Posts
Evaluating Safety Buttons on Mobile Devices: Preview
— by Rohini Lakshané and Chinmayi S.K. — last modified Mar 18, 2023 04:40 AMMuch technological innovation for women is aimed at addressing violence against women. One such ubiquitous intervention is mobile device-based safety applications, also known as emergency applications. Several police departments in India, public transport services, and commercial services such as taxi-hailing apps deploy a mobile device-based “panic button” for the safety of citizens or customers, especially women. However, the proliferation of safety apps through both public and private players raises several concerns, which will be studied through this study by Rohini Lakshané of the CIS and Chinmayi S.K. of The Bachchao Project. Research assistance for this report was provided by CIS intern Harish R.S.K. Visualisations by Saumyaa Naidu.
Digital native: Lie Me a River
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 19, 2017 02:47 PMThe sea of social media around us often drowns the truth, exchanging misinformation for facts.
Digital native: Who will watch the watchman?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 03, 2017 04:18 PMThe state mining its citizens as data and suspending rights to privacy under the rhetoric of national security is alarming.
Digital Native: Do not go Gently into the Good Night
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 03, 2017 04:07 PMIf there’s a lesson to be learned from the resistance to the Trump administration, it is this — patriotism is not a feeling, it is an action.
January 2017 Newsletter
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 01, 2017 06:00 AMWelcome to the January 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17)
from Mar 03, 2017 09:00 AM to Mar 05, 2017 06:30 PM — IIIT Bangalore, 26/C, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560100, — by Sumandro ChattapadhyayWith great pleasure we announce the second edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC), an annual conference series initiated by the Researchers at Work (RAW) programme at CIS to gather researchers, academic or otherwise, studying internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and chart the ways forward. The Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) will be held at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) campus on March 03-05, 2017. It is being organised by the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at IIIT-B and the CIS.
Digital native: Back at it Again
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Feb 02, 2017 03:04 PMThe Indian digital landscape has put us in a loop of hashtags and outrage, a space where we have mastered the art of shame.
Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selected Sessions
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 20, 2017 01:28 PMWith great pleasure we announce the eleven sessions selected for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) to be held at the IIIT Bangalore campus during March 03-05. The Conference is being organised by the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at IIIT Bangalore and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
Digital transitions in the newsroom: How are Indian language papers adapting differently?
— by Zeenab Aneez — last modified Feb 03, 2017 01:50 AMIn a new report published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Centre for Internet and Society, Zeenab Aneez explores how Indian newsrooms are adapting their workflow and processes to cater to an increasing digital audience and the implications these changes have on how journalists produce news.
Digital Native: The Dream of the Cyborg
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Feb 02, 2017 02:56 PMWe have arrived at hybrid realities, where the technological and the human cannot be separated. The digital future we had once imagined is already here.
Document Actions
