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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Legal Threats to Media Freedom
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United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Countering Defamation & Harassment
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Feminism & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational Journalism Cooperation & News Exchange
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UNESCO
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Stringers & Fixers (Journalism)
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Media Assistance
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Law Enforcement, Litigations, Legal Practice, Case Law, Jurisdiction
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Populism
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Open Data
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Government Communication Strategies
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Iraq War (2003)
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Journalists
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Media Reporting, Reporting on Journalism & Communication Issues
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Television Journalism
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Human Rights Violations
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Caruana Galizia, Daphne (1964-2017)
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
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Media & Communication Policies
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Conflict & War Photography
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Military
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Kompas (Newspaper, Indonesia)
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Public Media, State Media
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Media & Information: Migrants, Refugees, Diasporas
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Editorial Independence: Influence of Advertisers
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Media
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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AI in Journalism & Media
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Emergency Medical Aid
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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European Union (EU)
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OSCE
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Reporters Sans Frontièrs
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Journalists: Trust in Public Institutions
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Local Television
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Media & Information Literacy
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Transitional Justice
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Contracts, Labour Agreements, Service Contracts
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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Cadwalladr, Carole (British Investigative Journalist)
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Ressa, Maria
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Parliaments
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Police
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Transition and Media
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Public Spheres
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Memory, Memorizing
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Communication & Media Research Associations & Networks
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Research Methods
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Digital Sources
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Crimes, Criminality, Organized Crime
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Human Security
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Rohingya
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Blockchain Technologies
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Al-Jazeera
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Journalism Under Threat: Intimidation and Harassment of Swedish journalists
Journalism Practice, volume 10, issue 7 (2016), pp. 880-890
"Previous studies of intimidation and harassment of journalists have (rightly) focused on non-democratic and authoritarian nations and/or transitional/emerging democracies. In this article, we examine the situation in Sweden, a country with strong de facto and de jure safeguards of journalistic free
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Women in war: Challenges and possibilities for female journalists covering wars and conflicts
In: Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 165-176
"The chapter takes as its starting point the notion that journalists’ safety is a precondition for free expression and free media. Based on interviews and discussions with experienced female war and conflict journalists from seven countries worldwide, the discussion evolves around questions linked
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Shape shifting in the conflict zone: The strategic performance of gender in war reporting
Journalism Studies, volume 19, issue 1 (2016), pp. 126-142
"The war journalist is often portrayed as a ruggedly masculine individual who survives on hard work, self-sufficiency, and heroic dedication to the truth in a stoic culture and dangerous environment. Yet, the growing number of female war journalists subtly complicates this traditional narrative. Fem
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Gender, risk and journalism
Journalism Practice, volume 10, issue 7 (2016), pp. 902-916
"Are female journalists more at risk in covering conflict than their male colleagues? Beck states ‘risk is the anticipation of the catastrophe – so it is existent and non-existent’. Is the contention that female journalists are more at risk, knowledge, or a construction of knowledge? Are Edito
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Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis
In: The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), pp. 11-23
"Any assessment of women journalists’ status in their newsrooms should begin with the big picture. Women professionals inside news and other media enterprises have been the torchbearers of change for at least three decades. Sometimes assisted by enlightened male allies, women in journalism and oth
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Committee of Ministers: New Recommendation on Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and Other Media Actors
IRIS Merlin
"On 13 April 2016, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted its Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4 on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors. This is a continuation of the Committee of Ministers’ engagement with the topic, following its adoption of
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World Press Freedom Day and Safety of Journalists: Implication for People’s Freedom of Expression
New Media and Mass Communication, volume 54 (2016), pp. 34-38
"Every 3rd of May in the year, the world celebrates the freedom of the press. The celebration often serves as a reminder on the need for the protection of the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedom of Expression as embedded in the universal declaration of Human Rights as well as the constitution of co
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Damaging and daunting: Female journalists’ experiences of sexual harassment in the newsroom
Feminist Media Studies, volume 16, issue 3 (2016), pp. 495-510
"Female journalists’ experiences of sexual harassment are barely documented in the literature about Australian news journalism despite evidence of its ongoing prevalence. There have been some stories of harassment detailed in autobiographies by female journalists and the occasional article in the
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The psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists: A descriptive study
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 7, issue 12 (2016), pp. 1-5
"Iran ranks 173 out of 180 countries on an index of press freedom. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists and document the stressors encountered in their work. Design: A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identif
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The safety of Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt
Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 68-91
"The imprisonment of Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists (Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed) in Egypt between 2013 and 2015 reflected the recent ten agenda items of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNES
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Job demands, coping, and impacts of occupational stress among journalists: A systematic review
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, volume 25, issue 5 (2016), pp. 751-772
"This paper systematically reviews empirical research published from 2002 to July 2015 investigating journalists’ occupational stressors, coping strategies, and the impacts of these variables on the health and well-being of such professionals, whether on their daily work or as special envoys to cr
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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Kenya: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 106 pp.
