At a well attended meeting in Yangon on the 29th of July, Helani Galpaya, together with MIDO’s research lead Phyu Phyu Thi and U Htun Htun of Third Eye, who executed the field research, presented the descriptive statistics from the nation-wide representative-sample survey conducted in February 2015. The results are being released in Nay Pyi Taw today, 30th July.
The presentation slides will be available here shortly.
Presentation of Data in Yangon
Presentation of the Myanmar Translation of “Mobile Communications” by Rich Ling and Jonathan Donner
MPs who graced the event
Part of the audience
One on One with the audience
3 Comments
Per Helmersen
Report download link much appreciated.
Tanya
Looking forward to seeing the survey and slides…
Helani
Per, Tanya:
Please see http://lirneasia.net/2015/08/results-of-baseline-survey-of-ict-use-in-myanmar/ for slides, questionnaires etc.
Workshop: Digital Tools for Strengthening Public Discourse
Today, LIRNEasia hosted a workshop to launch digital tools created by Watchdog Sri Lanka, funded by GIZ’s Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) programme. Researchers, practitioners, activists and journalists attended to learn about these tools, and how they can potentially help them in their own lines of work.
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Election Misinformation in South and South-East Asia: Report Summary
A powerful weapon in a time of global democratic backsliding, election misinformation may undermine democracy via a range of mechanisms. Election misinformation may influence an electorate to cast their ballots for candidates they otherwise might not have on the basis of incorrect information about a country’s economy, the candidates, or some other phenomenon.
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