Georgetown University hosted an event on April 23, 2009 where I presented my Yahoo! Fellowship research on digital activism in India and China and then moderated a panel consisting of my friends Evgeny Morozov, Ivan Sigal and Trebor Scholz to discuss issues related to international digital activism.
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1. Talk & Panel Discussion:
International Trends in Digital
Activism
April 23, 2009
Yahoo!/ Georgetown University
Gaurav Mishra/ Evgeny Morozov/ Ivan Sigal/
Trebor Scholz
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com
2. Program Outline
Talk: Digital Activism in India and China –
45 minutes
Panel: International Trends in Digital
Activism – 45 minutes
Q & A – 30 minutes
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com
3. Panel Members
Evgeny Morozov
– 2008-09 Open Society Institute Fellow
– Writing a book on internet in authoritarian societies
– Previously, Director of New Media at Prague NGO Transitions Online
Ivan Sigal
– Executive Director of Global Voices
– Previously, Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace
– Internews Regional Director for Asia
Trebor Scholz
– Professor for Media Study at New School University, NYC
– Editor of the book The Art of Free Cooperation
– Founder: Institute for Distributed Creativity
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com
4. Three Questions
What is social media and why is it
important?
How are social media and digital activism
changing media, civil society, and
government?
What are the challenges of using social
media for digital activism in emerging
countries?
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5. Tool Agnostic
Blogging Social networking
Microblogging Social voting
Videoblogging Social bookmarking
Photoblogging Lifestreaming
Podcasting Wikis
Mapping Virtual worlds
…
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6. Terminology Agnostic
Social media Read write web
Social computing Citizen media
Social software Peer to peer media
Social web Web 2.0
Participatory media New media
Participatory web Crowdsourcing
…
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7. Talk: Digital Activism in India
& China
April 23, 2009
Georgetown University
Gaurav Mishra
Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University
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8. Context: Digital Inequality
India + China
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9. Why India and China?
Source: NYT
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10. World Map: Internet Penetration
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11. The 4 Cs of Digital Inequality
3 4
1 2
Computing
Devices Connection
Content
Capabilities
The Digital Binary Group:
Focus on Access
(Computers + Connection)
The Digital Inequality
Group: Focus on
Application (Content +
Capabilities)
Geography/ Nationality/ Urban-Rural/ Race/ Ethnicity/ Age/ Gender/ Profession
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12. India: VNL MicroTelecom
Source: http://vnl.in
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13. India: QuestionBox
Source: http://questionbox.org
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14. India: United Villages
www.vnl.in
Source: http://unitedvillages.com
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15. India: Google Internet Bus
Source: http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/landing/internetbus/
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16. India/ China: Cyber Cafes
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17. But India + China = 430m Web Users
Source: NYT
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18. Context: Social Media Usage
India + China
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19. Coming Back to Social Media
USA China India World
Update personal weblog 16% 61% 36% 28%
Upload to video sharing website 18% 46% 45% 29%
Upload to a photo sharing website 32% 56% 49% 39%
Manage profile on a social network 35% 56% 59% 48%
Subscribe to a RSS feed 14% 44% 37% 26%
Download a podcast 22% 65% 49% 36%
Read blogs/weblogs 51% 84% 77% 63%
Watch video clips online 63% 84% 80% 75%
Number of internet users (millions) 100.0 61.0 17.8 475.0
Attitudes towards sociability, privacy and trust.
