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Sharath Srinivasan
radio.frontlinesms.com@smsradio
Centre of Governance and Human RightsUniversity of Cambridge
Mobile v Internet in Africa (source: Appfrica Labs, Guardian Unlimited Jan 2010)
Version 2
“The only technology that compares to the mobile phone in terms of pervasiveness and
accessibility in the developing world is the radio. Indeed, considered together, radios and mobile
phones can serve as a broad-distribution, participatory media network with some of the
same citizen media dynamics of the Internet, but accessible to a much wider, and non-literate
audience.” Ethan Zuckerman, 2007
Radio still rules
Nkhotakota Community Radio Station in Malawi
Nkhotakota Community Radio, MalawiCourtesy of DRP
Community Radio and technology’s ‘long-tail’
Breeze FM, Zambia: Community volunteers with presenter (standing) Courtesy of DRP
PamojaFM, Kibera, KenyaCourtesy of Emil Graesholm
How do new ICTs impact upon:
Public debate?
People’s political capabilities?
Citizen-State relations?
Relations with other governance actors?
Public goods?
Researching ICT innovations and citizen-led governance