{"id":12993,"date":"2020-05-28T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/?post_type=news&p=12993"},"modified":"2020-05-28T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:53:32","slug":"creating-change-through-digital-communities","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/news\/creating-change-through-digital-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Change through Digital Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

RNW Media builds digital communities for social change. We work to bring young people together in an alternative digital civic space where they can engage in constructive dialogue, focus on their aspirations, realise their rights and contribute to making their societies more inclusive. Constant monitoring of our online data tells us how many young people we are reaching and whether they are engaging with our content and each other. The next step is to establish whether RNW Media is having a real-world impact on young people’s lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report Creating Change through Digital Communities<\/em> is the result of research conducted in 2019 as part of an evaluation of our Citizens\u2019 Voice and Love Matters programmes. An open survey question asked users whether they could give an example of a change they had experienced through engaging with the platform. The responses were analysed to answer the main research question: To what extent do returning users experience a change in knowledge, attitude or behaviour as a result of engaging with the platform?
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\nExperiencing change
\n<\/strong>A large majority of both Citizens\u2019 Voice and Love Matters users reported experiencing one or more positive changes as a result of engaging with the platform (68% and 69% respectively). Users of Citizens\u2019 Voice platforms in 7 countries reported an increased acceptance of different opinions, including more respect for\u202fopposite\u202fviewpoints,\u202fand learning to see social issues from different angles without being judgmental. Users also said they became less prejudiced against stigmatised groups.\u202fGender equality was another area where users became more open to different viewpoints and they also reported that they now express themselves more on topics that matter to them. In some countries, young people mentioned they were more likely to speak up and act against violence.<\/p>\n

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Clarifying misconceptions
\n<\/strong>Users of our Love Matters platforms in Nigeria, DRC, Egypt and China experienced a range of positive changes relating to their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). They\u202fhad an increased willingness to discuss, accept and explore sex-related topics\u202fas well as\u202fsex itself, and some were able to enjoy safer and more pleasurable sex as a result of engaging with the platform. Many users reported a better understanding of how to detect abusive relationships as well as build healthier\u202fones. Misconceptions about\u202fvarious sexual concepts\u202fsuch as masturbation, menstruation, virginity and desires\u202fwere clarified and many respondents in China expressed greater acceptance of LGBT persons and of the idea that women have a right to pleasurable sex.<\/p>\n

Click to download a pdf of the full report Creating Change through Digital Communities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The report Creating Change through Digital Communities details research into the impact of our Citizens\u2019 Voice and SRHR programmes. It shows a large majority of users experienced positive changes as a result of engaging with RNW Media’s platforms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12993","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}