Social Media: Tools for Peace and Development?

Social MediaTools for Peace and Development?

MAPPING LOCAL LANDSCAPESCOMMUNITY APPROACHES TO PEACE Toronto, Jan. 28-29, 2011

Leslie ChanUniversity of Toronto Scarborough

Information: The Media of Peace

New or Old Media?Innovation or Stagnation? Social control or Freedom of Expression?Private or Public ?State or Individual ?Open or Close ?Generative or Tethered?Expert or Amateur ? Crowd-sourcing or

Cooptation ?Updates or Decays ?

Created by Egyptian @ZeinabSamir

The World of Journal Publishing According to Thomson’s ISI Science Citation Index

Data from 2002http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=205

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34465&Cr=malaria&Cr1=

From “Big” science to Networked science

Knowledge for local problem solving

http://www.bioline.org.br

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Retrieved April 26, 2010 from: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117328677437228595850.00044ec490b69019e64a3&z=2

Active Bioline Journals graphed with Google Maps.

http://kenya.ushahidi.com/

http://www.ushahidi.com/

http://afghanistanelectiondata.org/election/2009/?views-mode=views-mode-map#filter/600-95-AND/country?views-mode=%20views-mode-map%23layers=district_map_openlayers_7,district_map_openlayers_%208,afghanistan-ethnic&baseLayers=afghanistan-grey

New or Old Media?Innovation or Stagnation? Social control or Freedom of Expression?Private or Public ?State or Individual ?Open or Close ?Generative or Tethered?Expert or Amateur ? Crowd-sourcing or

Cooptation ?Updates or Decays ?

Created by Egyptian @ZeinabSamir

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3468

"The oscillation of information industries between open and closed is so typical a phenomenon that I have given it a name: 'the Cycle.'"

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/14/the_first_twitter_revolution

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23jan25

"We believe that the open exchange of information and views benefits societies and helps governments connect with their people”

Release by Twitter Jan. 25

http://globalvoicesonline.org/

TakingITGlobal ”“

http://yfc.tigweb.org/

ReMapping the World with Social Media!

chan@utsc.utoronto.ca

lesliechan.ca

Thank you!