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Code of Courage: A Comic About Digital Security for Activists

Hara Livani, Franziska Schraut

Technische Universität Darmstadt (2025), 20 pp.

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Disinterested and Disillusioned? Information and Political Engagement Practices of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds

Leonie Wunderlich

Youth & Society (2025), 22 pp.

"Inequalities in news use and political participation exist among young people from (dis-)advantaged backgrounds which challenge the idea of informed citizens that can participate in democratic processes. Relating to self-actualizing (AC) and dutiful (DC) citizen identity paradigms and performative ... more

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Why Radio is More Reliable Than Television During Social Protests: An Explanation Through Framing Theory

Francisco Tagle

Journal of Radio & Audio Media (2025), 15 pp.

"This study applies the framing model of Semetko and Valkenburg (2000) to analyze media coverage of the Chilean social protests of 2019, with a particular emphasis on differences between radio and television coverage. This model uses 20 distinct questions to identify specific frames used in news rep ... more

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Camera in Times of Crisis: Focus on Africa

Kehinde Christopher Adewumi, Folasayo Enoch Olalere, Gambo Giles Duniya (eds.)

Bingley (UK): Emerald Publishing (2025), 208 pp.

"The presence of cameras, at the forefront of crises, either in the hands of journalists, bystanders or passers-by and sometimes even parties to the crises, has inspired multiple visual notations, commentaries and perspectives. Thus, efforts and resources are channelled towards documenting crises, t ... more

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Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers

Ann Searight Christiano, Angela Bradbery

New York; London: Routledge (2025), xii, 344 pp.

"Written by two practitioners with deep professional experience, this book introduces readers to public interest communications, which takes an evidence-based approach to using strategic communications to drive positive social change. Each chapter includes accessible, applicable insights, exercises ... more

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Regressive ‘alternative’ media and their role in disrupting the public spheres in Europe and Latin America

Regina Cazzamatta

Publizistik, volume 70 (2025), pp. 205-234

"The emergence of alternative media is linked to the progressive social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, which aimed to democratize media production and amplify marginalized voices. Recently, regressive news sites have emerged, claiming to be “alternative” despite their far-right ideologies. As ... more

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The power of humour

D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 4 (2025), pp. 28-54

"All over the world, satirists courageously stand up for democratic values, often under extremely difficult conditions. Through their art, they create spaces for freedom and challenge authorities. On the other hand, extremists use humour for their political purposes too: They ridicule those who diss ... more

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Public Opinion Perspectives on Governance and Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon

Mirna Ghanem

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2024), 47 pp.

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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar: The Evolution of the Digital Fight Against Authoritarian State Repression

Tuwanont Phattharathanasut

International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 2224-2244

"This study examines #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar and attempts to understand the practice of hashtags in the struggle against digital repression. By using descriptive analysis methods and qualitative content analysis, this study argues that #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar is categorized into 4 distinct narrati ... more

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Global citizenship education in a digital age: Teacher guidelines

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 60 pp.

"In 2023, 79% of world’s youth between the age of 15-24 were using the internet. In this unfolding digital age, the role of education in general, and global citizenship education in particular, is crucial. It enables to equip all learners, especially the youngest ones, with the skills and competen ... more

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Cidadania digital e culturas do contemporâneo

Adelaida Flores-Hernández, Alessandra Nardini, Ana Elisa Antunes Viviani et al.

Coimbra: Grácio Editor (2024), 187 pp.

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Working towards healthier information ecosystems: Collective visions from civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bárbara Paes, Olivia Johnson, Cristina Veléz Vieira

Engine Room (2024), 89 pp.

"[...] while information ecosystems encompass a variety of actors (including those within both private and public sectors), this research focuses primarily on civil society actors, including those who use information for their work (as consumers, producers, nodes, or facilitators of information), do ... more

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Democracy and AI: How Technological Progress Can Strengthen Democratic Structures

Nikolai Horn, Matthieu Binder

Potsdam; Berlin: Friedrich Naumann Foundation;iRights.Lab (2024), 39 pp.

"[...] this paper presents approximately 30 worldwide examples of successful AI use to promote various aspects of democracy. At the same time, the corresponding challenges that need to be addressed are highlighted. From the examination of international examples, the following theses can be derived: ... more

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Extrema direita no Brasil: Sujeitos e coletivos pela "restauração nacional"

Christina Vital da Cunha, Michel Gherman, Lais Santos Beatriz Lemos

Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Heinrich Böll (2024), 35 pp.

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How to enhance constructive public dialogue on social media in Uganda: Recommendations from a multi-stakeholder consultation workshop, in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2023

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2024), 16 pp.

"In November 2023, DW Akademie brought together journalists, civil society organizations, digital rights experts, and media influencers for a consultation workshop in Kampala, Uganda. In the two-day event, hosted by Media Challenge Initiative (MCI), the diverse group collaboratively developed recomm ... more

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Who’s engaged, who’s excluded? Ugandan citizens’ opinions and experiences on media engagement and citizen participation

Kampala: Twaweza East Africa (2024), 16 pp.

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El libro del agua del sur de Bolívar: Una publicación en diálogo de saberes entre la academia y las comunidades

Amparo Cadavid Bringe (ed.)

Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto) (2024), 479 pp.

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Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming

Ursula Kristin Schmid, Heidi Schulze, Antonia Drexel

Information, Communication & Society (2024), 20 pp.

"The far right is increasingly relying on visual and less extreme online communication, for instance by using memes, to strategically mainstream their ideology. The use of humor in particular renders their communication more relatable to a mainstream audience. However, little is known about the actu ... more

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The Limits of Governmentality: Call-in Radio and the Subversion of Neoliberal Evangelism in Zambia

Alastair Fraser

Jounal of African Cultural Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2024), pp. 41-57

"The spread of mobile telephones in Africa has enabled a broad range of citizens to join live conversations on call-in radio shows. Both African governments and foreign aid agencies claim that broadcasting such debates can raise awareness, amplify the voices of the poor, and facilitate development a ... more

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‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Bronwen Mehta

Gender & Development, volume 32, issue 1-2 (2024), pp. 547-573

"Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital s ... more