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HYPERLOCA
AL COMMUNICA
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About thee Toolbox Abo
out this To
oolkit
HYPERLOCA
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HYPERLOCA
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Contents
WHAT IS H
HYPERLOCAL COMMUNICA
ATION? 5
WHY IS HY
YPERLOCAL COMMUNICATTION USEFULL? 6
HOW CAN YOU USE HY
YPERLOCAL CO
OMMUNICATTION? 7
Digital Storytelling 7
‐ Example: South
h Kern Countyy Youth Video
o Voice 8
Wiki Tools 9
‐ Example: Best SStart LA Comm
munity Mapp
ping 9
Hyperllocal News/M
Media 10
Social Media and Networking 10
OOLS FOR SHA
CONCLUSION: NEW TO ARING STORIES 10
GLOSSARY
Y 11
ADDITIONAL TOOLS YO
OU CAN USE 12
‐ Ap
ppendix A: He
ealthy City – YYour free, one‐stop shop ffor data, map
ps, and
‐ hyyperlocal com
mmunications 14
‐ Ap
ppendix B: Ad
dditional Reso
ources and Links 15
‐ Ap
ppendix C: Ethics in Comm
munity Based Participatory Action Reseaarch 16
REFERENC
CES 17
HYPERLOCA
AL COMMUNICA
ATION 4
Whhat iss hyp
perlocall
com
mmu unicaationn?
“Changes in the political landscape arre transformin ng
the ways in which organiizers network, k, exchange
information and ideas, an nd link with ppeople in theirr
communitiess and across ccommunities… …Today,
technology ccan be used tto create inno ovative tacticss
and techniqu ues.… for emp powering opp pressed,
i
disenfranchiised, and forg gotten peoplee.”
Community changemake ers can use Co ommunity‐
Based Particcipatory Actio on Research (CBPAR) and
mapping as powerful too ols for lifting ccommunity
voice and bu uilding comm munity capacitty. But, once
you collect tthe data, creaate the map, o or complete
the analysis,, how can you u share and communicate
the results in a way that is just as partticipatory?
Hyperlocal ccommunication helps engage people in n
your local coommunity in sharing their perspective
and analysiss of importantt community issues and
conditions. WWhile highly e effective disssemination caan
take place inn community forums, face‐to‐face, or
newsletters,, online hyperlocal commu unication tools Hypperlocal comm munication prrovides accesssibility for
can help com mmunity‐base ed organizations easily commmunity mem mbers, activistts, students, yyouth and
share data, maps, storiess, and victoriees, as they aree the general public to engage media locallyy and
available, with people in the community and inteernationally to
o:
communitiees far and wide.
ii
ª share the issues, strengths, concerrns and
Hyperlocal ccommunicatio on is “technollogy [that needs off the commun nity
allows] citizeens to help crreate and sha are news on a a ª strategizze, organize a and make a caall to action
very local level—by town n, neighborhood or even ª share pa articipatory reesearch and ooutcomes
iii
block…” It can involve u using mobile p phones, sociaal of comm munity‐engageed events
ª provide general awarreness of com mmunity
networking websites, and social media platforms ffor
work, wiins, and events
local awaren ness and advo ocacy. These tools can help
communitiees immediatelly turn their d data and
Thiss type of com
mmunication ttools expandss how you
analysis intoo place‐based d, community generated,
share and use reesearch to maake issues, strrategies,
local‐level news.
andd research wid dely known and opens thee door for
the local commu unity to sharee information..
HYPERLOCA
AL COMMUNICA
ATION 5
Whhy is hyp
perlo
ocal
com
mmu unicaation
n useful?
Coommunity‐Baased Participaatory Action R Research
Projects that involve communitty members in
(CCBPAR) “seekss to disseminate findings, in language that
sharin
ng, as well as participatingg in, research,,
is understandaable and respe ectful, and ‘w
where ownersship vii
iv
off knowledge is acknowledgged.’” Although beneffit in several w
ways:
coommunication ns is a key part of CBPAR, community
m
members are n not always provided with tthe data and ª Coommunity members have often experienced the effects
off an issue and caan highlight partts of it that woulldn’t
ouutcomes of th he research th hey participatte in, nor
occcur to anyone ssharing it from ooutside.
included in thee disseminatio on process. WWhen
coommunity meembers share e their own reesearch and ª Coommunity members can pick up p on important
annalysis, they ccan present th heir own images and co
omments and co oncerns (from th
he research) thatt may be
ovverlooked by someone who is not part of the saame
reepresentation ns of their com mmunity. Thiss enhances th he co
ommunity.
