citizen media in africa

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My talk from the Surprising Africa event at PICNIC 08. Focuses on the rise of citizen media in Africa and the importance of citizen journalism in the Kenyan election crisis.

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1995 - Geocities and Tripod: Personal Homepages

1997 - weblogs

digital divides - technical, language, relevance

power divide

connectivity divide

relevancy divide

Most popular forum closed down due to ethnic violence

Citizen reportingvia blogs.

Support from the diaspora via alternative remittance

inputradio plus internet

Interactive Radio for Justicefeaturing DRC deputy minister for defense,head of military operations for MONUC

mobile + radio

mobile + newspapers

mobile + international news

beyond the phone,beyond the computer

REPACTED - Nakuru

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