Gaurav Mishra presents on Vote Report India, a citizen-powered election monitoring platform. He discusses how social media and digital tools were used in the 2009 Indian elections to promote transparency and civic engagement. Examples include SMS campaigns, blogs, Twitter, and Ushahidi maps to report issues. Mishra also outlines opportunities to expand such tools to improve future elections and political participation in India.
6. India: Google Internet Bus
Source: http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/landing/internetbus/
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8. Context: Social Media &
Digital Activism in India
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9. India: Social Media Media Usage
USA China India World
Update personal weblog 16% 61% 36% 28%
Upload to video sharing website 18% 46% 45% 29%
Upload to a photo sharing website 32% 56% 49% 39%
Manage profile on a social network 35% 56% 59% 48%
Subscribe to a RSS feed 14% 44% 37% 26%
Download a podcast 22% 65% 49% 36%
Read blogs/weblogs 51% 84% 77% 63%
Watch video clips online 63% 84% 80% 75%
Number of internet users (millions) 100.0 61.0 17.8 475.0
Attitudes towards sociability, privacy and trust.
Source: Universal McCann, 2008; Active Internet Users, Age 16-54; Last Month
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