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Mrutyunjay Mishra - India Online: Measuring, Understanding, and Making Decisions about Internet in India (Delhi, September 01, 6 pm): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 29, 2017 — last modified Aug 29, 2017 10:18 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Studies, #FirstFridayAtCIS, RAW Events
With great pleasure we announce that Mrutyunjay Mishra, co-founder of Juxt-SmartMandate and India Open Data Association, will be the speaker for the September #FirstFriday event at the CIS office in Delhi. Mrutyunjay is a recognised expert in data-driven decision-making and a leading commentator on Indian consumer behaviour. His talk will focus on the evolution of measurement of users and activities in the Indian telecommunication and online market sectors, and will highlight the critical challenges and opportunities faced by public and private entities in reliably and timely measuring, understanding, and making commercial and policy decisions about 'India Online'. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
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Digital native: You are not alone: by Nishant Shah — published Aug 27, 2017 — last modified Sep 12, 2017 01:22 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Away from the guidance of adults, the internet can be a lonely place for youngsters, pushing them towards self-harm.
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July 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2017 — last modified Aug 23, 2017 02:03 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
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Digital native: Ever on the go: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 30, 2017 — last modified Aug 07, 2017 03:54 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
It is time to insist that the infrastructure of digital India is accompanied by the infrastructure of care for the digital Indian.When the telephone was first introduced as a mass communication tool, one of the biggest fears was that it would allow people to lie and cheat at will.
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Digital native: Not only words: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 16, 2017 — last modified Aug 07, 2017 03:33 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Emoticons, or if you prefer the original Japanese word emojis, are everywhere. We are used to emoticons in all shapes and sizes — from animated gifs jumping out at us on our social media feed to yellow-faced smileys that we use to add tone and feeling, nuance and layers to our text-heavy conversations in the digital world.
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Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm): by Saikat Datta — published Jul 06, 2017 — filed under: Land Records, #FirstFridayAtCIS, Digitisation, Researchers at Work, Event, E-Governance
It is our priviledge to annouce that Dr. Prerna Prabhakar will be the speaker for the July #FirstFridayAtCIS event. Dr. Prabhakar is an Associate Fellow with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She is involved in a project that looks at the digitisation of land records in India and its impact on land ownership across the country. In the talk, she will evaluate the impact that digitisation of land records has had in parts of rural India. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
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CISxScholars Delhi - Harsh Gupta - FAT ML for Lawyers and Lawmakers (June 29, 5:30 pm): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jun 27, 2017 — last modified Jun 27, 2017 09:16 AM — filed under: FAT ML, CISxScholars, Big Data, Machine Learning, Researchers at Work, Event, Artificial Intelligence
We are proud to announce that Harsh Gupta will discuss "FAT ML (Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in Machine Learning) for Lawyers and Lawmakers" at the CIS office in Delhi on Thursday, June 29, at 5:30 pm. This will be a two and half hour session: beginning with a 45 minute talk, followed by 15 minute break, another talk for 45 minutes, and then a discussion session. Please RSVP if you are joining us: <[email protected]>.
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Digital Native: On mute, the Voice of the People: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 24, 2017 — last modified Jul 05, 2017 05:04 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
We are at the mercy of trigger-happy governments and profit-hungry corporations that hold our digital lives ransom. They have the capacity to censor, contain, control and eradicate all our digital data without our consent and without repercussions.
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Digital Native: In digiville attention is Currency: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 11, 2017 — last modified Jul 05, 2017 04:40 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The increased importance on attention and the lack of it on social media gives all the more reason why we need to be discerning about what we invest our attention upon.
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May 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2017 — last modified Jun 17, 2017 02:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Welcome to the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for May 2017.
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