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To better visualize ICT accessibility and usage in Ukraine, I’ve created a few very rough charts based on data from the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report from 2010-2011 (find it here: www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GITR_Report_2011.pdf), I’ve also highlighted results from the US, Russia, and Estonia for broader context. (I chose Estonia […]

Project Update: In writing my introduction, I had to ask myself some important questions: Why does my project matter? Why should we care about the impact of ICTs in Ukraine? I came across an interesting article by Michael McFaul suggesting that the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine may have been […]

In Ukraine, the unique processes of post-Soviet nation building, democratization and derussification have paralleled the proliferation of communications technology worldwide. The thriving Ukrainian blogosphere, in particular, has become fertile ground for engaging new forms of community and nationhood – but does it have the potential to become an alternative public […]

It was just over twenty years ago when Herman and Chomsky developed their propaganda model to analyze how information and communications systems are controlled in seemingly “free” political contexts – i.e. capitalist societies, in juxtaposition with the monopolistic Eastern Bloc. A true sign of the times, anticommunist ideology was even […]

Radical Media, according to Robert D.H. Downing, are “media, generally small-scale and in many different forms, that express an alternative vision to hegemonic policies, priorities and perspectives” (v, 2001). In chapter IV of his book, Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements, Downing asks how radical media can strengthen democratic […]