To Track Progress, see: Case Study Comparison - Africa
Stage 3 Workspace
Stage 4 Workspace
Task: examine how emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs), specifically digital social networks, are changing the dynamics of citizen-state relations, and how network-mediated knowledge and awareness creation catalyzes and drives activism and rights claiming. A central question is how does network-mediated knowledge relate to knowledge that is generated through other more conventional channels?
| Name |
Case Study |
Geographical Location of Case Study |
Aim of Organization (eg to engage with politicians, claim rights, demand social change) |
Type of Social Media Used (facebook, twitter, videos, songs etc) |
Links to pertinent information (for later use in bibliography/background information for other members in group) |
| Khadija |
Kubatana of ZImbabwe
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Zimbabwe
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"to strengthen the use of email and Internet strategies in Zimbabwean NGOs and civil society organisations. Kubatana makes human rights and civic education information accessible from a centralised, electronic source." |
http://www.kubatana.net/
https://twitter.com/kubatana
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http://www.kubatana.net/ |
Cera Ramnaraine
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Egypt
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I've decided to do the "Facebook Revolution of Egypt," also know as just the Egyptian Revolution. It's basically how citizens used social media to confront their concerns with the political rule at that time.
- It's either that or the 2008 Egyptian strike known today as "April 6th," strikes before this time were illegal in Egypt and it was organized online so it was a really big deal.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Khaled_Mohamed_Saeed
http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/index.php/movements-and-campaigns/movements-and-campaigns-summaries?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=36&sobi2Id=6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Egyptian_general_strike
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Wairimu Njeri
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2007 Post Election Violence in Kenya
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Kenya
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My case study will focus on youth led initiatives in citizen journalism to sensitize the nation on what was happening during the Kenyan crisis in 2007/2008. And also the initiatives that have been taken further to reconcile the nation through youth led activities around the country. Since 2008 there has been a lot of youth led civil societies that are educating the population on democracy, the importance of the vote and the need for a peaceful transition in the next election March 2013.
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Documentaries
Art
Music Videos
Web 2.0
Twitter #Mpigs
Blogs
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Kenyan_crisis#cite_note-7
http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/03/20/report-on-post-election-violence-in-kenya-un-human-rights-team/
http://pichamtaani.org/about/the-project/
http://info.mzalendo.com/info/how-democracy-works
http://www.ushahidi.com/about-us
https://twitter.com/KenyaNiKwetu
http://www.pawa254.org/index.php/about-pawa254#
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/activate/2012/10/2012109105826591968.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceLhe3hpyx0
http://peremende.wordpress.com/
The XYZ show.
http://www.icc-cpi.int/menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200109/situation%20index?lan=en-GB
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| Jason Zhao |
Promoting Voter Registration through Social Media in Ghana
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Ghana |
In Ghana, over 79% of the population are youth and they tend to use the social media tools a lot. Politicians have realized that interacting on the social media send messages to a mass audience than the old way they use to do. groups like the @GhanaDecides, A @bloggingghana non-partisan project funded by @starghana to foster a better informed electorate for a free & fair #election2012 and uses the hashtag #GhanaDecides. Another group called the @Ghanaelections which seeks to improve information and knowledge exchange on elections among the media and civil society using ICTs towards the realisation of peaceful elections and it is spear headed by African Elections. The responds of this new channel of reaching voters is encouraging. Voters respond to questions and policies been posted by political parties and actually hold debates.
