Reduced Prison Phone Rates Pave the Road to Rehabilitation
This piece was co-authored with Clarissa Ramon, Outreach and Government Affairs Associate at Public Knowledge.Chris Duran understands the value of a phone call. Duran pays roughly $2.80 for a 15-minute...
View ArticleWhen student reporters seek broadcaster transparency, it is surprising what...
Our work at the Media Policy Initiative has been in support of both broadcaster transparency and advancing the idea that journalism schools can be news producers, so we couldn’t have been happier when...
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The Future of Centers of Worship
How community focus and technology initiatives refresh our local churches, mosques and synagoguesThe religious and spiritual institutions that currently anchor our neighborhoods and tie together our...
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Call for Paper Proposals
Call for Paper ProposalsIs it working? Evaluating and assessing broadband policyA by-invitation experts’ workshopNew America Foundation September 19-21, 2012With broadband becoming the central means...
View ArticleDevelopment as Freedom: An Alternative Framework for ICT Program Evaluation...
People across the world are experimenting with ways to leverage technology for economic development and social change. These projects, often referred to as Information and Communication Technologies...
View ArticleDevelopment as Freedom: The World Bank’s how-to series “Amplifying Citizen...
The evaluation framework we commented on in a recent blog post is only one part of the World Bank’s series of handbooks on rethinking approaches to the use of information and communication technologies...
View ArticleCall for Paper Proposals *(extended to July 25, 2012)*
Is it working? Evaluating and assessing broadband policyA by-invitation experts’ workshopNew America FoundationSeptember 19-21, 2012 With broadband becoming the central means for providing information...
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Digital Freedom of Expression in Uzbekistan
An example of social control and censorship in the 21st Century July 18, 2012 Sarah Kendzior, PhD Uzbeks protest violence in Andijon outside of the embassy in Brussels. Photo licensed CC by Radio Free...
View ArticleIDL Launch Party Invite
Remember how the Internet community stopped SOPA? Come on out to Irish Whiskey this Thursday at 8pm for the official launch of the Internet Defense League (IDL), a network of people and organizations...
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Special Section in the International Journal of Communications on Meaningful...
Since 2009, the federal government has funded 232 Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) digital training and access projects nationwide. New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute...
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Call for Paper ProposalsThe Role of Advocacy in Media and Telecom PolicyA by-invitation experts’ workshopNew America FoundationSept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2013What is the role of advocacy in the formation of...
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Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global...
August 21, 2013Hibah Hussain Mobile phones being used to deliver aid messages after the earthquake in Haiti. Photo by DFID- UK Department for International Development, Creative Commons licensed. Over...
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A Network Model of Broadband Adoption: Using Twitter to Document Detroit Future
Preliminary Analysis by the Open Technology Institute May 1, 2014Joshua BreitbartGreta ByrumGeorgia BullenKayshin ChanURL:...
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Digital Stewardship and your community
OTI has partnered with groups around the world to develop the concept of Digital Stewardship, and hopes to refine it as more communities adopt and adjust it for local needs. Digital Stewardship is a...
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So You Think You Want to Run a Hackathon? Think Again. (A Case Study on...
This article is an excerpt from a longer piece originally posted on Medium. Click here for the full story. “Hackathons.” That’s one of the most popular answers to a question you haven’t asked yet: How...
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On Accountability and Audience: Why We Didn't Have a Funk Parade Hackathon
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed with social impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality — the strength to ask:“Will this project actually have...
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4 Tips for Organizing Unstructured Events Without Going Insane
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality — the strength to ask:“Will this project actually have...
View ArticleBuild With, Not For: A #CivicTech Manifesto
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality — the strength to ask:“Will this project actually have...
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Busting the Buzzword: Social Impact and Civic Innovation
Would you consider adding to the transit infrastructure of your city a civic innovation? Pictured: Capital Bikeshare bikes in Washingtonn, DC. Photo by mariordo59.Let’s be honest: “innovation” is a...
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Case Study: Practical Principles to Encourage a Civic Youth Pipeline
Kids in Sayada, Tunisia working on a plan for their Community Wireless Network - Photo Credit: Ryan GeretyWhen determining if a project or process was successful, frequently we look at what the...
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