•Overemphasis of technological solutions to social problems
•Chinese netizen culture against Internet censorship, use of shock therapy to treat Internet addiction
•Easy mapping technology which bridges the virtual and the real
15. "...not only young people in the Muslim world, but young people across theworld are increasingly disconnected from authority, from government,from all kinds of institutions that have been historically thefoundations of society, because they are so interconnected through theinternet, something that my generation can’t really understand."
16. "...when you think about the power of this information connection to youngpeople, I don’t think it should cause panic in people my age. I don’tthink we should begin trying to stop it and prevent it. We ought tofigure out how better to utilize it. You go back to the millennia; howwere values passed around? Sitting around a fire, how were valuescommunicated? In the homes by parents and grandparents. Now, values arebeing communicated by the internet, and we cannot stop it. Solet’s figure out how better to use it, participate in it, andparticularly to focus on the needs of young people. They’re oftenlooking for information. They’re looking for answers." —— Hillary Clinton, Jan. 21, 2010
17. So what works and where to begin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/02/19/iran-cyber-islamic-militarism-on-the-march/ in many cases, illiberal (or worse) discourse goes unquestioned; this online social fabric can be reconstituted. The space needs to be filled.
23. A primary human rights issue indirectly receiving mainstream media exposure
24. • incomprehensible • very few Chinese have independent blogs • Streisand Effect; CCP paints itself into a corner on this one ("harmonization")
25. • lack of clear focus ("government transparency") • barriers to access (bit.ly and twitpic.com) • English 'Tweets' really turn people off; high deterrence factor
28. Participaction One simple but effective way to get human rights information online in a way that 'netizens' will be able to process, share, and interact with.
38. 1. What issues can be mapped? 2. Where would the data come from and who would post it? 3. How would you expect the project to develop (challenges, obstacles, next stages)?
39. Internet addicts aren't the only group of people being subjected to electroshock therapy, but they're certainly the loudest.
40. "It is the future battlegrounds that Human Rights supporters should be identifying and occupying, not wasting valuable time and energy re-fighting old wars." —— Professor Conor Gearty "Can Human Rights Survive?" , Oxford University Press, 2006
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general idea
faith!
tools, though
loses me herere: FB/Twitter, +: can make (and keep) a connection with people you meet IRL-: not much private space therepersonally I think too much emphasis on tools can't replace socia
too much in DC
Yet the kids are there, so...
What u gonna do?How to get more HR information online and what works?
possible indication of a human rights issue that both engages 'netizens' and newspaper readers, but can be tackled (safe zone) for CN activists. Side benefit of getting very passionate individuals to think more about getting offline and what else is possible.
Can also be done by mobile phone. Re: fabric of online discourse, nationalists in Russia use online maps to show locations of ethnic minorities in their towns.
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For organizing different groups in a very accessible manner, or bringing similar projects all onto the same map.