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Digital Witness: Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation, and Accountability
This book covers the developing field of open source research and discusses how to use social media, satellite imagery, big data analytics, and user-generated content to strengthen human rights research and investigations. The topics are presented in an accessible format through extensive use of images and data visualization.
Author(s) | Edited by Sam Dubberley (Research Consultant, Research Consultant, Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex and Special Advisor Crisis Response, Amnesty International), Alexa Koenig (Executive Director, Executive Director, Human |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Format | Paperback / softback |
Pages | 384 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 17 Jan 2020 |
Availability | Available |
This book covers the developing field of open source research and discusses how to use social media, satellite imagery, big data analytics, and user-generated content to strengthen human rights research and investigations. The topics are presented in an accessible format through extensive use of images and data visualization.
Aryeh Neier: Foreword Section One Sam Dubberley, Alexa Koenig, Daragh Murray: Introduction 1: Christoph Koettl, Daragh Murray, Sam Dubberley: The History of the Use of Open Source Investigation for Human Rights Reporting 2: Alexa Koenig: The History o
Sam Dubberley is a research consultant with the Human Rights Big Data and Technology project at the University of Essex, and Special Adviser in the Crisis Response team at Amnesty International. Sam worked for more than a decade in broadcast journalism, a