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I Just Pinged to Say Hello
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Nov 30, 2013
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.
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Open Secrets
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Nov 01, 2013
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last modified
Nov 30, 2013 08:21 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
We need to think of privacy in different ways — not only as something that happens between people, but between you and corporations.
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Out of the Bedroom
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Aug 25, 2013
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last modified
Sep 06, 2013 08:32 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
We have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked "Miscellaneous". It is in our cellphones and tablets, protected under passwords. It is the biggest reason why people have learned to clean their browsing history and cookies from their browsers.
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jul 22, 2013
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last modified
Jul 22, 2013 06:59 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
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Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 24, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 04:23 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Openness
Openness has become the buzzword for everything in India right now. From the new kids on the block riding the wave of Digital Humanities investing in infrastructure of open knowledge initiatives to the rhetoric of people-centered open government data projects that are architected to create 'empowered citizens', there is an inherent belief that Opening up things will make everything good.
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Whose Change is it Anyway?
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 18, 2013
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
RAW Publications,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Featured,
Publications,
Homepage
This thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. It observes that change is constantly and explicitly invoked at different stages in research, practice, and policy in relation to digital technologies, citizen action, and network societies.
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The Stranger with Candy
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 16, 2013
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 11:00 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
Beware of online threats, as the distinction between friends and foes is false on the internet.
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World Wide Rule
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 14, 2013
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last modified
Jul 01, 2013 10:26 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Nishant Shah's review of Schmidt and Cohen's book was published in the Indian Express on June 14, 2013.
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It’s Common Practice
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
May 22, 2013
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:41 AM
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filed under:
Digital subjectivities,
Cybercultures,
Researchers at Work
Technologies are no longer abstract. They're habits. What constitutes a habit? The gestures that you make as you read this, the way your eyes flick when you encounter somebody you like, the way you stroke your chin in a moment of reflection, or the split second decisions that you make in times of crises — these are all habits. They are pre-thought, visceral, depending upon biological, social and collective memories that do not need rational thinking. Habits are the customised programming of human life.
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Digital Natives
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Off the Record
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 06, 2013
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last modified
Apr 26, 2013 05:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Social networks track our world but not relationships. We live in a world where things happen. And yet, with the presence of digital objects, the things that happen have increased in intensity and volume.
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