Topic
Research
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20 Jun 2011
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CEPT to Set up Centre to Research Role of Internet in Social DevelopmentNishant Shah, Director (Research) at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore who will assist the centre, said: "No one predicted the outcome of the Arab Spring, because everyone was looking at the way Internet was being used …
11 Jun 2011
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Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India — Research Training and Curriculum Workshop: Call for ParticipationDeadline for submission: 26th July 2011-06-08; When: 19th - 22nd August, 2011; Where: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad; Organised by: Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and CEPT …
26 Apr 2011
News
No access to pornography in cyber cafes, declare new rulesFresh guidelines, which are part of Information Technology (guidelines for cyber cafe) Rules 2011, will require cyber cafe owners to "tell users" not to surf websites that contain "pornographic or obscene material". Experts termed the rule …
1 Apr 2011
News
Net crackerIs Facebook taking over our lives? And if it is, so what? In email interviews with new media researcher and user control advocate Marc Stumpel who is conducting a Facebook Resistance workshop this fortnight, and artist and communication …
28 Mar 2011
Blog post
A History of Transparency, Politics and Information Technologies in IndiaIn this blog post, Zainab Bawa reviews the different spectrums of information, transparency and politics.
15 Feb 2011
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Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities - A Call for Peer ReviewPratyush Shankar's research project on "Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities" is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. His monograph explores the trajectories of transformation …
21 Dec 2010
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Pornography & the Law - A Call for Peer ReviewNamita Malhotra's research project on "Pornography & the Law". is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. Her monograph is an attempt to unravel the relations between pornography, …
18 Nov 2010
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Archive and Access: Call for ReviewThe Archive and Access research project by Rochelle Pinto, Aparna Balachandran and Abhijit Bhattacharya is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. The project that attempts to look at …
7 Nov 2010
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Talking Back without "Talking Back"The activism of digital natives is often considered different from previous generations because of the methods and tools they use. However, reflecting on my conversations with The Blank Noise Project and my experience in the ‘Digital …
10 Sep 2010
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What's in a Name? Or Why Clicktivism May Not Be Ruining Left Activism in India, At Least For NowIn a recent piece in the Guardian titled “Clicktivism Is Ruining Leftist Activism”, Micah White expressed severe concern that, in drawing on tactics of advertising and marketing research, digital activism is undermining “the passionate, …
15 Jul 2010
News
Next CPOV Conference in LeipzigTwo CPOV conferences have been held so far. The first one in Bangalore and the second one in Amsterdam, the third is to be held in Leipzig.
13 Jul 2010
News
CIS featured in the Report on Research and Funding Landscape within the Arts and Humanities in IndiaCentre for Internet and Society has been listed as an area of excellence and innovative research in this report.
5 May 2010
News
CIS – Internet is neither good nor badThis post is also available in: French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
16 Mar 2010
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CPOV : Wikipedia Research InitiativeThe Second event, towards building the Critical Point of View Reader on Wikipedia, brings a range of scholars, practitioners, theorists and activists to critically reflect on the state of Wikipedia in our contemporary Information Societies. …
13 Jan 2010
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Inquilab 2.0? Reflections on Online Activism in India*Research and activism on the Internet in India remain fledgling in spite the media hype, says Anja Kovacs in her blog post that charts online activism in India as it has emerged.
27 Aug 2009
News
The new language of Internet: A report on the Chutnefying Hinglish ConferenceThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A …
26 Aug 2009
News
Internet, first source of credible information about A(H1N1) virusAn article was publised in The Hindu, 16th August '09 on how the internet has evolved as a de facto information system around the world and in India. Nishant Shah, Director- Research, CIS, has provided inputs for the article.
10 Jul 2009
News
Call for participation: Conference @ Bangalore - 'WikiWars'Call for Participation: Conferences and Reader on critical insights and experiences on the Wikipedia
8 Mar 2009
News
Getting the net out of its webArticle by Malvika Tegta in Daily News and Analysis (DNA), 8 March 2009
3 Feb 2009
Blog post
Pleasure and Pornography: Initial Encounters with the UnknownThis blog entry is the first in a series by Namita Malhotra on her CIS-RAW project that is about pornography, Internet, sexuality, law, new media and technology. She aims for this to be a multi media and research project/journey which is …