Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2013

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use
- Internet for Democracy
- Internet Or Digital Rights and Freedoms

Author(s): Helena Puig Larrauri

The advent of new technologies is changing the way we learn about events and respond to them. In particular, technologies that focus on collecting, processing, and disseminating information about a conflict have the potential to change the way all actors involved in a conflict learn about and respond to it.² These developments raise a critical question for conflict prevention practitioners: how can new information and communications technologies (ICTs) aid international actors, governments, and civil society organizations to strengthen their voice and action, in order to more effectively and directly prevent violent conflict?

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep09625?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=internet&searchText=censorship&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3BQuery%3Dinternet%2Bcensorship%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Bpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9OA%253D%253D&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3A16ba1aed47772004a8f9e4d983806c03

Region of Study:
East Africa,

Country of Study:


Study Quality
High