Source: Universal McCann, 2008; Active Internet Users, Age 16-54; Last Month
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20. International SNS Preference
Facebook MySpace Orkut Xiaonei Vkontakte Hi5
Source: Oxyweb based on Alexa data, 2008
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21. China: Parallel Internet Universe
Hat Tip: Shel Israel (http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2008/11/chinas-top-web.html )
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22. China: Comsenz Build a BBS/ SNS
Source: http://www.comsenz.com/products/discuz
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23. China: Direct2Dell
Source: http://chinese.direct2dell.com/
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24. India: SMS Gupshup Group SMS
Source: http://www.smsgupshup.com
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25. India: BabaJob
Source: http://babajob.com/tfoverview.htm
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26. Context: Social Media +
Digital Activism
India + China
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27. Old Media + New Media
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29. Social Media + Digital Activism
Source: http://www.digiactive.org/wp-content/uploads/digiactive_facebook_activism.pdf
http://www.digiactive.org/wp-content/uploads/digiactive_twitter_guide_v1-0.pdf
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30. Social Media + Digital
Activism
India
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31. India: SEA-EAT Blog
Source: http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
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32. India: Mumbai Terror Attack
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/vinu/sets/72157610144709049/
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33. India: Mumbai Terror Attack
Source: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23mumbai
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34. India: Mumbai Terror Attack
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gauravonomics/sets/72157610357499942/
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35. India: Pink Chaddi Campaign
Source: http://thepinkchaddicampaign.blogspot.com
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36. India: Blank Noise Project
Source: http://blanknoise.org
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37. India: NGO Post
Source: http://ngopost.org
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38. India: Caste Based Orkut Communities
Source: http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=5085362
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39. India: Shiv Sena’s Orkut Crusade
Source: http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=1308974
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40. India: L K Advani’s Blog
Source: http://blog.lkadvani.in/
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41. India: Bloggers for Advani
Source: http://groups.google.com/group/bloggers4advani?pli=1
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42. India: Tata Tea’s Jaago Re
Source: http://jaagore.com/
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43. India: No Criminals in Politics
Source: http://nocriminals.org/
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44. India: Vote Report India
Source: http://votereport.in
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45. India: Vote Report India/ Al Jazeera
Source: http://labs.aljazeera.net/console/
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46. Social Media + Digital
Activism
China
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47. China: Censorship/ Net Police
Hat Tip: Rebecca Mackinnon (http://rconversation.blogs.com )
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48. China: 50 Cent Army/ Astroturfing
Hat Tip: Rebecca Mackinnon (http://rconversation.blogs.com )
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49. China: Human Flesh Search Engine
The Kitten Killer of Hangzhou Corruption Amongst Local Officials
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50. China: Sichuan Earthquake
Source: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/6YdfN8iPwDs/
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51. China: Harmonius/ River Crab
Jiang Zemin (Three Represents) + Hu Jintao (Harmoinus)
Hat Tip: Rebecca Mackinnon (http://rconversation.blogs.com )
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52. China: Grass-Mud Horse/ Alpaca
Sheep
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3tPA_Z_MT0
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53. China: Cyber Civil War 2.0
Hat Tip: Rebecca Mackinnon (http://rconversation.blogs.com )
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54. China: Cyber Nationalism/ MSN Icons
Source:
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55. China: Cyber Nationalism/ Anti-CNN
Source: http://anti-cnn.com/
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56. China: People’s Daily E-Two Sessions
Source: http://elianghui.people.com.cn/2009/
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC)
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57. Internet Freedom Index
Source: Freedom on the Net, Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/specialreports/NetFreedom2009/FreedomOnTheNet_FullReport.pdf
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58. In Summary
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60. Three Mantras of Social Media
The future has already arrived. It’s just not
evenly distributed yet.
Technology determines what is possible
and what isn’t; society chooses what
happens and what doesn’t.
The tools are transient; the value system is
here to stay.
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com
61. Digital Activism in Three Steps
Listen/ Understand: Aggregate public
opinion and flag flash points.
Engage/ Energize: Use virality, modularity
and granularity to build a grassroots
movement.
Bridge: Use both new media and mainstream
media to translate online engagement into
offline action.
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com
62. Panel Discussion: International
Trends in Digital Activism
April 23, 2009
Yahoo!/ Georgetown University
Evgeny Morozov/ Ivan Sigal/ Trebor Scholz
Gaurav Mishra | Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University | www.gauravonomics.com | gauravonomics@gmail.com