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If You Build It, They Will Come: SeenReport and Mobile Citizen Journalism in PakistanCase Study The devastating floods in Pakistan have been covered by trained reporters and mainstream media outlets around the world. Citizens, often on the front lines of the flood, have also been contributing thousands of reports though mobile phones, in part enab ... | 09/01/2010 |
Small Screen, Big Picture: Jasmine News and SMS News Delivery in Sri LankaCase Study In 2006, Jasmine News began sending SMS news headlines to subscribers in Sri Lanka, the first to do so in the country. Today, the service sends 60 to 90 messages a month to 170,000 subscribers, who pay Rs.30 per month ($0.30) for the service. ... | 08/23/2010 |
From Bollywood to BBC, Bubbly is a Voice in the Audio Blogging WorldCase Study Bubble Motion, a provider of mobile messaging and social media applications, launched Bubbly this year in India, making strides in the mobile audio blogging world. Audio blogging is a form of blogging in which the medium is audio content. Bubbly works b ... | 08/19/2010 |
RedChatZone: HIV Counselling via Mobile Instant Messaging ChatCase Study In South Africa, the number of cellphones greatly outweighs the number of landlines. The National Aids Helpline (NAHL) is free to call from a landline, but regular cellphone rates apply. This makes the NAHL expensive to use from a cellphone, or people h ... | 08/13/2010 |
Press One for Freedom Fone, Press Two for Farm Radio: How Stations Use Integrated Voice ResponseCase Study Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant as part of the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR ... | 08/10/2010 |
Airtime For Selling More Condoms: Social Marketing Tricks and Tips from TanzaniaCase Study In Tanzania, a non-profit organization is using airtime as an incentive for increased condom sales. “Ongeo Zaidi na Salama,” or “Talk More with Salama,” offers mobile airtime incentives to shopkeepers who stock and sell condoms (Salama, which me ... | 07/22/2010 |
Pesinet: Mobile Tech and Micro-Insurance for Child Health in MaliCase Study Healthcare agents in Bamako Coura, Mali, are providing better care to children with the help of mobile phones. Healthcare agents with Pesinet , a non-profit organization based in Mali, perform weekly checkups on children and then send the result ... | 07/09/2010 |
CGNet SwaraCase Study CGNet Swara is a new audio-based citizen journalism service in Chhattisgarh, India. Citizen journalists can call a phone number to record news, and listeners can call in to hear news recorded by citizens around them. When citizen journalists call, the ... | 07/08/2010 |
BabaJob: Bringing Jobs to People at the Bottom of the PyramidCase Study Finding a job is hard but in India, BabaJob is making the process a bit easier for job seekers at the bottom of the pyramid. Started in Bangalore in March of 2007, BabaJob is a matching resource for blue-collar workers looking for jobs. Sean ... | 06/28/2010 |
Voices of YouthCase Study A recently launched campaign at a popular youth radio program in Nepal focuses on the voices of youth - or at least, text messages of youth. Regardless, the SMS campaign seems to be making strides. UNICEF in Nepal has teamed up with the popu ... | 06/17/2010 |
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