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Facebook
Twitter
Blogs
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http://ghanadecides.com/
http://mashable.com/2012/03/27/ghana-voter-registration-social-media/
http://www.iq4news.com/kofiemeritus/ghana-use-social-media-election-2012
http://www.foundation-partnership.org/pubs/leaders/assets/papers/ICTandEconDev-RoleofHEIafinal.pdf
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| Yupeng Chen |
Prohibition of Mob justice
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Nigeria |
My study case will focus on the prohibition claim on mob justice in Nigeria. Nigeria is a developing country that has low political will and imperfectly social environment. On October 5th 2012, 4 students were beaten to death by local residents when they were stealing mobile phone. This caused the public to discuss about the issues of mob justice. According to the “Mob Justice Prohibition Bill Proposal”, Mob Justice is a group of people armed weapons without authority of either state or the federal law to aid in extrajudicial acts in order to punish an alleged transgressor. However, they found that the laws system of Nigeria does not have any criminal acts relate to Mob Justice. Therefore, one of the bloggers Okechukwu Ofili created a “Mob Justice Prohibition Bill Proposal” to ask for supporters and trying to ask for change of the laws system to prohibit Mob Justice. By less than a month, more than 3,500 supporters signed the Prohibition Bill, it is a step forward toward justice, and the social media plays an important role while agitating the public to demand for change.
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Facebook
Youtube
RSS
Twitter
Blog
Pinterest
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http://ofilispeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/Aluu4-Mob-Justice-Prohibition-Bill.pdf
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/perplexed-perplexed-on-mob-justice-in-nigeria/264006/
http://eienigeria.org/aluu4-neveragainng-mob-justice-laws-and-enforcement
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/08/a-legal-solution-to-mob-justice-in-nigeria/
http://ofilispeaks.com/aluu4/
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| Hatim Jivanjee |
Tunisian Uprising/Revolution |
Tunisia |
My case study will focus on the Tunisian uprising. The uprising started on 18th December, 2010 when Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire because he felt his human rights has been violated by the police. This sparked a series of events and uprising among citizens of Tunisia. People took to the streets of Sidi Bouzid and started protesting (many of them students). Protestors had different reasons for their discontent toward the government; and a few days later a young man electrocuted himself for the cause of "hunger and joblessness." Young students started making antigovernment rap songs and posting them online. Eventually a few others took their lives for the cause. These events spread virally across the internet through various channels of social media and eventually saw a successful revolution which saw President Ben Ali ousted. |
Facebook, Twitter, News channels (both televison and online) and mobile phones. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_revolution#Early_protests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/tunisia-uprising-drives-i_n_809459.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/an_uprising_in_tunisia.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/tunisia/2011/01/201114142223827361.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16563264
http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/364
http://www.ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/viewArticle/1246
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http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/gaid/unpan036084.pdf
http://www.wezeshatz.org/?page_id=109
http://www.ypwc.org/homepage/what-is-ypwc
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/dci/2007/09/10/cyberactivism-and-its-legal-implications-on-the-blogosphere/
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf
http://asikananetwork.org/
http://www.frontlinesms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FrontlineSMS_Plan_2011_2.pdf
http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cghr/africasvoices.html
http://radio.frontlinesms.com/2012/04/on-air-cambridge-researchers-visit-frontlinesmsradio-trials-in-zambia-and-uganda/
Links to Individual Group Members' Work Spaces:
Jason Zhao's Work Space
Wairimu Njeri's Work Space
Khadija Othman's Work Space
Cera Ramnaraine Work Space
Hatim Jivanjee's Workspace
Yupeng Chen's Workspace
Comments (23)
Pavithra Parthasarathy said
at 6:29 pm on Oct 16, 2012
Pavithra Parthasarathy
Pavithra Parthasarathy said
at 6:30 pm on Oct 16, 2012
Just confirming membership as per Professor Chan's request - looking forward to collaborating!
Leslie Chan said
at 7:50 pm on Oct 16, 2012
Thanks for checking in. Not sure where the rest of your peers are ;-(
Jason Zhao said
at 8:11 pm on Oct 16, 2012
checking in
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 1:04 am on Oct 17, 2012
Checking in, and confirming membership!
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 1:09 am on Oct 17, 2012
Hey guys i have sent out an e.mail to Jason, and Pavithra. I couldn't find the other group members e.mail address on the course wiki. Yupeng and Khadija, please check in and confirm membership to the group. Thanks :)
Khadija said
at 4:53 pm on Oct 17, 2012
hiiii! sorry for the late response.
chicking alll the way in :)
Khadija said
at 4:53 pm on Oct 17, 2012
*checking
Wairimu Njeri said
at 4:57 pm on Oct 26, 2012
Hey Khadija,
I just realized you put East Africa as the geopolitical location. I think its asking for the country.
