, and lessons towards the next edition to be held in March 2017.
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