A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #3

A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view of Communication for Development, but rather a presentational one. Chapters by Jill Walker Rettberg (2013). Articles by Julie Ferguson, Maura Soekijad, Marleen Huysman, and Emmanuelle Vaast (2013), and Tobias Denskus and Andrea S. Papan (2013).   Blogging (a short presentation…

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A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #2

A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view of Communication for Development, but rather a presentational one. Articles by Graham Meikle (2016), Chao Guo and Gregory D. Saxton (2013), and Meeyoung Cha, Hamed Haddadi, Fabricio Benevenuto and Krishna P. Gummadi (2010)   Social Media: Communication Sharing and Visibility…

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A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #1

A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view, but rather a presentational one.   Digital leisure for development: reframing new media practice in the global South   Arora and Rangaswamy’s (2013) paper is actually a call for bridging new media with communication development. In doing so, rethinking leisure-oriented…

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