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 3:35 pm on Oct 22, 2012
Guys the second part of the project is due Oct 26th, and we still have not had a group meeting. Lets meet either in person or online ASAP.
Leslie Chan said
at 4:25 pm on Oct 22, 2012
HI members of this group. I have added Wairimu Njeri and Cera Ramnaraine to this group as they are part of the second Africa group and the group is too small. Please contact each other asap and start a discussion going! Thanks.
Wairimu Njeri said
at 9:22 pm on Oct 25, 2012
Hi Everyone,
I edited the page and included the material that had been posted on Group 13 - Africa.
I have also updated my potion of what I'll be working on.
If you are unable to view everything on the page; edit then expand it to full screen .
Thanks.
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 1:57 am on Oct 26, 2012
Wairimu, how do you make an extra row on the table so i can add my section?
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 2:01 am on Oct 26, 2012
Never mind, i got it. Thanks.
Hatim Jivanjee said
at 12:02 pm on Oct 26, 2012
Hi guys, i will upload my part of the paper by midnight tonight or mid afternoon tomorrow at the latest. Sorry i have been really busy and am at work right now.
Cera said
at 3:57 pm on Oct 26, 2012
Thanks for the add! My paper is uploaded on my Individual work space! :)
Wairimu Njeri said
at 4:52 pm on Oct 26, 2012
Hi Hatim,
Sorry am just seeing this now.
I just uploaded my Data collection matrix on my works space.
Wairimu Njeri said
at 9:34 pm on Nov 1, 2012
Stage 3: Case Study Comparison Amongst Group Members (To be completed by Nov. 9)
Compare and map your individual case studies with other members of your group. What are the similarities and differences amongst case studies in your particular geographical area? What factors contribute to the differences and similarities and why do they occur?
In terms of a deliverable for this stage, we would like to see some form of visual, such as a chart, that depicts the similarities and differences amongst your case studies. The chart should be followed by a collective summary and explanation of findings, up to a maximum of 5 pages. (We are open to other suggestions for ways of presenting information at this stage)
The group will also begin to compile an annotated bibliography at this stage (with a minimum of 5 academic sources from each member). (Instructions and guidelines will be provided)
Wairimu Njeri said
at 9:44 pm on Nov 1, 2012
This is the next stage we need to work on. I copied it here for easy reference.
My suggestion for our upcoming meeting;
In the next few days we can come up with a chart that will help us compile our comparisons during the meeting.
I'll request for more information on the requirements for the annotated bibliography as I cant seem to see any further instructions provided.
We'll keep the emailing going since we don't have much time.
Cera said
at 12:43 pm on Nov 5, 2012
Hey guys! I can't make it to tomorrow's meeting! Can we possibly skype or google chat or something? My email for google chat is ceranatasha@yahoo.ca, for skype my username is ceranatasha12133. If you guys want me to add anything to the report then just send it to the email above! But I hope that we can google chat or something. :) I'm so sorry about not being able to come tomorrow! :( Please let me know what I can do.
Pavithra Parthasarathy said
at 4:46 pm on Nov 11, 2012
Hi guys, I apologize for the extremely late value-add. Hatim, unfortunately I didn't receive any email for you, but am definitely ready to deliver on any deadlines/ concepts that are being planned on as a whole for the group. Please let me know when the next in-person/ online meeting is, and I will certainly make it come what may. Should any of you need to connect with me immediately, my e-mail address is pparth27@gmail.com. Thanks!
Yupeng Chen said
at 1:37 am on Nov 16, 2012
Hi guys, I am sorry for the late update of the works. I updated some works in the google doc, please have a look. Also I didn't receive any email from the group, my email address is jasonchen878@msn.com, for any further meeting and plans, please email me.
Wairimu Njeri said
at 7:45 pm on Nov 17, 2012
Hi Yupeng,
Please check with prof Chan or Becky on this. They will best advise on how to move from here. Thanks.
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