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The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 31, 2019 — filed under: Researchers at Work
The moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
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Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceApp: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 31, 2019 — filed under: Researchers at Work
Concerns about privacy, aimed solely at users, are better directed at owners of digital infrastructure.
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Digital Native: How an information overload affects what you forward: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 10, 2019 — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:12 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The information overload of social media sharing can make us act against our better judgement.
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Digital Native: Lessons from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp going down: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 24, 2019 — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:19 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The day when three social-media apps refused to load.
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March 2019 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2019 — last modified Jul 18, 2019 02:14 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for the month of March 2019.
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Digital Native: Three things we need to realise about what TikTok is doing to us: by Nishant Shah — published May 19, 2019 — last modified Jun 09, 2019 05:27 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
Fifteen seconds is all that will take for TikTok to own you.
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October 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2017 — last modified Jan 10, 2018 12:53 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
October 2017 Newsletter
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November 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2017 — last modified Jan 10, 2018 01:57 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
November 2017 Newsletter
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Digital native: Let there be life: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 19, 2017 — last modified Jan 09, 2018 04:05 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The first robot citizen of the world is from Saudi Arabia, and she has the dubious fame of having more rights than human counterparts in the country.
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Digital native: Rebellion by Google Doc: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 05, 2017 — last modified Jan 09, 2018 04:19 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The List is an example of the power of digital anonymity and solidarity. But we need to move beyond it.
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Blogs: Technology, Social Justice and Higher Education
Since the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher Education, supported by the Ford Foundation.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Dec 07, 2011 03:35 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Featured, Higher Education, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Mobility Shifts 2011 — An International Future of Learning Summit
The summit was organised by the New School and sponsored by MacArthur Foundation and Mozilla. It was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011 at the New School, New York City.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Nov 28, 2011 08:50 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Learn it Yourself
The peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.

Posted by Nishant Shah at Dec 02, 2011 01:55 AM | Permalink

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