Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund [info]
- Apply by 10 August 2018.

Publications:

"Communicating Borders—Governments Deterring Asylum Seekers through Social Media Campaigns," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 30 July 2018 [open access]

"Digital Access isn’t a Luxury for Refugees: It's a Necessity," Slate, 14 June 2018 [text]

"Digital Volunteer Networks and Humanitarian Crisis Reporting," Digital Journalism, Latest Articles, 9 May 2018 [open access]
- See also related post on the Humanitarian News Research Network.

Empowering Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons through Digital Identity (Voices Blog, June 2018) [text]

"Europe is Using Smartphone Data as a Weapon to Deport Refugees," Wired UK, 2 July 2018 [text]

"How to Tell If That Online Fundraiser Will Actually Help Immigrant Children at the Border," Vice, 20 June 2018 [text]

Q&A: Could Twitter Help Aid Groups Anticipate Humanitarian Needs? (Devex, May 2018) [text]

Refugees' Movement in Immobility: A Study Investigating Information Seeking Movements by Refugees Fleeing to Europe, Thesis (Delft Univ. of Technology, July 2018) [text]

Smart Phones for Refugees: Tools for Survival, or Surveillance?, Policy Brief, no. 4 (PRIO, June 2018) [text]

Resources:

20 Humanitarians You Should Follow on Twitter (Humanitarian News Research Network, July 2018) [text]

5 Must-know Features of MigApp (IOM Blog, May 2018) [text]

Digital Refuge: Exploring the European Refugee Crisis (UC Berkeley & UC Davis) [access]
- "[A]n interactive website that maps the perilous ordeals of thousands of displaced people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia through their own personal stories and social media posts." More info in this Berkeley News story.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (6 June 2018)

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