The document summarizes a talk given by Dr. Mark Graham on the potential of the internet for development and issues of digital divides. It discusses uneven geographies of knowledge on Wikipedia with some regions having many more articles than others. It also notes that local authors in the Middle East, North Africa and East Africa comprise a disproportionately small number of contributors to articles about those regions. The talk explores these topics through several research questions and examples.
Understanding Discord NSFW Servers A Guide for Responsible Users.pdf
Digital Divides - The Potential of the Internet for Development
1. The Potential of the Internet for Development:
Digital Divides and Uneven Geographies of Knowledge
A talk to DFID
March 29, 2012
Mark Graham, PhD
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
web: www.geospace.co.uk
email: mark.graham@oii.ox.ac.uk
twitter: @geoplace
50. Wikipedia research:
(1a) what is the geography of articles in MENA
compared to the rest of the world?
(1b) what is the geography of articles in East
Africa compared to the rest of the world?
51. Wikipedia research:
(2) do local authors in the Middle East/North
Africa/East Africa comprise disproportionately
fewer of the contributors to articles about
that region?