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Mapping the uneven geographies of information worldwide
Images are an important form of knowledge that allow us to develop understandings about our world; the global geographic distribution of geotagged images on Flickr reveals the density of visual...
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Who represents the Arab world online?
Editors from all over the world have played some part in writing about Egypt; in fact, only 13% of all edits actually originate in the country (38% are from the US). More: Who edits Wikipedia? by Mark...
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The sum of (some) human knowledge: Wikipedia and representation in the Arab...
Arabic is one of the least represented major world languages on Wikipedia: few languages have more speakers and fewer articles than Arabic. Image of the Umayyad Mosque (Damascus) by Travel Aficionado...
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How well represented is the MENA region in Wikipedia?
There are more Wikipedia articles in English than Arabic about almost every Arabic speaking country in the Middle East. Image of rock paintings in the Tadrart Acacus region of Libya by Luca...
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What is stopping greater representation of the MENA region?
Negotiating the wider politics of Wikipedia can be a daunting task, particularly when in it comes to content about the MENA region. Image of the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat As-Sakhrah), Jerusalem, by 1yen...
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What explains the worldwide patterns in user-generated geographical content?
Countries having more (blue) or fewer (red) Wikipedia articles than predicted by our model, after controlling for population size, broadband access and number of Wikipedia edits. Read the full paper...
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Investigating virtual production networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast...
The advert on the left is symbolic of how many in the Philippines have harnessed new connectivities to set up business process outsourcing (BPO) firms and performing digital work. Image: Pasig City...
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Geotagging reveals Wikipedia is not quite so equal after all
Wikipedia is often seen as a great equaliser. But it’s starting to look like global coverage on Wikipedia is far from equal. Reposted from The Conversation. Wikipedia is often seen as a great...
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Why global contributions to Wikipedia are so unequal
The geography of knowledge has always been uneven. Some people and places have always been more visible and had more voices than others. Reposted from The Conversation. The geography of knowledge has...
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Broadband may be East Africa’s 21st century railway to the world
The excitement over the potentially transformative effects of the internet in low-income countries is nowhere more evident than in East Africa. Reposted from The Conversation. The excitement over the...
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What Impact is the Gig Economy Having on Development and Worker Livelihoods?
There are imbalances in the relationship between supply and demand of digital work, with the vast majority of buyers located in high-income countries (pictured). See the full article for details. As...
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New Report: Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work at the Global Margins
The cartogram depicts countries as circles sized according to dollar inflow during March 2013 on a major online labour platform. The shading of the inner circle indicates the median hourly rate...
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Mapping Fentanyl Trades on the Darknet
My colleagues Joss Wright, Martin Dittus and I have been scraping the world’s largest darknet marketplaces over the last few months, as part of our darknet mapping project. The data we collected allow...
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