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david kobiaory okolloherik hersmanjuliana rotich
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Crowd Sourcing Crisis Information
Juliana [email protected]
The role of Citizen Media in the Web of the Future
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Kenya Elections 2007Getting from here
To here
To here
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President Mwai Kibakiincumbent
Raila Odingaopposition
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Media Blackout
traditional media blogs/social media
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Ory Okollohkenyanpundit.com
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Our Goals
•Create a way for everyday Kenyans to report incidents of violence that they saw
•Create an archive of news and reports around those same events
•Show where the majority of the violence was happening
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Citizen Journalist’s Objectives- The question why do you blog? is instructive- Blogging as a way of dealing with events around you
Reaching Globally - Why do people pay attention?*What is the number of dead at which “Compassion Fatigue” starts to occur? a) 40,000b) 50c) 2d) 500,000*(Wired Mag Jul 2008 pg 174) Paul Slovic: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3751
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Citizen media- Explores Nuances & provides context- Humanizes the crisis e.g Brian’s Story
http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.31/aid.135284/column.htmhttp://josephkaroki.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/found-alive-and-well/http://www.mamamikes.com/blog/index.php?paged=3
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Lessons Learned•The importance of engaging
Diaspora
•How to Help - A question that we needed to answer early on.
•Global Networks such as GV are invaluable during crisis situations
•Value of Aggregation and social networks
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Lessons Learned•The importance of mapping
accuracy
•Data poisoning - what happens when your antagonist starts using it?
•Verification is difficult
•Clarify why it was created and make that inescapably obvious
•Create a feedback loop to end users
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Next Steps•Developing Ushahidi version 2 + Pilot
NGO partnership program
•Mobile platform -collection, feedback loop
•Ushahidi Community - The power of the crowds and Citizen journalists
•Answer the question How can I help? mapping volunteer stations/opportunities
•Create a feedback loop to end users
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Thank You
Omolo, Kuria, Kimura, Nyokabi, Miaud, Edgerton, Monyo, Kimeria, Dsouza, Kangethe, Muthoni, Coseac, Barbieri, Patel, Jabbar, Mann, Warungongo, Wairimu,
Juergen, Njoroge, Laurance, Wanja, Wambui, Romanos, Lutz, Popplewell, Walsh, Kamau, Gessner, Gichanga, Gray, Butler, Ndambuki, Herman, Nordlund, Amusala,
Boit, Adamson, Karuoya, Rothmyer, Shelton, Krenceyova, Yodit, Desjarlais, Brea, Wekesa, Duffy, Gatuiria, Parekh, Zuckerman, Tuva, Good, Okolloh,
Harakis, Mutai, Juliana, Sara, Bangura, Njoki, Shalom,Bentley, Weber, Krueger, Canning, Suetterlin, Forshaw, Sasaki, Kimeria, Kaniaru, Wandimi, Knight, Ligale, Mahihu, Mueller, Giraudo, Wakanene, Itotia, Ndambuki, Vincenti, Roper, Rife, Hanover, Shepard, Chieni-Cookson, Kendi, Muthoni, Magero, Mangunyu