Digital transformation and the role of civil society in Sri Lanka
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The Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Regional office South Asia organized a regional seminar on "Promoting Liberty Digitally" in Sri Lanka from 15th to 17th October 2016. I was asked to speak on "Digital transformation and the role of Civil Society in Sri Lanka" and to be present at a group discussion on "Civil rights and the Internet".
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Digital transformation and the role of civil society in Sri Lanka
- 1. Digital transformation and the role of civil society in Sri Lanka Sanjana Hattotuwa Centre for Policy Alternatives TED Fellow Alumn
- 2. media landscape what’s out there today
- 3. 1.13 billion daily active users on average for June 2016 350 million photos uploaded every day Approximately 84.5% of daily active users are outside the US and Canada
- 7. • Not everyone needs to be connected to web to be influenced by it • The influence of content on social media in particular, and online content in general, extends to groups well beyond those who are directly connected to, and participating in these online networks. • This also puts to rest the often quoted myth that since Internet penetration is relatively low in the country, content shared online has little to no footprint in the larger public consciousness.
- 8. mobile first design and develop for mobile
- 9. CSO & digital activism three key drivers
- 10. unlimited storage bounded only by imagination
- 11. broadband faster and cheaper web access
- 13. what’s new? • Ubiquity of two way communications • Addressable peoples, even those who IDPs or refugees • Disintermediated models vs. traditional media model • People as producers • Low resolution, hyperlocal helps focus and granularity • Aggregation of low resolution helps macro analysis and strategy
- 15. everydaysrilanka rotation curation, multiple perspectives
- 16. abdul halik-azziz research, insight, perspective and photography
- 17. abdul halik-azziz research, insight, perspective and photography
- 18. right to the city instagram for activism
- 19. whatsapp instant messaging for advocacy
- 21. remembering the politics of memory online
- 27. The end of war Zero civilian casualties vs. ground realities
- 28. Mass graves From 2009 to end of 2011
- 30. storytelling new ways of voicing the inconvenient
- 38. identity using video for activism
- 48. elections monitoring, voter education, mobilisation, alerts
- 53. online video using video for activism
- 54. drone video using drones for situation awareness, perspective
- 55. 360 video immersive content
- 56. facebook live live feed from anywhere
- 57. facebook live global phenomenon
- 58. facebook video going viral over mobile
- 59. facebook video long-tail, high engagement
- 61. critical questions who controls the content?
- 62. constant partial attention a tsunami of information
- 63. the dopamine effect less is more?
- 64. activism vs. surveillance the tension between privacy and advocacy
- 65. identity online the tension between anonymity leading to trolling, and need for anonymity
- 66. crisis of the imagination inability to envision creative ways of engaging, without funding
- 67. slacktivism how do you move from clicks to meaningful engagement?
- 69. Their stories matter Tech secondary