"The study finds that Kenyan journalists face serious challenges in the course of their work. Further, both State and non-State actors have contributed to a deteriorating climate for journalists. The number of threats, incidents of harassment and intimidation as well as legal and personal attacks, h
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Professionalism under threat of violence: Journalism, reflexivity, and the potential for collective professional autonomy in northern Mexico
Journalism Studies, volume 17, issue 6 (2016), pp. 684-702
"Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, as more than 100 journalists have been murdered between 2000 and 2014, with almost half of those killed in the country's northern states. Through an analysis of in-depth interviews with journalists in northern Mexico, this qua
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Kidnapping of Journalists: Reporting from High-Risk Conflict Zones
Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2016), vii, 100 pp.
"The vulnerability of journalists to kidnappings was starkly illustrated by the killing of James Foley and Steven Sotloff by Islamic militants in 2014. Their murder underscored the risks taken by journalists and news organisations trying to cover developments in dangerous regions of the world and ha
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Donkor: A case study of the safety of journalists in Ghana
Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 92-120
"This paper argues that the safety of journalists in Ghana can no longer be taken for granted given the available evidence of physical attacks on journalists (Joint Statement NMC et al., 2016 and MFWA, 2016). The overarching objective of the study is to portray Donkor’s case as typical of similar
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Safety Guide for Journalists: A Handbook for Reporters in High-Risk Environments
Paris: Reporters Without Borders; UNESCO (2015), 143 pp.
"The Safety Guide for Journalists issued by Reporters Without Borders is aimed at providing guidelines and practical advice for all those who risk running into an enemy of press freedom on a street corner or on a deserted road. Such a situation can quickly test the difference between a happy-go-luck
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The Cyberspace War: Propaganda and Trolling as Warfare Tools
European View, volume 15, issue 1 (2015), pp. 121-132
"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has taken control of the traditional media in Russia: TV, radio and newspapers. As Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has stated, the Kremlin sees the mass media as a ‘weapon’. Now Russia’s leadership is trying to take control of social media to
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Journalists' Perceptions of Nomenklatura Networks and Media Ownership in Post-Communist Bulgaria
Medijske Studije / Media Studies, volume 6, issue 11 (2015), pp. 19-33
"This article discusses the role of the former communist party elite (the nomenklatura) in the Bulgarian post-communist media landscape in relation to media ownership and the origin of media outlets’ capital. The spotlight is on Bulgarian journalists’ perceptions examined through semi-structured
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Journalists at risk: Looking beyond just physical safety
Future of Journalism Conference (2015), 12 pp.
"Hardly a day goes by when we are not reminded of the hazards of modern journalism. The already unacceptably high levels of intimidation, kidnapping and killing have escalated still further with the civil conflict in Iraq and Syria and the series of brutal beheadings carried out by ISIS. But while m
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Building Digital Safety for Journalism: A Survey of Selected Issues
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 101 pp.
"This publication identifies at least 12 digital threats, including illegal or arbitrary digital surveillance, location tracking, and software and hardware exploits without the knowledge of the target. Further examples that are considered are: phishing, fake domain attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)
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