Presentation on Groundviews and some the online social media tools, apps and platforms used.

1. citizen journalism & human rights
Sanjana Hattotuwa
TED Fellow alumn
Founding Editor, Groundviews, www.groundviews.org

2. systemic problems
• Violence and repression still present
• Violence against independent media and limited space for critical dissent
• Legacy of 25+ years of war: Communal distrust, no reconciliation, no political
settlement, continued militarisation, national security mindset, repressive
government, on-going self-censorship, very weak rule of law, unconstitutional
governance
• New conflicts: Rapid increase in Islamophobia

3. systemic problems
• Mainstream media driven by and anchored to commercial interests. Also largely
unprofessional and partisan
• Almost complete lack of innovation. Web, social and new media merely supports
old thinking and old media models
• Risk averse context, conformity over doing and looking at things differently
• Deeply sexist context

4. find | know | share | show

5. colombo vigil, 12 april
7pm3.30pm
iMessage
Twitter
WhatsApp
SMS
7.30pm Groundviews (blog)
Bundlr
SoundCloud
11pm
YouTube

6. updates via iMessage

7. iMessage toTwitter (real time)

8. real time twitter conversations

9. colombo vigil, 12 april

10. colombo vigil, 12 april

11. colombo vigil, 12 april

12. colombo vigil, 12 april

13. readers across media, under 48 hours
• Facebook : 12% of 82*342 = ~3,365
• Twitter : 44*126 = 5,544
• Blog post : 4,620
• SoundCloud : 599
• Bundlr : 4,100
• Conservative minimum reach of blog post: 18,200 (excluding email, RSS)

14. network diffusion
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conversations across geography, time, disciplines, actors, media

15. the start

16. peace negotiations platform
http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/one-text-negotiations-and-collaboration-platform-in-sri-lanka

17. helping rural communities leverage new media
http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/from-community-radio-to-internet-radio-mobiles-and-narrow-
casting-new-models-for-enduring-needs

18. maps

19. monitoring election violence
http://cmev.wordpress.com/maps

20. monitoring disasters
http://groundviews.org/2011/02/05/google-map-on-flood-affected-areas-in-sri-lanka-february-2011

21. bearing witness to alleged war crimes
http://groundviews.org/2012/09/12/the-end-of-war-in-sri-lanka-captured-for-posterity-by-google-earth

22. bearing witness to alleged war crimes
http://groundviews.org/2012/09/18/sri-lankas-forgotten-mass-graves-google-earth-and-remembering-the-
dead-in-nandikadal/

23. google maps
https://maps.google.com

24. google maps engine lite
https://mapsengine.google.com

25. OpenStreetMap editor
http://ideditor.com

26. Ushahidi CrowdMap
https://crowdmap.com

27. timelines

28. 18th Amendment | TimeToast
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/18th-amendment-parliament-and-the-president

29. LLRC Action Plan | Tiki-Toki
http://groundviews.org/2012/08/03/sri-lankas-llrc-a-timeline-from-inception-to-implementation/

30. LLRC Action Plan | Tiki-Toki
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/51354/LLRC-Implementation#vars!date=2013-08-09_15:09:40!

31. value addition | bundling

32. Bundlr
http://bundlr.com/u/groundviews

33. Bundlr
http://bundlr.com/b/rally-for-unity

34. Storify
http://storify.com/groundviews/live-tweeting-defeating-terrorism-seminar-day-3

35. twitter

36. @groundviews
http://www.twitter.com

37. @groundviews
http://www.twitter.com

38. capturing tweets

39. using google docs
http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/02/twitter-archive-tagsv5/

40. capturing tweets
http://groundviews.org/2012/04/18/the-questions-unanswered-by-amb-robert-blake-mapping-us-engagement-in-and-concerns-over-sri-lanka

41. #uprllka
http://groundviews.org/2013/03/27/unlk-archive-and-visualisation-of-tweets-on-sri-lanka-at-hrcs-22nd-session/

