http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/ Exploring the use of information and communications technology for conflict transformation Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-26581 Internet and Web based Citizen Journalism in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:47 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-26581 [...] http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/ [...] [...] http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/ [...]

]]> http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-26447 Tolerance and the Internet: Scenarios by 2020 « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:32:47 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-26447 [...] Social networking combined with mobiles helped Barack Obama become the President of the United States. If that isn’t a cogent example of how the Internet can help strengthen tolerance and celebrate diversity, I don’t know what is. Amnesty International uses some viscerally compelling web videos that are a cinch to integrate to social networks to promote advocacy against human rights abuses by the world’s most powerful countries / democracies. And while most, if not all, social networks (e.g. MySpace, Facebook) are walled gardens, initiatives that are opening up these networks to federated identity management will redefine the way we organise virtually. Yes, it’s true that social networking brings out the worst in us, but who is documenting the rise of Facebook as a serious platform for serious work? [...] [...] Social networking combined with mobiles helped Barack Obama become the President of the United States. If that isn’t a cogent example of how the Internet can help strengthen tolerance and celebrate diversity, I don’t know what is. Amnesty International uses some viscerally compelling web videos that are a cinch to integrate to social networks to promote advocacy against human rights abuses by the world’s most powerful countries / democracies. And while most, if not all, social networks (e.g. MySpace, Facebook) are walled gardens, initiatives that are opening up these networks to federated identity management will redefine the way we organise virtually. Yes, it’s true that social networking brings out the worst in us, but who is documenting the rise of Facebook as a serious platform for serious work? [...]

]]> http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-25462 Quick take - The new FrontlineSMS « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Tue, 13 May 2008 16:41:20 +0000 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/frontlinesms-on-facebook/#comment-25462 [...] written on FrontlineSMS on this blog before, so I won’t go into details about what it is and how great a programme I think it is. [...] [...] written on FrontlineSMS on this blog before, so I won’t go into details about what it is and how great a programme I think it is. [...]

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