Digital Empowerment Foundation, DEFDigital Empowerment Foundation, DEF
Digital Empowerment Foundation, DEF
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Vision & Mission
    • Governance
    • Founders & Members
    • Awards and Recognitions
    • Our Evolution
    • Financials
    • Our Partners
    • In Others Words
  • Programme
    • Access & Infrastructure
      • CIRC
      • W4C
      • Internet in a Box
      • Smartpur
      • MCGY
      • Community Radio
      • Neerjal
      • VOIN
      • IP Ville
    • Education & Empowerment
      • START
      • NDLM
      • EDGE
      • ITE
      • RAISED
      • Helping Women Go Online
      • Internet Saathi
      • Gyanpedia
      • District Public Library
      • Digital Safety
      • DigiSupport
      • Citizen Media Network
      • Trainings & Workshops
      • GOAL
      • MIL
    • Governance & Citizen Services
      • Soochna Seva
      • SoochnaPreneur
      • Digital Panchayat
      • Samarth Soochnapreneur
      • Digital Sarthak – USAID
      • Internet Roshni
    • Markets & Social Enterprises
      • DigiKargha
      • eHeritage
      • eNGO
      • eMSME
      • Facebook Dost
      • SHE Hosts
      • VoRI
    • Knowledge Hub & Network
      • Manthan Awards
      • mBillionth Awards
      • Mobile for Good
      • eNGO Challenge
      • SM4E Awards
      • CIRC Awards
      • eNorth East Awards
      • Red Rickshaw Revolution
      • Digital Hunar Award
    • Research & Advocacy
      • Talking Data to the Fourth Pillar
      • Advancing Data Justice Research and Practice
      • Online Content Policy Research
      • Internet Rights
      • Digital Citizen Summit
      • Gram Shakti
      • MSBC
      • Green Prakriya
      • Digital Innovation Ecosystem Review
      • Fighting Fake News
      • Tracking the Troll
      • CNX
      • Project WAAT
  • Media & Publications
    • DEF in Media
      • DEF in News
      • DEF in Features
      • DEF in Research
      • DEF in Videos
      • Policy Engagements
      • Press Release
    • Newsletters
      • Digital Footprints
      • TypeRight
    • Columns by Founder-Director
    • DEF Logs
    • Publications
    • Annual Reports
    • DEFdialogues
    • Campaigns
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • Downloads
    • Sliders
  • Covid-19 Relief Program
    • CDERP 2.0
    • About the Programme
    • Covid-19 Information Resource Kit
    • Covid-19 DEF Dialogue
    • Covid-19 DEF Dialogue 2.0
    • Migrant-Connecting, Tracking, Serving
    • Covid-19 Weekly Newsletter
  • Connect with us
    • Work with us
    • Intern With Us
    • DEF Digital Centres
    • Alumni Programme
    • Contact us
  • Donate
    • For Covid-19 Relief Work
    • For Digital Daan
    • Download Donation Reciept
Menu back  
 

Author Archives: Udita Chaturvedi

You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Article author Udita Chaturvedi

Digital Literacy Fake News General Elections 2019 India Media & Information Literacy MIL Misinformation Polarisation Propaganda In the age of social media, the credibility of content is an important issue

The scale at which misinformation is being created; we may need to develop large scale cadres of MIL experts at community levels

May 17, 2019Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

DigitalExclusion DigitalInclusion ForTheWeb InternationalWomensDay Web30 WomenEmpowerment WorldWideWebTurns30 WWWturns30 Information-packed Mobile Phone Will Be The End of Patriarchy One Day

While some women are overcoming social barriers with the help of the internet, others are finding economic opportunities and a platform for their views

March 19, 2019Leave a commentDigital FootprintsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Digital Literacy Media & Information Literacy MIL Oral Languages Script-Agnostic Media Can Empower The Illiterate

In such a scenario where the entire world is online, where the oral community and the “literate” community have equal opportunities, will traditional literacy and script still matter? I wonder.

February 20, 2019Leave a commentDigital FootprintsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Digital Literacy Fake News Hate Speech Online Security START Trolling Digital Literacy Must Go Hand in Hand With Online Security

As more people adopt digital tools and get online to harness opportunities the Internet has to offer, they become vulnerable to the vices of the Internet

February 4, 2019Leave a commentDigital FootprintsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Addiction Screen time Smartphone Take a break, every day

When a mobile becomes a part of your life, and it starts acting as a necessity, it is important that we, the people who made it relevant, do not become its slaves.

September 27, 2018Leave a commentDigital FootprintsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Fake News GetBadNews Misinformation WhatsApp The Game of Fake News

This game makes you exploit the spirit of competitiveness and evoke the urge to be popular on social media by exploring the world of fake news generation,

September 18, 2018Leave a commentDigital FootprintsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Digital India Smart Villages Smartpur Long road to Smartpur could be made much shorter

People often ask us why we at the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) are trying to impart digital literacy or create wi-fi hubs in villages when poor people need food, shelter and clothing.

September 1, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Fake News Forward Hate Messages India Lynchings Social Media WhatsApp What’s the way forward?

There is no fail-safe technological firewall against hate-mongering through WhatsApp. The change has to come from a society that acts on rumours

July 20, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi

Aadhaar Bharat Net Connectivity Digital India Internet NOFN Panchayat Has BharatNet fulfilled its end task of providing functional internet?

The status of the BharatNet project and the government’s claims need to be taken with a large dose of salt

May 18, 2018Leave a commentOsama's Columns in MintBy Udita Chaturvedi

India’s ‘let’s ban it’ approach to anything that makes it uncomfortable online is a violation of human rights

“Let’s ban it” is India’s approach to everything that makes us uncomfortable.

April 30, 2018Leave a commentBlogsBy Udita Chaturvedi
1234
Next page
Quick Links
FAQ
Work With Us
Downloads
Digital Footprints
Contact Us
Subscribe to our newsletter

Copyright © 2002 - 2022
Digital Empowerment Foundation