42. #hrc22
http://groundviews.org/2012/11/02/uprlka-complete-tweet-archive-and-related-visualisation-around-sri-lankas-upr-review/

43. #rallyforunity
http://groundviews.org/2013/04/28/rally-for-unity-standing-up-for-an-inclusive-sri-lanka/

44. video

45. moving images
http://www.movingimages.asia

46. Impeachment of CJ
http://groundviews.org/2013/01/15/the-devastating-impeachment-of-the-chief-justice-in-sri-lanka-interview-with-asanga-welikala/

47. FoE videos
https://vimeo.com/46294725

48. FoE videos
https://vimeo.com/46296438

49. FoE videos
https://vimeo.com/46296466

50. audio

51. MP Burt on SoundCloud
http://groundviews.org/2013/02/11/interview-with-alistair-burt-on-sri-lanka/

52. MP Burt on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/sanjanah/bbcs-charles-haviland

53. Live interview from rally
https://soundcloud.com/sanjanah/interview-with-participant-at

54. Soundcloud app
https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/soundcloud/id336353151?mt=8

55. facebook

56. Facebook Groundviews fan page
https://www.facebook.com/groundviews

57. Facebook Groundviews fan page
https://www.facebook.com/groundviews

58. Facebook polls
http://groundviews.org/2011/03/31/world-cup-cricket-aiding-reconciliation-in-sri-lanka-fact-or-fiction/

59. photography

60. End of war
http://groundviews.org/2011/03/31/world-cup-cricket-aiding-reconciliation-in-sri-lanka-fact-or-fiction/

61. vikalpa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikalpasl

62. menik farm
http://groundviews.org/2009/08/15/first-images-the-flooding-in-menik-camp-and-the-increasingly-dire-situation-for-idps/

63. Moving Images
http://www.movingimages.asia/productions/walkabout-slave-island/

64. art & culture

65. mediated
http://groundviews.org/2012/08/24/mediated-portraying-hard-data-on-sri-lanka-through-art/

66. mediated
http://groundviews.org/2012/09/11/video-on-mediated-hard-data-on-sri-lanka-through-art/

67. data visualisation & data driven
journalism

68. typeform
http://groundviews.org/2013/04/13/a-tolerant-sri-lanka-report-on-online-poll/

69. infogr.am
http://groundviews.org/2013/04/13/a-tolerant-sri-lanka-report-on-online-poll/

70. on islamaphobia
http://groundviews.org/2013/04/13/a-tolerant-sri-lanka-report-on-online-poll/

71. satire

72. banyan news reporters
http://groundviews.org/author/banyan-news-reporters/

73. long form journalism

74. long reads
http://groundviews.org/category/issues/long-reads/

75. archiving (the inconvenient)

76. llrc media and submission archive
http://groundviews.org/llrc-media-coverage-and-submissions/

77. archiving sri lanka’s history
http://sitesatrisksl.wordpress.com/about

78. syndication

79. repost
http://www.repost.us

80. repost
http://www.repost.us/article-preview/hash/64138224b36460c3d04c952bf7a99008/

81. google feedburner
http://feeds.feedburner.com/groundviewssl

82. google feedburner
http://feeds.feedburner.com/groundviewssl

83. licensing

84. creative commons
http://creativecommons.org

85. creative commons
http://creativecommons.org

86. mobile

87. 1st iPhone app
http://groundviews.org/iphone-app/

88. 1st iBook
http://groundviews.org/2012/02/07/the-end-of-war-in-sri-lanka-reflections-and-challenges-released-as-
ibook

89. web standards compliance

90. groundviews 3.0 | 100% HTML5
http://www.groundviews.org

91. failure

92. Flip flop
http://groundviews.org/2009/08/25/bearing-witness-submit-content-on-idps-and-police-brutality-to-win-a-
flip-ultra-video-camera/

93. editorial framework

94. online civility guidelines online
http://groundviews.org/submission-guidelines

95. find | know | share | show
help understand & question

96. not hoarding, storing, firewalling
sharing is power

97. thank you
sanjanah@cpalanka.org