Zambia. An overview
For my master thesis I spend 3 months in Zambia to look at the way ICT was used in Secondary Schools. In this following text I will an overview of the organisations that I’ve visited, the teacher training programs...
Rikus Wegman
Rikus is a student New Media on the university of Amsterdam. He has a bachelor degree in Social Science and a broad interest in the social and cultural implications of New Media. Rikus is interested in the development of New Media in Africa. He has a minor in cultural studies with a broad interest in youth culture.
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Zambia…the end of Holiday
Holiday is over in Zambia. After a couple of weeks in which Zambian teachers had the chance to join in on a variety of different... 
ICT4E Zambia
For my Master Thesis I travelled to Kitwe, a town in the Copperbelt area in Zambia to study the use of ICT’s in Zambian Secondary school education. After a horrible first week of research in which my two laptops...
The mobile revolution in Africa, Hope or Hype?
The mobile phone is considered to be the first application available for a lot of Africans to have communication over large distances and thus can serve as... 
Obey the HABBO way and you’re OK
In ‘the declaration of independence of cyberspace’ John Perry Barlow spread a utopian view on the internet in witch users will create their own rules and laws without restrictions or political interference. In this post I will compare this...
Football with the boys 2.0
As a new media student I'm always interested in examples of how new media applications find their way in peoples everyday lives. My football team is a good example off a social event that formerly only took place in...
Nietzsches aphorism as a new web tool
Nietzsche was known for his fondness of aforisme. Using the fewest words for the finest thoughts. This distinctive style of using aphorisms intrigued me. Nietzsche uses rhetorical violence to overthrow and seduce the readers of his work. Within Web...
BLOG-VIEW ON AFRICA 2.0
In this post I’m analyzing two blogs that get into new media in ‘the black continent’. The black continent… that’s how Erik Hersman called Africa in one of his personal most loved posts on his blog, the white African....
Review: Blogosphere The New Political Arena by Michael Keren
Blogosphere can be seen as a new and important element of the new public sphere. On a blog people are able to not only comment on public affairs or read about what they find interesting. On a blog they...