Posts tagged: big data

Digging deeper into the localness of participation in Sub-Saharan African Wikipedia content

16 December 2014 0

The previous two posts about the geography of contributions to Wikipedia showed both the different types of local engagement that different regions have, and the primary reason that Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, has such a low proportion of locally created content.   However, while the graphic in our previous post (also included above) gives a… Read More: Digging deeper into the localness of participation in Sub-Saharan African… »

Explaining locally-contributed content in Wikipedia about Sub-Saharan Africa

12 December 2014 0

An earlier post showed how different parts of the world have very different levels of engagement with local content in Wikipedia. The data presented there showed that a majority of content about North America and Europe are created in those regions, whilst only a small minority of content about Latin America, the Middle East and… Read More: Explaining locally-contributed content in Wikipedia about Sub-Saharan Africa »

New book drawing on fieldwork in Sub-Saharan Africa

10 December 2014 0

I’m delighted to announce the release of a new book that I co-wrote with colleagues Dan Hammett and Chasca Twyman: ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development.’ The book draws on our experiences of doing fieldwork about development (often in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa) and explores both traditional and cutting edge research methods, from interviews and… Read More: New book drawing on fieldwork in Sub-Saharan Africa »

Reflections on the ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium

25 November 2014 0

A very short update from the ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium in Tbilisi Georgia that I just attended. One strong theme on the first day of the meeting was that “The illiterate of the 21st century are those that cannot use ICTs” (a quote from the Ministerial Roundtable). This idea is also reflected in the… Read More: Reflections on the ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium »

New publication: “Inequitable Distributions in Internet Geographies: The Global South is Gaining Access But Lags in Local Content.”

6 November 2014 0

A special issue of the journal innovations has just been published. The issue focused on the topic of ‘digital inclusion’ and features a short piece that I wrote. Graham, M. 2014 Inequitable Distributions in Internet Geographies: The Global South is Gaining Access But Lags in Local Content. innovations 9(3-4). 17-34. The piece asks whether increasing Internet access… Read More: New publication: “Inequitable Distributions in Internet Geographies: The Global South… »