“ccollective inteelligence” of tthe communitty, builds
coommunity cap pacity, and increases comm munity visibility, ª Coommunity members live in the ccommunity and are on
v th
he scene all of th
he time, so they may find inform
mation
interaction, and action. evven when they aare not looking ffor it.
Hyyperlocal com mmunication tools such as social mediaa ª Th
he information ccommunity mem mbers share mayy get
m
more community y support becausse other community
annd social netw working also ggive the publiic access to
m
members can rela ate to the people who presented it
evvents and stories on a glob bal scale unlikke ever beforee. (p
people in the sam
me circumstancees as their own).
W
When commun nities utilize h
hyperlocal communication n
toools to report conditions and injustices in their speciific
places, they can garner natiional and inteernational
atttention as a rresult of it. Fo
or instance, inn 2012, memberrs are using FFacebook morre and more, older
coommunity jou urnalists, com mmunity‐baseed [membeers] and youth h. Social med
dia is changing g
orrganizations, and commun nity memberss flooded social everythiing and folks cannot ignorre it. [It’s impo
ortant] to
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media and netw working websites with crittical images aand have a d
diverse mass communicatiions strategy..”
coommentary th hat helped drraw national aattention to tthe
vi
tragic case of TTrayvon Martin. WHATT ARE SOME WA
AYS HYPERRLOCAL
COMMMUNICATIONS S HAVE BEEN OR COU ULD BE
Ad dditionally, m
many websitess that offer hyyperlocal USEF
FUL TO YOU INN YOUR WORRK?
coommunication n tools such aas Mobile Voiices, Facebook, ___________________________________________
annd Twitter, eaasily link to mmobile phoness and place th he
poower to inform, organize, and mobilize in the hands of ___________________________________________
a wide range o of community members. “D Do not assumme
thhat [communiities] don’t ha ave access to technology,”” ___________________________________________
saays Jung Hee C Choi, Commu unications Dirrector at
Coommunity Co oalition, a prominent South h Los Angeless‐ ___________________________________________
baased grassroo ots communitty organizatio on. “[Our]
___________________________________________
HYPERLOCA
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Ho
ow caan you uuse h
hype
erloccal
com
mmu uniccatio
on?
In our Shorrt Guide to CBBPAR, we high hlight how Digital Storytelling
communicaations should d occur througghout the
participatoory research p
ix
process. You u can use
hyperlocal communication tools to reflect upon aand
share your thoughts abo out the proceess, experiencces
during the process, and the outcomees and strateggies
you develo op as a result of the processs.
For example, let’s say yo ou are workin ng on improving
local parks to provide saafe, recreatioonal spaces foor
youth. You can work witth youth to m map out the
parks they go to and takke photos and d videos of th
he
parks, to caapture imagees of their expperiences there
(keep in mind ethics succh as permisssion to take an nd
post imagees; see Appen ndix C, for mo ore informatioon).
Then, they can share their research tthrough a diggital
story usingg VozMob, thrrough an interactive map o of
videos thro ough HealthyC City.org, or th
hrough postinng
comments on their Faceebook page. Digitaal storytelling involves usin
ng computer
technnology tools, w with photos, vvideos, imagees,
The followiing sections hhighlight four categories of musicc, or sound, to o share persoonal stories an
nd
tools you ccan use for sharing processs, experiences, experriences. Webssites such as V Voces Móvilees/
and outcom mes of particiipatory research in real Mobille Voices (VozzMob) show ccommunity m members
communities in real tim me: digital storytelling, wikki how tto use an everyday item– ttheir cell phone‐ to
tools, hype erlocal news//media, and ssocial media and reporrt what is happening in theeir lives, famillies, and
networkingg. Though mo ost of these toools can also be comm munities for th he purpose off sharing commmunity
used to do participatoryy research, the focus here is conditions and orgganizing. VozM Mob is “a loww‐cost
how you caan use them tto communicate it. Each open‐‐source platfo orm for immiggrant workers in Los
category lissts examples of specific toools that you ccan Angeles to create, share, and publish” storiees using
explore and d to commun nicate the research process, picturres, videos, annd text or voiice messages directly
x
experiencees, and outcom mes. These to ools are free, from ttheir mobile phones.” So ome additionaal tools
publicly available, do noot require advvanced technical for telling your com mmunity’s stoory include:
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Hyperlocaal News/M
Media
Hyperlocal neews and med dia is content created and
shared at thee local level, ccontributed bby individuals
or communitty journalists. As describeed by
Patch.com, itt is “community‐specific neews and
information p platform[s] dedicated to p providing
comprehensiive and truste ed local coverrage for
