Apps for Relief: Focus on Latin America
May 10th, 2017 | by EJC
What are the type of mobile apps used during the quakes in Latin America? David Novoa Romero explores some examples from the regionMay 10th, 2017 | by EJC
What are the type of mobile apps used during the quakes in Latin America? David Novoa Romero explores some examples from the regionJune 30th, 2016 | by EJC
More than 40% of the world’s population is connected to the internet. We looked at what this means for journalistsJuly 10th, 2015 | by EJC
FEMA collects data from disasters, but not everyone has the skill-set to use this raw data. A new app released by FEMA aims to make this information more readily available to report on hazards past and present.March 13th, 2015 | by EJC
Location is especially valuable and sensitive metadata, especially when there is a lot of it, because it can be used to derive so much information about a person. But is it possible to share this information in a privacy-preserving wayJanuary 21st, 2015 | by EJC
With no other means of voicing discontent, citizens can embrace extreme forms of protest against institutions and governments. Victoria L. Lemieux talks about how Big Data Analytics can help reveal under-reported citizen sentimentsJanuary 2nd, 2015 | by EJC
The analysis of cell phone data can already be used to predict mobility patterns after major natural disasters. Now, a new peer-reviewed scientific study suggests that travel patterns may also be predictable using tweets generated following large disastersNovember 24th, 2014 | by EJC
While information scarcity has long characterized our information landscapes, today’s information-scapes are increasingly marked by an overflow of information—Big Data. To this end, encouraging the proactive standardization of hashtags may be one way to reduce this Big Data challengeSeptember 4th, 2014 | by EJC
A Pulse Lab Jakarta research project mined Twitter for mentions of the price of beef, chicken and onion. Jong Gun Lee reports on the resultsSeptember 1st, 2014 | by EJC
As we construct our online profiles based on what we already know, what we’re interested in, and what we’re recommended, social networks are perfectly designed to reinforce our existing beliefs. Gilad Lotan examines how this influences the coverage we are exposed to of the 2014 Gaza conflict.August 26th, 2014 | by EJC
Election monitoring projects have been successful in policing blatant election fraud through citizen and third-party election monitoring, but the outcomes of these elections are not always closely related to a politician’s performance. The MIT Center for Civic Media looks at ways to extend monitoring activities beyond election cycles, using it as a tool for ongoing feedback and dialogue between elected officials and their constituents