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CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND DIGITAL VOICES: INSTITUTING A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BETWEEN GLOBAL YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE
By Robin Worley1
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The Problem
Marginalized youth without a voice: 350,000 restaveks 12 million AIDS orphans As many as 100 million
kids living on the streets Significance of the study The Purpose: studying
the impact of digital voices and how marginalized youths can participate to become empowered and change their lives. Focus on Kenyan teens who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
I’ll add photos as soon as my computer is fixed and I can access them.
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State of the World’s Children (UNICEF)
Why should we focus on young people in developing countries? Poverty-2.2 billion living below
the poverty line of $1 per day, and 1 billion of these are children.
Education—In 2006 there were 93 million primary school aged kids out of school. Over 90 million of these kids are in developing countries.
Gender equity-equal educational access for girls
Access to healthcare-Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Before one can reach her potential, she must have basic needs met: food, shelter, health.
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Storytelling
The power of stories: they move us emotionally. They let us imagine something different than the reality before us. They can empower the storyteller.
Stories throughout history: myths, fairytales and the hero’s journey.
Stories in the information age: information overload, people are searching for meaning, not more facts.
Change initiated through storytelling-Steve Denning, World Bank CIO, discovered it can help create change in an organization.
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Citizen Journalism
What is it? Non-professionals collect, report, analyze and disseminate news and information.
Why has it emerged? Limitations facing
citizen journalists Why become a
citizen journalist?
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Research
Research Questions :1. In what ways was the design
and implementation of JUMP and the first media workshop in Kenya successful as a means of teaching citizen journalism to young people and encouraging them to continue making their voices heard?
2. What challenges were faced by the setting: working with impoverished youths in a developing country that has a weak infrastructure for technology?
3. What were the successes and limitations of the JUMP program and process?6
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Research Design
Utilization-focused evaluation with case study research. Patton asks, “How do
we know what is good?”
Inspired by the action research process: researcher identifies a social problem and conducts a research project aimed to provide a solution.
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Data Sources The People—called JUMPers:
11 students from Kauai 12 students from Nakuru 10-15 from Kibera 10-15 from Mombasa Group leaders, chaperones,
mentors The Artifacts
Podcasts-10 podcasts lasting between 3-12 minutes
Photos—approximately 1000 photographs
Emails-approximately 300 email correspondences spanning 2 years
Video-approximately 10 hours of video
Stories-30 personal stories from Kenyan teens
Field notes of the researcher
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Role of the Researcher
Identify a social problem and propose a solution
Researcher-participant
Evaluator Plan for next
steps
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Data Collection Archived material
Target population: Kenyan teens infected or affected by HIV/AIDS
Extent of archived material Email-300 emails will be sorted
and categorized for topic and them. Not all will be used.
Podcasts—48 minutes of podcasts will be listened to and tagged.
Photos—approximately 1000 photos will be viewed and tagged for topic and theme.
Videos—out of 10 hours of video, I’ll sort through to identify 3-5 hours of film that most clearly shows topics and theme.
Stories—there are 20 personal stories written by Kenyan teens describing how AIDS has impacted them. These will be tagged for topic and theme.
Field notes
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IRB
Exempt status based on 46.101(b)4 Existing data,
documents and records are exempt if the subjects cannot be identified.
All participants signed release forms
No identification—each JUMP participant will be given a number and only numbers will appear as identifiers in the dissertation. 1
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Analysis of Topics & Themes
Training: Equipment
(topic) Internet
connection (topic)
Continue independently (theme)
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Analysis of Topics & Themes
Storytelling Increased self-esteem
(theme) Feelings of
empowerment (theme) Sharing stories with
larger audience (topic) Making facts and
figures personal (topic) Emotionally moving
the listener to want to take action (theme)
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Analysis of Topics & Themes Citizen Journalism
New perspective to news (topic)
More local, personal look at a broader issue (topic)
Sharing information not normally heard in mainstream news (topic)
Making marginalized citizens more visible and less vulnerable (theme)
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Analysis of Topics & Themes
Process: Did the participants
form positive partnerships (theme)
Were the youths cultural sensitive of one another (theme)
Were the adults effective in their leadership and mentoring roles (theme)
Was the community strong enough to continue with support from a distance? (theme)
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Strategies to minimize researcher bias Software program or
manual coding for topics and themes
Triangulation of content
Triangulation of analysis by two different observers
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