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individual tow
wns and communities.” Hyperlocal
media websittes can help yyou:
ª Keep p up with new ws and eventss
ª Lookk at photos an nd videos from m around towwn
ª Learn n about local businesses
ª Participate in disccussions
ª Subm mit your own announcemeents, photos,
and rreviews”
Hyperlocal mmedia website es such as theese allow you
to generate aand share new ws material and volunteerr
opportunitiess within your community: Con
nclusion: New toolss for sharing
Whetther you’ve gaathered and ccreated a map with
ª EveryyBlock: http:///EveryBlock.ccom comm munity memb bers using HeaalthyCity.org,, and
ª Patch h: http://patcch.com then posted your m map and storry on Faceboo ok, or
ª Youth Journalism International: shareed it through Twitter, or seent it the local
http:/
://YouthJourn nalism.org hyperrlocal news w website, hyperlocal commu unication
can o
offer many neew ways and o opportunitiess for
comm munity memb bers to be heaard. You can u use social
Social Meedia and Networkin
N ng mediaa, social netwworking, hypeerlocal news ssites,
You can share the link for others to upload data, textin
ng, mobile maapping, wiki ttools and dataa and
resouces, commments, pho otos and video o or share reseaarch sites to share issues, p
policies, camppaigns,
maps on Faceebook and Tw witter! For instance, durin
ng local news, local sttruggles and local wins witth
a Communityy‐Engaged Maapping event, you can usee everyyone. You can n select a com
mbination of tthese
hyperlocal co
ommunication n tools such aas Facebook tto tools and websitess to maximizee community
upload photoos, videos, and comments from engaggement in shaaring research to inform
community m members creaating a map, ttheir comm munity action.
experiences dduring the evvent, and the actual map
they created,, as in the piccture shown o on the right.
Below are a ffew popular ssocial media w websites for
sharing information:
ª Facebook: http://f /facebook.com m
ª Twittter: http://tw witter.com
ª Chan nge.org: http:///change.org g
HYPERLOCA
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G
Glossary
Community B Based Participatory Action n Research Usingg computer teechnology too ols, with phottos,
(CBPAR ) videoos, images, music, or sound d, to share peersonal
A
A research ap pproach that aims to address the storiees and experiences.
practical conccerns of peop ple in a comm munity. CBPAR R
is a collaboraative approach to research h that involvess Hypeerlocal Comm munication
all stakeholdeers throughout the research process, “Techhnology [thatt allows] citizeens to help crreate and
f
from establis shing the reseearch question, to sharee news on a vvery local leveel—by town,
x
xiv
developing data collection n tools, to anaalysis and neighhborhood or eeven block.”
dissemination of findings.
Hypeerlocal News//Media
Community‐EEngaged Map pping Newss and media ccontent creatted and shareed at the
A
A group map ping exercisee designed to answer mmunity centered and community
local level. It is com
specific reseaarch question ns and gather focussed. It is largeely community and individual
neighborhood‐level primaary data from community contrribution‐based, and can bee a vital resou urce for
members (wh ho live, work or attend sch hool in the newss, events and collaboration n opportunitiees for
area), for thee purpose of ddeveloping place‐based neighhborhoods an nd neighbors alike.
planning, policy, and interrventions.
Sociaal Media
Community JJournalism Mediia that is mob bile and web b based; it is offten
T
The form of j ournalism that is created and reported d shareed publically aand socially eengaging. It is a
by profession nal journalistss at the local and comm munication m method that engages publicc
neighborhood level. In the e traditional ssense, particcipation and is readily acceessible. It can n also be
community jo ournalists aree professionals writing understood as thee plural form of informatio on shared
stories that aare relevant and/or based within a xv
on so
ocial networking sites.
specific neighhborhood or llocal setting. It can also bee
news coveragge of national events and how those Sociaal Networkingg
events impacct local reside ents. In the so
ocial media Similaar to social mmedia, it is thee collaboratio on and
age‐ it can alsso mean indivviduals, comm munity based clusteering of peop ple and organizations—or o online
organizationss, activists, yo
outh and conccerned comm munities—wh ho can engagee one another via
community m members who o are contribu uting their topic, website, hobby, political affiliation, ettc. It is
own stories, information aand experiencces, as well as groun nded in conneecting with others. Facebo ook is an
contributing to stories and d coverage m made by exammple of a sociaal networkingg website.
professionalss.
Wiki Tools
Community R Reporters A collaborative “sp pace on the W Web where yo ou can
A
An individual or community comprised d of non‐ sharee work and ideas, pictures and links, vid deos and
professionalss who create and share “neews” from an nd media — and anytthing else you u can think off.”
