13 August 2011, Istanbul, Turkey Restoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education ONLINE TOOLS IN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISM, CONFLICT-SENSITIVE JOURNALISM, AND CROSS-BORDER COMMUNICATION ISTANBUL, TURKEY Onnik Krikorian Caucasus Regional Editor, Global Voices http://www.globalvoicesonline.org [email protected][email protected]
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13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
ONLINE TOOLS IN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISM, CONFLICT-SENSITIVE JOURNALISM, AND CROSS-BORDER COMMUNICATION
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
What is Global Voices?
Global Voices is a community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who work
together to bring readers reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with an emphasis on
voices that are not ordinarily heard in the mainstream media.
Global Voices is translated into more than 30 languages by volunteer translators, who have formed the
Lingua project. Additionally, Global Voices has an Advocacy website and network to help people speak
out online in places where their voices are censored.
We also have an outreach project called Rising Voices to help marginalized communities use citizen
media to be heard. Technology for Transparency examines the use of online tools in increasing
transparency and accountability globally.
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Global Voices Impact
Four websites most consistently account for links between
countries: YouTube, Wikipedia, the BBC and, a distant
fourth, Global Voices Online. The last of these, launched at
Harvard University in 2005 […] works to create links
between bloggers in different countries, and to find what it
calls “bridge bloggers” […]
The Economist, 2 September 2010
Working relationships with BBC, Reuters, Pulitzer Center for Crisis
Reporting, La Stampa and many others. Frequently quoted by CNN,
BBC, New York Times, The Economist etc.
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
MENA Special Coverage
Twitter
@gvmena
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Caucasus Special Coverage
Twitter
@gvcaucasus
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Situation in the S. Caucasus
• Armenia- February 2008 presidential election, 10 dead, State of Emergency declared- Media 'Not Free' (Freedom House)- 187,520 Facebook users (as of 1 August 2011)
• Azerbaijan- Foreign radio stations taken off the air January 2009- Media 'Not Free' (Freedom House)- 431,600 Facebook users (as of 1 August 2011)
• Georgia- August war with Russia- Media 'Partly Free' (Freedom House)- 640,400 Facebook users (as of 1 August 2011)
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Internet Use
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Blogs: The new Samizdat?
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Non-politicized Activism
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education
Progressive Youth Movements
http://www.youtube.com/user/olmedia
OL! Azerbaijan
13 August 2011, Istanbul, TurkeyRestoring Confidence of Civil Society Activists through Capacity Building and Education