Five women writing about new media, activism and development
Category: <span>Digital Divide</span>

Category: Digital Divide

New media and technology: A reflection to blogging as part of ICT4D

New media has been described as anything that is delivered digitally to you such as emails, websites, mobiles and any internet-related form of communication[1]. However looking at this description in relation to activism and development; it is lacking some depth and concept.  Some definitions of new media focus exclusively upon …

Reflecting on New Media, Activism, and Technology

As I conclude my blogging journey, it has become gradually more apparent that blogging about development often does not remain a merely virtual process, but instead inspires real-life connections with deep, lasting impacts (Denskus & Papan, 2013). This final blog post will tie together the topics I have explored in …

Gender and digital violence in transnational perspective cases from Egypt and Jordan

In my previous blog entitled New Media and Technology and the gendering of the social world, I discussed how digital violence is a way to silence people from participation and could lead to a gender democratic deficit if we do not stop it.  I laid discussion and presented researches how …

Event Summary: The Past, Present, and Future of Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy

This blog post will focus on an event I attended (virtually, of course) on October 8, 2020. As a Canadian female with an educational background and avid interest in foreign policy, my attention was immediately drawn to this event, aptly named “Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future”. I recognize …

New media and technology and the gendering of the social world

In my previous blog entitled new media and technology: does it make for a less violent society, I referred to a statement made by the well-known historian Niall Ferguson on a Danish television program recently.  He said and I am paraphrasing “today we don’t find real violence, only online violence, …

Check your privilege! Or How digital gaming may offer a path to a more equitable future.

Don’t we all prefer to have choices than to be thrust onto a certain path in life? The gratification one achieves from making that choice may not always be certain beforehand as is the case with most decisions we face, from the most existential of is there a God to …

Proto Chatbot: Removing (Some) Barriers to ICT Accessibility?

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chatbots have played an important role in sharing awareness about COVID-19 via messaging apps. In this blog post, I will tackle the topic of “digital divides” again, this time discussing Proto – a Canadian company that recognizes the challenges faced by many countries …