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about their community. The data colleccted, and
stories composed are ofte en from comm munity‐based
organizationss, or individuaal knowledge and
experience and are both q qualitative and
quantitative.
Digital Storyttelling
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Add
ditionaal Too
ols You
u Can Use
The fol
llowing tools prrovide fu
urther in
nstructio
ons and rresourcees for
using h
hyperloccal commmunicatiion toolss to sharre resea
arch:
APPPENDIX A: H
HEALTHY CITTY‐ YOUR FR
REE, ONE‐STTOP SHOP FO
OR DATA, M
MAPS, AND
HYYPERLOCAL CCOMMUNIC CATION
APPPENDIX B: AADDITIONALL RESOURCEES AND LINK
KS
APPPENDIX C: EETHICS IN CO
OMMUNITYY BASED PARRTICIPATORY
Y ACTION REESEARCH
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APPEN
NDIX A
Heaalthyy Cityy‐ You
ur fre
ee, o
one‐sstop
sho
op forr datta, maps, and hype erloccal
com
mmun
nicattionss
HealthyCity.o org combiness technology w with advocacy
tools like datta and maps. The website helps you find d
data specific to your comm munity, proviides lists of
services in yoour community (and acrosss the state off
California), and has multip ple interactivee mapping
capabilities w
which you can n print, PDF, eemail, share,
post and tweeet.
You can also generate you ur own content, upload
your own datta, develop in ndividual and community
pages and ad dvocate for th he communitiies you live in n
and serve using the social media tools available on
the website. You can sharre stories, new ws and events
taking place in your comm munities as weell as share You caan log onto ou
ur site, createe a wikimap, upload
your organizaation’s work. You can “shaare” a map, a photos, create your own map caategories and d make
chart, a profiile that you crreate to Faceebook and commments on the m maps you make. You can aalso
Twitter. You can post vide eos to YouTub be about the share your map witth folks and h have them doo the
entire processs and share tthem with loccal and same. The map you u create can bbe shared on
internationall audiences and also uploaad them to Faceboook, tweeted,
d, and embedd ded on your b
blog or
HealthyCity.o org. websitte.
The site also offers a platfform for maps and social
media in our Map Room, Data Room, C Connect Room m,
and new Wikkimap tool. W What your CBO O and your
community ccreate on Heaalthy City becomes
“actionable information” for community reporters.
In the Connect room, you can view pro ojects taking
place all overr the state an
nd identify a ccollaborative
and organizations engagin ng in similar w
work. In our
Connect Roo om, you can upload your ow wn data,
photos and vvideos. You caan also share links, tag/filter
stories and create groups to help organ nize and
mobilize your issues and ccampaigns. Yo ou can even
request to jooin a group do oing similar w
work in your
area and add d capacity to yyour issue!
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NDIX B
APPEN
Add
ditio
onal Reso
ourcces aand Linkks
ª Digital st
torytelling an
nd communityy journalism ª Me
edia Literacy
‐ 6 Wa
Ways To Tell Yo our Stories Wiith Data ‐ ‐ Building Acccessible Webssites: What is Media
Nonprofits: Movee your Mission n Forward Byy Access. Joe Clark. http://j
/joeclark.org
Follo
owing These EExamples. Kurt Voelker. ‐ Empowermeent Through EEducation. Ceenter
http://www.socia albrite.org For Media LLiteracy. http:/://www.mediialit.org
‐ Deleegating Trust:: An Argumen nt for an ‐ Media Litera acy‐ The Parttnership for 21 1st
‘Ingrredients Labeel’ for News Prroducts. Citizen Century Skillls. http://ww
ww.p21.org.
Jourrnalism/Journ nalism Ethics. ‐ What Is Med dia Literacy? Media Awareeness
http://www.journ nalismethics.cca Network. htttp:// www.m media‐awaren ness.ca
‐ Hypeer‐Local News: It’s About tthe Communiity
Or Itt Fails. Mathe
ew Ingram. ª Soccial Media and Diversity
http://gigaom.co om ‐ Digital Media Diversity: TThink Differen ntly,
‐ National Parks, Place‐Based Digital Leap Past ‘Inntellectual Appartheid.’
Storytelling Modu ules. http://www w.coolglobalbiiz.com
http://www.pbs.o org/nationalp parks/for‐ ‐ For Minoritiies, New ‘Digiital Divide’ Seeen.
educcators/digitall‐storytelling// Jesse Washiington.
