Perspectives from Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres, IPID 2011 (Lugano,...
Inbound and Outbound Information and Communication Flows
1. Inbound and Outbound
Information and Communication Flows:
Perspectives from Community Multimedia
Centres in Mozambique.
S a r a Va n n i n i , I s a b e l l a R e g a
NewMinE Lab – New Media in Education
Universit à della Svizze ra italia na , Lugano,
Switzerl a n d
5. …fostering equitable access to
i n f or ma ti on a n d k n o w l e d g e for
development, reduce the digital divide, promote
social inclusion, public p a r t ic ipa ti on ,
education, agriculture, health, etc..
9. Social Representations
systems of values, ideas and practices, that
are shared among a given group
Moscovici, 1976
10. to establish how people
interpret their world
to enable people to
2 functions of SR communicate with
the other
members of the
community
Moscovici, 1976
11. Semiotic triangle of Social Representations
object
subject group
Bauer & Gaskell, 1999
15. CMC interpretative model
Values Ideas Practices People
Benefits of the CMC; Definitions of CMC, Community Interviewee media
Benefits of ICTs; Community Radio, involvement/ exposure;
Motivation to work Telecentre, support in the CMC; Staff Training.
in CMC; computer, Internet ; Promotion of CMC;
Motivation to use Improvements Synergies the CMC
CMC; needed in/ is able to create;
Reasons not to use challenges for the Usages of the
CMC. CMC; Community Radio;
Local denomination Usages of the
of CMC; Telecentre.
Services of the
Community Radio;
Services of the
Telecentre;
Services working
properly.
16. CMC interpretative model
Values Ideas Practices People
Benefits of the CMC; Definitions of CMC, Community Interviewee media
Benefits of ICTs; Community Radio, involvement/ exposure;
Motivation to work Telecentre, support in the CMC; Staff Training.
in CMC; computer, Internet ; Promotion of CMC;
Motivation to use Improvements Synergies the CMC
CMC; needed in/ is able to create;
Reasons not to use challenges for the Usages of the
CMC. CMC; Community Radio;
Local denomination Usages of the
of CMC; Telecentre.
Services of the
Community Radio;
Services of the
Telecentre;
Services working
properly.
23. local
“everyone pays attention because they have
programs in Portuguese and programs in
the Emakwa language,
it is for that that the communities listen”
Chiure, User1
25. e-government
“I think the radio created this
space to let people stay close
to the Government, and to let
them know that not
everything that is happening
is against the population and
when the Government does
something, they know that
the Radio is going to
broadcast it”
Chiure, User3
27. economic development
“most of all for the agriculture, it is one
of the mass communication mean to tell
when is the appropriate sowing time,
when is the appropriate time for the
harvest,what the peasant has to prepare
for the land to be productive”
Cuamba, Non-user2
29. Informal learning
children rights
programs for young people about talents
and debates
programs for women (rights)
30. Results
In- Shared Out- Tot
bound bound
Radio 45.1% 36.6% 5.5% 87.2%
Communication 0.0% 20.9% 3.0% 23.8%
Information 45.1% 15.7% 2.6% 63.4%
Telecentre 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7%
Communication 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9%
Information 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
ICTs 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 5.1%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Information 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
TOT % 55.7% 37.0% 7.2% 100.0%
TOT count 131 87 17 235
31. “before having the radio when someone died you
had to send someone to notice it to the family, but
now if someone dies, you can just transmit an
announcement through the radio”
Chitima, Staff1
“it is important because without the
radio there is no communication
with the people of the community
that live more distant”
Cuamba, User8
32. Results
In- Shared Out- Tot
bound bound
Radio 45.1% 36.6% 5.5% 87.2%
Communication 0.0% 20.9% 3.0% 23.8%
Information 45.1% 15.7% 2.6% 63.4%
Telecentre 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7%
Communication 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9%
Information 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
ICTs 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 5.1%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Information 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
TOT % 55.7% 37.0% 7.2% 100.0%
TOT count 131 87 17 235
34. Geographically restricted
“before the radio was here it was an extinguished
world, you did not know whether we existed”
Chiure, User8
“there in Nampula they are listening that someone
died in the island so it is very important to have the
radio”
Ilha de Moçambique, User2
36. Results
In- Shared Out- Tot
bound bound
Radio 45.1% 36.6% 5.5% 87.2%
Communication 0.0% 20.9% 3.0% 23.8%
Information 45.1% 15.7% 2.6% 63.4%
Telecentre 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7%
Communication 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9%
Information 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
ICTs 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 5.1%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Information 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
TOT % 55.7% 37.0% 7.2% 100.0%
TOT count 131 87 17 235
37. “…in the computer there is a lot of information we
can get”
Cuamba, Non-user1
38. “because people go there, in the Internet, and look
for information, and inform the community, and
the community is fulfilled in listening to the things
that who went to use the Internet found”
Cuamba, Non-User4
39. Results
In- Shared Out- Tot
bound bound
Radio 45.1% 36.6% 5.5% 87.2%
Communication 0.0% 20.9% 3.0% 23.8%
Information 45.1% 15.7% 2.6% 63.4%
Telecentre 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7%
Communication 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9%
Information 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
ICTs 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 5.1%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Information 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
TOT % 55.7% 37.0% 7.2% 100.0%
TOT count 131 87 17 235
40. Results
In- Shared Out- Tot
bound bound
Radio 45.1% 36.6% 5.5% 87.2%
Communication 0.0% 20.9% 3.0% 23.8%
Information 45.1% 15.7% 2.6% 63.4%
Telecentre 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7%
Communication 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9%
Information 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
ICTs 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 5.1%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Information 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
TOT % 55.7% 37.0% 7.2% 100.0%
TOT count 131 87 17 235
41. “…we want to talk to you, we want to talk to people
and have friends abroad…”
Chiure, User3