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Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi: by Sarah McKeever — published Jul 16, 2015 — last modified Jul 16, 2015 08:22 AM — filed under: Social Media, Digital Activism, Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
This post by Sarah McKeever is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Sarah is a PhD candidate at the India Institute, King’s College London, and her work focuses on the impact of social media on contemporary political movements. In this essay, she explores the increasingly hierarchical system of activism on the Internet, based on Western corporate desire for data, and how it is shaping who is seen and heard on the Internet in India.
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Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Sep 03, 2019 — last modified Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, List, RAW Blog, Featured, Internet Studies
In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
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Essays on 'Offline' - Selected Abstracts: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Sep 06, 2018 — last modified Sep 06, 2018 02:14 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Offline, Internet Studies, RAW Blog
In response to a recent call for essays that explore various dimensions of offline lives, we received 22 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 10 pieces to be published as part of a series titled 'Offline' on the upcoming r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts.
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Ethics and Human Rights Guidelines for Big Data for Development Research: by Amber Sinha, Manjri Singh, Rajashri Seal, Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, Pranav M Bidare — published May 19, 2020 — last modified May 20, 2020 07:56 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, BD4D, RAW Research, Big Data for Development, Artificial Intelligence
This is a four-part review of guideline documents for ethics and human rights in big data for development research. This research was produced as part of the Big Data for Development network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada
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Evaluating Safety Buttons on Mobile Devices: Preview: by Rohini Lakshané and Chinmayi S.K. — published Mar 27, 2017 — last modified Mar 18, 2023 04:40 AM — filed under: Safety Buttons, Gender, Research, Safety, Safety Apps, Researchers at Work
Much technological innovation for women is aimed at addressing violence against women. One such ubiquitous intervention is mobile device-based safety applications, also known as emergency applications. Several police departments in India, public transport services, and commercial services such as taxi-hailing apps deploy a mobile device-based “panic button” for the safety of citizens or customers, especially women. However, the proliferation of safety apps through both public and private players raises several concerns, which will be studied through this study by Rohini Lakshané of the CIS and Chinmayi S.K. of The Bachchao Project. Research assistance for this report was provided by CIS intern Harish R.S.K. Visualisations by Saumyaa Naidu.
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Explainer | Tying and Bundling: by Abhineet Nayyar and Isha Suri — published Oct 16, 2024 — filed under: Bundling, Researchers at Work, Digital Competition, Antitrust
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs released the draft Digital Competition Bill for public comment. Although much has been written about the ex-ante process it proposes, there is little discussion of the nine Anti-Competitive Practices, or ACPs, that the draft Bill builds on. Even when it exists, this discussion is often accompanied by heavy jargon, thereby limiting its accessibility for small businesses, workers, and consumers who are most affected by these ACPs.
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Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Mar 29, 2017 — last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:33 AM — filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Researchers at Work, Research, Featured, Publications, Big Data for Development
This working paper by Ritam Sengupta, Dr. Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Dr. Christopher Foster draws from the field study undertaken by Ritam Sengupta, and is published by the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. The field study was commissioned by the CIS, with support from the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield.
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Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency Libra: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 30, 2019 — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:58 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
Facebook’s Libra is designed to take control of our digital lives.
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February 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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Feminist Design Practices: by Aayush Rathi, Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon — published Apr 16, 2022 — filed under: Gender, Research, Platform Economy, Peer Reviewed Article, Domestic Work, Researchers at Work
Aayush Rathi and Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon co-authored a research paper on 'Feminist Design Practices' which was published in a special issue of Apria, a peer-reviewed journal hosted at ArtEZ University. The special issue "Feminist by Design" highlights the work of the Feminist Internet Research Network and its contributions to building an equitable internet through design interventions.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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