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New media & Poverty relief

New media & Poverty relief. Wainer Lusoli. New media & poverty relief key questions. What are new media ? What is poverty ? ‘ & ’: how are media and poverty related? New media FOR poverty relief New media IN poverty relief The good , the bad and the ugly. What are new media?.

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New media & Poverty relief

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  1. New media & Poverty relief Wainer Lusoli

  2. New media & poverty relief key questions • What are new media? • What is poverty? • ‘&’: how are media and poverty related? • New media FOR poverty relief • New media IN poverty relief • The good, the bad and the ugly

  3. What are new media? • Computers and other hardware • Databases and other software • Mobile phones and digital cameras • Internet and wireless technology

  4. What is poverty? Poverty can be conceived as absolute or relative, as lack of income or failure to attain capabilities. It can be chronic or temporary, is sometimes closely associated with inequity, and is often correlated with vulnerabilities and social exclusion.

  5. The big pond and the small ocean The big pond Leapfrogging divides The small ocean Communication ecology

  6. New media FOR poverty relief

  7. New media FOR poverty relief Big pond [$100 laptops] • Role of technology: ubiquity, flexibility • Role of traditional mediators • development workers • Governments • businesses • Education as expendable commodity • Examples: Robib, Bangalore

  8. New media IN poverty relief

  9. New media IN poverty relief Small ocean [telecentros] • Different media • Mixing with society • Creating / strengthening networks • Challenging social norms [exclusion] • Help local organising • Visibility and voice of the marginalised • Access to information and knowledge • Improve lives and livelihoods

  10. The political The economic The social

  11. Links and further readings • Slater, D., & Tacchi, J. (2004). Research: ICT innovation for poverty reduction. New Delhi: UNESCO. • Pini, B., Brown, K., & Previte, J. (2004). Politics and identity in cyberspace. Information, Communication & Society, 7(2), 167-184. • Brian Loader and Leigh Keeble. (2004) Challenging the digital divide? York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. • http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ • http://ethnobase.lse.ac.uk/ • http://www.digitalopportunity.org • http://www.unites.org/ CREDIT http://as020.k12.sd.us/ZacandJosh.HTM Presentation will be available on IBIS

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