Civic Tech Field Guide
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Journalism, storytelling, and other forms of interactive media are critical to civic engagement in democracies. Here we track those media and journalism tech projects that directly relate to citizens working to shift power in society.
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Swayable
New York CitySwayable lets political campaigns and brands measure how content changes people’s minds. Campaigns using Swayable increase their impact on opinions by measuring persuasion, breaking down exactly which kinds of people respond to which content.
Mobile storytelling project at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
The Revolution of Our Times
Hong KongAn Android game that provided users with an immersive role playing experience of the 2019 Hong Kong protests
RePresent
ConnecticutRePresent is a law game that provides self-represented parties in Connecticut with foundational advocacy experience.
The Markup
New York CityWe are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
Welcome to CiviClub. A community of people who think that being responsible with our society and our environment is not an obligation but a great opportunity.
Drone Journalism Lab Operations Manual
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, R Street, Lincoln, NE, USAThe Drone Journalism Lab's Operations Manual is here to help your news organization with using flying robots to report news.
Virtual temporary newsroom for student and citizen journalists
Digital Sherlocks 360/OS
RoundhouseChalk Farm Rd, Camden Town, London NW1 8EH, UK360/OS brings together journalists, activists, innovators, and leaders from around the world as part of our grassroots digital solidarity movement fighting for objective truth as a foundation of democracy.
From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can.
The Good News Podcast is your daily reminder that not all news is bad, produced by Cards Against Humanity.
Hope
New York CityHope is the assistant for the resistance. It’s the tool that will help you keep track of the news, and let you know what you can do to have an impact.
Dr.Message 防詐達人
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)which is true and which is false? Pass it to me and know right away! //臉書網頁優惠商品、免費Line貼圖、朋友傳的買一送一好康，到底哪些是真哪個是假？傳給我馬上知道!
The Center for Social Media and Politics
70 Washington Square South, NY, New York 10012, USATo directly study the impact of social media on politics and to develop new methods and technology tools to analyze the impact of social media on democracy.
Source Africa
AfricaIt is Africa’s premier repository for documents that the public need to help make more informed decisions, or that help civic watchdogs such as the media or social justice NGOs substantiate their reportage, or documents that have been suppressed or censored elsewhere.
Suffragetto game
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Players take on the role of suffragettes trying to occupy the House of Commons, or police officers trying to break up the protest.
Factmata
114 Whitechapel High St. London E1 7PTEmpowering everyone with a better understanding of content.
The New York Times beta Android app appears to be experimenting with a GoFundMe link to help readers touched by a story give back. Newspapers have run fundraising drives for local residents for years,...
HealthTools
KenyaHealthTools gives citizens localised answers to everyday health challenges via SMS and the web to help the mwananchi get the best medical care. Data is from reputable official sources, with additional crowd verification
The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.
A place to post an opinion you accept may be flawed, in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate.
Block By Block Minecraft participatory planning workshops
UN Habitat, Beirut, LebanonDid you know that you can use Minecraft for more than a simple fun? Learn about great Block by Block initiative for community participation in urban design.
Create your own (fake) news empire by playing Fake It To Make It, a simulation-style, social-impact game about how fake news is created and distributed for a profit.
Bury me, my Love tells Nour’s story as she flees Syria and tries to reach Europe. But why did the young woman decide to leave?
Fora
68 Harrison Ave BostonHuman-Led + AI-Supported Listening
Stowarzyszenie Demagog
Katowice, PolandDemagog Association is Poland's first factchecking organization. It's main aim is the improvement of the quality of the public debate through unbiased and reliable information.
Flourish! Local economies game
8 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DSWe made a board game to discuss local economic policy ideas.
The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, database of rigorous reporting on responses to the world's most pressing social problems.
Northwestern University Local News Initiative
Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, USAWith local journalism in crisis, Northwestern University has assembled a team of experts in digital innovation, audience understanding and business strategy. The goal: reinvent the relationship between news organizations and audiences to elevate enterprises that empower citizens.
Block’hood is a city building simulator video game that focuses on ideas of ecology, interdependence and decay.
Social Scraper
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
Chapel Hill, NCThe impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media
The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.
iCivics
1035 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USAiCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship
Google Analytics
Mountain View, CA, USAIt gives you the free tools you need to analyse data for your business in one place, so you can make smarter decisions.
MyGoPen
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)a convenient place to verify that our efforts are to have hope in the future cleaner network environment, cultivate hope we have a verification message can alert attitude Instead of sharing information
The Trevor Project received a grant from Google AI Impact to do machine learning on incoming calls to route callers to FAQs or humans.
The basic idea of the game is to end the monopolistic practices of the 3-company-combinations of the game board.
Facebook Tracking Exposed
Italy (Italia)a project to improve the transparency behind Facebook’s algorithms
Rede de comunicação livre que busca novas formas de produção e distribuição de informação a partir de uma lógica colaborativa de trabalho.
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