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SUMMARY:Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework f
 or Human Rights - Christoph Koettl\, Senior Analyst\, Amnesty Internationa
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CONTACT:Ella McPherson
DESCRIPTION:To register\, click "here":http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rwsmcgh
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 2731942?aff=affiliate1\n\nChristoph Koettl will launch his new report\, 'C
 itizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human 
 Rights Practitioners\,' at this event co-hosted by the Researching (with) 
 Social Media group and the Centre of Governance and Human Rights.\n\nThis 
 report\, the first in a new CGHR Practitioner Paper Series on 'Human Right
 s in the Digital Age\,' examines the role of open source research in human
  rights fact-finding and addresses a gap in the current literature -  whic
 h lacks a human rights perspective\, is dominated by journalistic approach
 es\, or focuses on specific tools. The report focuses on citizen media\, t
 he visual subset of open source information\, and provides a practitioner
 ’s perspective that is based on several years of analyzing open source m
 aterials for a global human rights group. It includes case studies on vide
 o and image verification and identifies best and worst practices.\n\nThe a
 uthor argues that open source content\, specifically citizen media\, can p
 lay a crucial and increasingly important role in human rights documentatio
 n\, if analyzed using sound and transparent methodologies based on well-es
 tablished fact-finding principles. It presents\, for the first time\, a to
 ol-independent analytical framework that will allow both seasoned and new 
 human rights researchers to review and assess open source content. Specifi
 c recommendations are offered for human rights organizations\, funders\, a
 cademics\, and technology companies in order to realize the full potential
  of open source content for human rights documentation.
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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