{"id":1180,"date":"2025-10-02T04:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/janelle-ward\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:32","slug":"janelle-ward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/janelle-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<section class=\"block blogintro\">\n<div class=\"righttopcorner\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/corners\/righttopcorner.png\"><\/div>\n<article>\n<div class=\"blog-heading-left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/janelle-ward\/22151-1-eng-gb\/janelle-ward_carousel.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanelle Ward<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanelle Ward is assistant professor of media and communication atErasmus University Rotterdam. Her research explores how civil society organizations and issue campaigns use new communication technologies to inform and mobilize ordinary citizens.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"notification\">\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" style=\"display: inline;\">\n\t<button class=\"follow\" type=\"submit\" name=\"ActionAddToNotification\" title=\"Follow this blog\" id=\"author\"><\/button><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ContentNodeID\" value=\"778\"\/><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"UserRedirectURI\" value=\"\/Blogs\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Janelle Ward\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Janelle Ward is assistant professor of media and communication at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eur.nl\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erasmus University Rotterdam<\/a>. Her research explores how civil society organizations and issue campaigns use new communication technologies to inform and mobilize ordinary citizens. She is also interested in how the academic world is adapting to Web 2.0 in the research and publication process. In her blog for The Broker, Janelle will highlight current developments in these areas and provide reflection based on her knowledge of online communication.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"A critique of Hole-in-the-Wall (HiWEL)\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">A critique of Hole-in-the-Wall (HiWEL)<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tA colleague of mine, Dr. Payal Arora, recently published an article in the British Journal of Educational Technology where she questions the fundamental assumptions underlying the Hole-in-the-Wall (HiWEL) project, which seeks to \u2018create a new para&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Zotero for academics: collaborative libraries\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Zotero for academics: collaborative libraries<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t&nbsp;Online research collaboration can take many forms: data sharing, collaborative writing, or more informal methods of peer review. But what if you could get an inside look at a researcher\u2019s resources, and see all the materials that inspired th&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Open-source learning*\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Open-source learning*<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tI&#8217;m currently teaching a BA-level course called Communication Technologies and their Impacts. It provides an overview of the historical development of media and communication technologies (newspapers, radio, television, the internet) and covers a&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Link roundup \"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Link roundup <\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tMy field isn\u2019t development, but since I started blogging at The Broker I\u2019m more tuned into relevant events in this field, particularly relating to new media use. I\u2019ll take this opportunity to mention a couple of recent events and resources that ma&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"A spontaneous online conference\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">A spontaneous online conference<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t19 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tI just heard about an interesting adjustment made by the True Heroes Films international conference on \u201cHuman Rights &#038; New Media.\u201d This conference, to be held on April 19-20 in The Hague, was to host an international audience. But with volcani&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Aid Information Challenge\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Aid Information Challenge<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tRecently I&#8217;ve been hearing about cutting-edge initiatives that aim to make development aid more transparent. Part of this transparency is related to technology, in that more and more data sets are being made open source or accessible to a larger p&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The internet and sustainable rural development\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">The internet and sustainable rural development<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWhile perusing the latest issue of a journal that I try to follow regularly (Information, Communication &#038; Society), I came across a piece entitled \u201cNGOs, the Internet and Sustainable Rural Development: The Case of Indonesia.\u201d It was written by&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Haiti, online donations and social networking\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Haiti, online donations and social networking<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe recent tragedy in Haiti left citizens in other parts of the world eager to help. Most people, unskilled in disaster relief and not possessing emergency medical training, turned to donations of either money or goods.Aid and development organiza&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Special issue on Citizens\u2019 Media and Communication: Development in Practice\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Special issue on Citizens\u2019 Media and Communication: Development in Practice<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17 January 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe journal Development in Practice recently released a special issue on Citizens\u2019 Media and Communication. The publisher, Routledge, has granted free access to the 20 articles plus a guest editors\u2019 introduction (written by Jethro Pettit, Juan Fra&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"NGOs and the News: Exploring a Changing Communications Landscape\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">NGOs and the News: Exploring a Changing Communications Landscape<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Janelle Ward<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t19 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tHere\u2019s a recent press release that The Broker readers may be interested in:The Center for Global Communication Studies is pleased to announce the launch of an online essay series on NGOs and the News: Exploring a Changing Communications Landscape&#8230;.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n<div class=\"pagenavigator\">\n\t<span class=\"active\">[ 1 ]<\/span> &nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><a class=\"dynamicBrowse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" rel=\"\/(offset)\/10\">[ 2 ]<\/a><\/span> &nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- End page numbers --><br \/>\n<!-- Next -->\t\t<span class=\"next\"><a class=\"dynamicBrowse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" rel=\"\/(offset)\/10\"><em>Next<\/em> &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><!-- End next -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janelle Ward Janelle Ward is assistant professor of media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Janelle Ward \/ Blogs - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Janelle Ward is assistant professor of media and communication at&amp;nbsp;Erasmus University Rotterdam. 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