Internet and society
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The document discusses the state of the internet and society in Russia according to Ivan Begtin, director of an NGO focused on informational culture. It notes that while Russia has a large internet population that is growing rapidly, its internet usage differs from western countries in some ways. For example, social networks like Vkontakte are more widely used in Russia than Facebook and Twitter. It also outlines some major trends in Russia including the growth of mobile internet access, new forms of media like data journalism, and the Russian government's approach of both adapting to the internet through open data initiatives while also trying to control it through new regulations and censorship.
Internet and society
- 1. Internet and Society Russian Outlook Ivan Begtin Director of NGO “Informational Culture” Bullet points, they kill kittens. This time we saved so much of them as possible
- 2. Is Russian Internet different ? Probably
- 4. 55.5 mln Russian users (total 84.8 mln)
- 5. same as Vkontakte
- 6. Facebook and Twitter are popular only among educated people from big cities like Moscow
- 7. Major trends
- 8. 1st. Russian Internet population growing rapidly
- 9. 2nd. Mobile Internet everythere (except rural areas)
- 10. 3rd. New media: data journalism and others
- 11. 4th. Government is adopting and using Internet
- 12. Russian Internet 49% Internet Users % of population 70 mln. Number of Internet users 6th ranked against other countries
- 13. Mobile Internet facts 28.5% Mobile Internet users all Russia 38.3% Moscow mobile internet users Source: Liveinternet.ru statistics 1 may 2013 13.6% Mobile Internet users at Kemerovskaya Oblast (Siberia)
- 14. Mobile Internet platforms Android 14% Internet Users 3.3x growth since May 2012 Growing rapidly iPhone+iPad 9% Internet Users 2.5x growth sine May 2012 Stable Symbian 7.5% Internet Users 2.5x growth sine May 2012 Falling Source: Liveinternet.ru statistics 1 may 2013
- 15. New Media Data Journalism Open Data visualization and stories Citizen Journalism Bloggers as journalists and news sources Paid content Media that provide paid access to articles (Vedomosti)
- 16. Citizen journalism is very popular. It’s everywhere!
- 17. Data journalism is key discussion topic.
- 18. Some media provide articles as paid content. But it isn’t popular.
- 19. Government approach Adapt Open Government and Open Data initiatives Control New “harsh” regulation and censorship. Use Huge government IT-‐projects based on Internet infrastructure
- 21. Citizen engagement Crowdsourcing Open Data Citizen control Open Government
- 23. Public opinion used to create censorship tools Civil society projects are under pressure Government came to rule More responsibility for media
- 25. Government contract system (zakupki.gov.ru) Major government whole Russia projects Government public body monitoring system (bus.gov.ru) Federal tariff monitoring system (fstrf.ru) And many others!
- 26. Questions? Ivan Begtin Email: ibegtin@infoculture.ru website: http://infoculture.ru