Mobile Phones
| Part of USIP's New Media and Peacebuilding Resource Center |
Use the resources below to help integrate mobile phones into your peacebuilding work. We also have resources on social networking and mapping tools.
NEWS | RESOURCES & TOOLS | ORGANIZATIONS & BLOGS
Apps That Protect You From Police Brutality (BBC, 10/9/12)
Assad Regime Sends Text Message to Syrian Rebels (AP, 9/27/12)
In Georgia's Troubled Border Region, Text Messaging is Fostering Community Safety (Tech President, 8/28/12)
Israel Tests Geo-targeted SMS Missile Warning System (Wired.co.uk, 8/14/12)
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FrontlineSMS
Download the FrontlineSMS Software
Join the FrontlineSMS Community
FrontlineSMS User Guides
Developing a Text Messaging Based Community Domestic Violence Response System Using FrontlineSMS (.pdf | Advanced Data Concepts)
FrontlineSMS Data Collection without Forms (.pdf | World Food Program)
FrontlineSMS Step-by-step Guide
How to Setup FrontlineSMS Sync with Ushahidi (Ushahidi)
SMS Quick Start Guide (.pdf | Ashoka Changemakers, Kiwanja)
User Guide: Data Integrity
Utilizing Mobile: Installation and Use of FrontlineSMS for Basic
Data Collection or Outbound Messaging (Part 1 | Part 2 | RANET)
SMSMap: Using FrontlineSMS with Ushahidi (Wiki | PDF | Ushahidi)
*All user guides published by FrontlineSMS, unless otherwise stated
RapidSMS
Download RapidSMS
RapidSMS User Guides
How to Rapid SMS (.pdf)
RapidSMS Wiki
*All user guides published by RapidSMS, unless otherwise stated
Freedom Fone
Download Freedom Fone
Freedom Fone User Guides
Freedom Fone Quick Start Guide (.pdf)
Freedom Fone Developers' Guide (.pdf)
MobileActive
Mobile Media Toolkit
SafeerMobile
Other Mobile Phone Services
AudioTagger (by Moolab)
Citizen Logistics
EpiCollect (by Imperial College London)
IQ Solutions (by Futures Group)
Souktel
TxtAlert (by Praekelt Foundation)
Guides
Guide: A Guide to Mobile Security Risk Assessment (MobileActive.Org)
Guide: Mobile Security Risks: A Primer for Activists, Journalists and Rights Defenders (MobileActive.Org)
Guide: Mobile Tactics for Participants in Peaceful Assemblies (MobileActive.Org)
Guide: SMS Engagement in Pakistan (Popular Engagement Policy Lab)
- Digital Democracy
- FrontlineSMS | Blog
- ICT4Peace Foundation
- iRevolution
- Kiwanja.net
- MobileActive.Org | Blog
- Movements.Org | Blog
- RapidSMS | Blog
- TechChange | Blog
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