MAPPING ICTS IN SOMALIA: POLICIES, PLAYERS, AND PRACTICES
Mapping ICTs in Somalia: Policies, Players, and Practices
Center for Global Communication Studies
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
202 South 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Author: Authors’ names withheld for security purposes.
Managing editors: Lauren Kogen, Nicole Stremlau & Iginio Gagliardone
Design and layout: Jen McCleary
The ICTs, State-building & Peacebuilding in Eastern Africa Project:
This occasional paper series is part of a larger project run by the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the
University of Pennsylvania, conducted in partnership with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP)
at University of Oxford, and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). This project seeks to bring greater
clarity about the expectations and the realities of the use of communication technologies in developing contexts. In media
and development theory, policy, and practice, strong normative statements about the transformative power of ICTs have
often clouded the understanding of how people and communities actually make sense of, and engage with, the old and new
communication technologies that surround them. Under this framework, this two-year project explores the use of ICTs in
Eastern Africa.
This report was made possible (in part) by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views
expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.
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