new media and development

NEW MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT

Thet Aung

What is New Media?

New media Web 2.0 (social media, Internet, blog)

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New media Social media

ExampleBlogs now exist on a vast array of topics, from

the latest electronic gadgets to books and movies to sex and politics.1*

1*."blog." Encyclopædia Britannica. Ultimate Reference Suite.  Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010

Why?

importance of interaction, the consumer and the community. 2*

The term emphasizes the idea that as a collective it can have as much impact as any traditional media platform.2*

2* Wave 3 Universal McCann http://www.goviral.com/articles/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf

Example

Women Blog

Online Politics

4* Flags from Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010

QuizMatch topic and country flag and answer WHY?

Saudi Women Blog

6,200,000 Internet users in Saudi Arabia (2008)5*

5* Data from http://www.internetworldstats.com/me/sa.htm

"Women are blogging like never before. However, a common perception is that female bloggers tend to blog more about personal matters while male bloggers write about 'serious' issues like politics and economic."~Saudi Gazette

"Female bloggers in the Kingdom mostly blog about family matters, about how being a woman affects their living in Saudi Arabia, and about the issues that frustrate them."~Tara Umm Omar, Saudi blogger interviewed by the Saudi Gazette

Saudi Women Blog

Saudi women view blogging as a:

Daily journal Outlet for personal expression and venting Venue for serious discussion of troubling issues

They blog on topics including: Literature Arts Social Issues Personal Stories Politics

public voice for women who do not often have one in society.3*New Media and Development Communication website, Fall 2008, Columbia SIPA, Professor Anne Nelson

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/sipa/nelson/newmediadev/home.html

Expression and Idea Sharing The increase of the female blogosphere in

Saudi Arabia has created a new culture of women active in expressing their viewpoints and sharing ideas.

express their views in society(Political/homosexuals)

felt safe talking about their views blog as a mixture of personal story and

political views

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Censorship

Saudi Eve’s blog posts on love and religion written in both Arabic and English The Saudi government has blocked

access to her blog in 2008

http://www.internet.gov.sa/learn-the-web/guides/content-filtering-in-saudi-arabia

3*

Blogging in English

I blog in English because I can't type in Arabic and

I am too lazy to learn

I feel like talking about it, in English, so it can be read in the furthest reaches of the planet.

Bloggers in English have more freedom since these blogs are less likely to fall under intense scrutiny by the monitoring agencies

3*

Online Politics in China

Environment: the Internet users

above chart of estimated user in China by "China to overtake US in number of Internet users in 2009" by Jeremy Reimer

above chart of the Internet usage in China by CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center)

Techonology

Development of online social networks

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Passion

Willingness to promote online politics

In a day, more than 2 million Chinese people put a red heart in front of their MSN nicknames to show their support for Olympics.3*

Passion

Anti-CNN.com was established by Jin Rao, a 23-year-old Chinese student

The lies and distortions of facts from the Western media concerning the 2008 Tibetan unrest

“collect, classify, and exhibit the misbehaviors of Western media.”

http://www.anti-cnn.com/forum/en/

Passion

The Facebook Page of the Prime Minister of PRC

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Who else?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Official Blog - Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

http://www.ahmadinejad.ir

4* Flags from Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010

Migrant Workers in UAE

Internet Projects Concerning Migrant Workers in the UAE Mafiwasta is an important blog concerning workers' rights

in the UAE. Mafiwasta.com

Migrant Rights is another blog drawing attention to the issue of migrants in the region.

This is the Facebook page highlighting concern for the plight of migrant workers, particularly in the construction sector, Dubai's Dirty Little Secret

Another Facebook page calling for Minimum Wage for Construction Workers in the UAE.

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New Media and Violence

Jarret M. Brachman. High-Tech Terror: Al-Qaeda’s Use of New Technology: a review by the Director of Research at the Combating Terrorism Center at the United States Military Academy.

Josh Goldstein and Juliana Rotich. Digitally Networked Technologies in Kenya's Post-Election Crisis: a summary of the positive and negative uses of new media in post-election Kenya.

Marc Lacey. “Exploiting Real Fears With ‘Virtual Kidnappings.’” New York Times, 29 April 2008: an explanation of Mexico's mobile phone-based kidnapping trend.

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, “Text Messages Used To Incite Violence in Kenya,” NPR News: first-hand accounts of violent SMS messaging in post-election Kenya.

Ushahidi: Ushahidi is a platform for crowdsourcing crisis information by allowing anyone to submit reports via mobile phone, email or web form. It has been used in Kenya to report post-election violence and to collect stories of peace heroes during the same period. It has also been implemented in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Double-Edged Sword

Myanmar?

Development and New media

Noticeable for Myanmar

Protest Nargis 2010? Various LNGO, CBO

Trends

Local content revolution Growing power of the mobile Rapidly growing number of Internet

users PC penetration rate Decrease Internet cost per hour Governments react

Social Media and a New Model of Civic Engagement, Thet Aung, BarCamp Yangon 2010

Why you should do?

More space for people voices

Young people practice Freedom of expression and debate about politics, health and anything

Social change in Myanmar could bring by ICT mean of new media

The role of new media in social change of Myanmar, 2009, Thet Aung, London

What can you do?

The role of new media in social change of Myanmar, 2009, Thet Aung, London

Where should we start?

Assessing Existing Resources

Human Resources Electrical Requirements Telephony Housing and Hardware Internet Technologies 3*

3* New Media and Development Communication website, Fall 2008, Columbia SIPA, Professor Anne Nelson http://www.columbia.edu/itc/sipa/nelson/newmediadev/home.html

What can you do?

Personal life Your community Your Country Regional Global issues

Thanks

Q&A

Thet AungManaging Director

Kant Kaw Education Centrethetaung@kantkaw.com

www.kantkaw.com