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livingroom_100x113.jpgIn 2006, I founded ZapBoom Consulting,  which specializes in the analysis of how digital tools like cell phones and the Internet can be used in social change campaigns in developing countries.  I have researched and written reports on topics ranging from online citizen journalism to blog advocacy and internet censorship.  I have also performed in-country Internet monitoring and international conference organizing. 

You can contact me at MaryCJoyce AT gmail DOT com.

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Young Political Junkies Are the New Filter

Posted by Mary on 28/03/2008 at 10:15

Interesting insight from the New York Times on how young voters are active disseminators of political news, not just passive consumers of it:

    According to interviews and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news and current events but conduits as well — sending out e-mailed links and videos to friends and their social networks. And in turn, they rely on friends and online connections for news to come to them. In essence, they are replacing the professional filter — reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com — with a social one. Read more....

     

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DigiActive on the New York Times' Blog

Posted by Mary on 19/03/2008 at 19:09

I don't know if I've officially mentioned it before, but about a month ago I and a friend launched DigiActive.org, a site which aggregates the most innovative digital activism techniques from around the world.

We are really excited because our coverage of the release of Fouad Mourtada was mentioned in the New York Times‘ blog, The Lede. (According to them, we’re a “rights group”.) Click the image to read their full post on Fouad.

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New York Times Sees Blogs as Threat

Posted by Mary on 03/01/2008 at 13:29

I just got this as in my daily New York Times e-mail briefing:

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Who do you think NYTimes could possibly mean by "second opinions"? Could they be talking about blogs, perhaps? Looks like the NYTimes is feeling the heat from bloggers and is feeling the need to push back a bit to retain market share.

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The Gift Economy on the Internet

Posted by Mary on 11/08/2007 at 14:32

giftbox.jpg Open it up, it's free... and here's why

 

One of the basic tenets of anarchist thought is the gift economy, an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for a reciprocal gift of money, good or services from the receiver. Basically, in a gift economy, if someone needs something which you have the ability to give, you give it, and vice versa. Most people consider gift economies to be rather silly and utopian ("someone's just gonna give me a new cell phone - yeah right!"), but what few people realize is that a

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