Is Youtube a space for democratizing ICT4D?

Social media is a key emerging space where communication for development is reaching large and new audiences. Trying to define social media is no easy task and naturally it’s heavily contested. Christian Fuches (2014) offers a rather concise description “sharing, collaboration, and opportunities for users to both create their own…

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ICT4D – deepening gap or making huge step to the future?

It won’t probably surprise anyone that development organizations use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their activities. But there are heated debates among Communication for Development (ComDev) theorists and practitioners of whether ICTs are actually enhancing development initiatives or deepening the gap between developed and developing countries, thus limiting participation…

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