‐ Patcch. A commun nity‐specific n
news and http://www w.usatoday.co om
inforrmation platfform dedicateed to providin ng ‐ Media Diverrsity Matters:: A Media Justice
comprehensive and trusted loccal coverage Activist Toollkit. LCCR Fouundation & LC CCR
for in
ndividual towwns and comm munities. Education Fund. http://w www.civilrightts.org
http://patch.com m ‐ Social Media a’s Diversity P
Problem. Wayyne
‐ Sociaal Media: Gam me‐Changer ffor Journalism m. Sutton. Sparrksheet.
Kareen Pinchin. http://sparkksheet.com/so ocial‐media’ss‐
http://vancouverr.openfile.ca/b /blog/news/20 01 diversity‐pro
oblem/
1/soocial‐media‐game‐changerr‐forjournalism m ‐ We Media: H How Audiencces Are Shapin ng The
‐ Storify. A tool forr story compillation, Future of Neews and Inforrmation. Shayyne
storyytelling and sstory sharing using severall Bowman and Chris Williss. The Media C Center
main nstream socia al networking g sites includin
ng at The Amerrican Press In nstitute Thinking
Faceebook and Tw witter. http://s
/storify.com Paper.
‐ Toolls and Resourrces for Digitaal Storytellingg. http://www w.hypergene.n net/wemedia//
http://psdtech.pb bworks.com/w w/page/1954 49
910//Tools%20and d%20Resourcces%20for%20 0
Digittal%20Storyteelling%20Julyy%2009#Digittal
Story
rytellingWorkssheetsandPla anning
‐ Vocees Móviles/M Mobile Voices.. Allows the
userr of any cell phhone to take pictures,
reco
ord video and generate new ws stories andd
uplo
oad them direectly onto the VozMob
webbsite. http://vo ozmob.net
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ª Participat
tory mappingg and communication
‐ EveryyBlock. A hypeerlocal media a site that
allowws users to intteract with th eir
neighhborhoods, as s well as geneerate and
sharee news materiial and volunteer
opportunities in co ommunities in n 16 U.S.
cities . http://Ever
ryBlock.com
‐ EveryyBlock Learns Secret to Loccal News:
People. Mathew In ngram. http:///gigaom.com m
‐ Particcipatory Map ping and Commmunication: :
A guide to develop ping a particip
patory
comm munication st rategy to sup
pport
particcipatory mapping. Internattional Fund
for Aggricultural Deevelopment (IIFAD).
http:///www.ifad.o org/pub/map/ /pm_iii.pdf
ª Social meedia and netw working
‐ Cente ers for Diseas e Control andd Prevention
(CDC)) Social Media a Guides, Toools, and Best
Practtices.
http:///www.cdc.gov/SocialMed dia/Tools/guiid
eliness/
‐ Change.org. An on nline advocacyy platform
that eempowers an nyone, anywh here to start,
join, a
and win camp paigns for soccial change.
http:///change.org g
‐ Comm munity Inform mation Toolkitt. Knight
Foundation. http:///www.infoto oolkit.org/
‐ How People Learn About Their Local
Comm munity. Tom R Rosenstiel, Ammy Mitchell,
Kristeen Purcell, Lee Rainie. PEW W Research
Centeer. http://ww ww.pewinternet.org
‐ Locall Media Diverssity Matters: Measure
Mediia Diversity Acccording to D Democratic
Valuees, Not Markeet Values. Maark Lloyd and
Phil N
Napoli. Center for Americaan Progress
‐ Mobiile Media Too olkit. Mobile A
Active .
http:///www.mobillemediatoolkit.org/
‐ Socia al Media: A Gu uide For Researchers.
Reseaarch Informattion Networkk.
http:///www.rin.acc.uk/social‐meedia‐guide
‐ Using g Twitter for AAdvocacy.
http:///socialmedia atoday.com/ccolindelany/2 26
6031//online‐advoccacy‐tools‐tw witter
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APPEN
NDIX C
Ethics in Commmunitty Based P
Participato
ory
Action Reesearrch
Research Ethics are the
R e principles and rules that oppportunity to participate
p in
n the researcch? Are
guide how pe eople should d be treated, when they are therre some parrticipants who are unfairlly impacted
pa
articipants in a researrch processs or projectt. It by the
t research h? (Ex. The U.S.
U Public Health
H
m
might be diffficult to antticipate all of
o the resea arch Serrvice Syphiliss Study at Tuskegee inccluded only
etthics that ma ay arise durring, but it is important to
o be pooor African Ammerican men n, who were not treated
se
ensitive to thet people involved in your resea arch. t disease even when a cure was found;
for the f the
H
Here are somme ethics to consider:
c studdy was also conducted without
w the benefit
b of
theiir informed consent.
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