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The Bots That Got Some Votes Home: by Nilofar Ansher — published Jun 20, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:56 AM — filed under: Featured, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Nilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Selected Sessions: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Apr 25, 2022 — last modified Apr 26, 2022 07:00 AM — filed under: IRC22, Internet Studies, Internet Researcher's Conference, Researchers at Work
Here is the list of selected sessions and individual presentations for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC22) - #Home. IRC22 will be held online from May 25-27, 2022. The conference announcement, along with details on registration will be published in the first week of May.
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Digital Native: Delete Facebook?: by Nishant Shah — published Apr 08, 2018 — last modified May 06, 2018 03:08 AM — filed under: Social Media, Privacy, Internet Governance, Facebook, Researchers at Work
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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Revealing Protesters on the Fringe: Crucifixion Protest in Paraguay: by Denisse Albornoz — published Sep 20, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:51 AM — filed under: Video, Web Politics, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
An analysis of the crucifix protest in Paraguay in the light of Nishant Shah’s piece: Whose Change is it Anyway? The blog post looks at the physical and symbolic spaces in which narratives of change were conceived and the extent to which information circulating within activates citizen action.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Not a Goodbye; More a ‘Come Again’: Thoughts on being Research Director at a moment of transition: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 15, 2014 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Featured, Internet Studies, Research
As I slowly make the news of my transition from being the Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, to taking up a professorship at the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany, there is a question that I am often asked: “Are you going to start a new research centre?” And the answer, for the most part, is “No.”
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Living in the Archival Moment: by Sneha PP — published Jun 19, 2014 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:27 AM — filed under: Digital Knowledge, Mapping Digital Humanities in India, Research, Digital Humanities, Researchers at Work
The archive has been and continues to be a key concept in Digital Humanities discourse, particularly in India. The importance of the archive to knowledge production in the Humanities, the implication of changes in archival practice with the advent of electronic publishing and digitisation, and the focus on curation as a critical and creative process are some aspects of the debate that this blog post looks at.
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Methods for Social Change: by Denisse Albornoz — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:42 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Web Politics, Making Change, Digital Natives
On this brief introduction, I outline the main targets of my research project for CIS and the HIVOS Knowledge Program. As a response to the thought piece ‘Whose Change is it Anyway’ I will explore civic engagement among middle class youth over the course of the next 9 months by interviewing change makers and collectives that are part of multi-stakeholder projects in Bangalore.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita Beans: by Denisse Albornoz — published Mar 04, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:29 PM — filed under: Making Change, Net Cultures, Research, Featured, Researchers at Work
What comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at accessibility challenges for digital immigrants and the importance of behavioral science for the design of digital technologies. We interview Amruth Bagali Ravindranath from Vita Beans.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms: by Admin — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Researchers at Work
Ambika Tandon was a panellist at the launch event for the Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms organized by Digital Future Society on July 13, 2022 on online platform.
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India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom: by Jagmeet Singh — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Researchers at Work
Workers on platforms like Uber, Ola and Swiggy deal with blocked accounts, other backlash for speaking out over poor conditions
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