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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Social Media
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Socialist Media Systems
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Human Rights Violations
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Authoritarian Regimes: Transnational Repression
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Public Media, State Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Killings of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Government Communication Strategies
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Alternative Press
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Social Media in Political Communication
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VK (Russian Social Network)
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Media Law & Regulation: Authoritarian Regimes
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Political Economy of Media
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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China: Foreign Policy, Foreign Investments, Development Assistance
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Investigative Journalism
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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European Union: Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Television Landscapes
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Transition Countries: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Media Law & Regulation
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Human Rights Protection
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Media Law & Regulation: Transitional Countries
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Diasporas
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Popular Music
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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Political Parties
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Public Opinion
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Ideologies
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Apartheid
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Youth & Digital Media
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Chronically ill People
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Advocacy & Political Films
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Book Reading Habits, Book Readers, Book Consumption
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Discourse
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Cinema in Authoritarian Regimes
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Book Markets & Industries
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Government / State Advertising: Allocation Policies & Regulation
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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War Reporting
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Convergence of Media
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Research Methods
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Google
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Online Communication
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Search Engines
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Digital Industrial Policies
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Uyghurs, Uighurs
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
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Agencia Noticiosa Fides (ANF) (News Agency, Bolivia)
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Media Assistance: Dependency of Recipients
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Nationalisation of Media
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Folk Songs
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Walsh, Rodolfo
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The Daily News (Newspaper, Zimbabwe)
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Radio
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B92 (Radio Station, Belgrade)
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Islamism
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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From the Web to the Streets: Internet and Protests Under Authoritarian Regimes
Top Insights
Democratization, volume 24, issue 3 (2017), pp. 498-520
"This article systematically investigates the relationship between internet use and protests in authoritarian states and democracies. It argues that unlike in democracies, internet use has facilitated the occurrence of protests in authoritarian regimes, developing a theoretical rationale for this cl
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Thought Work Contested: Ideology and Journalism Education in China
China Quarterly, issue 230 (2017), pp. 399-419
"This article examines the dynamic evolution of China's ideology work through the prism of journalism education. Official sensitivity about both student activism and the media makes journalism education a critical sector for observing how the Party attempts to instil ideology. The article interrogat
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An Opposition Newspaper Under an Oppressive Regime: A Critical Analysis of the Daily News
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 1 (2016), pp. 128-140
"This study focuses on the unprecedented ways in which newspaper journalism helped the cause of democratisation at the height of the economic and political governance crisis, also known as the ‘Zimbabwe Crisis’, from 1997 to 2010. The research is designed as a qualitative case study of The Daily
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Fragile Finance: The Revenue Models of Oppositional News Outlets in Repressive Regimes
Top Insights
International Communication Gazette, volume 78, issue 6 (2016), pp. 514-535
"For journalists promoting the free flow of information in repressive or restrictive media environments, the issue of financial sustainability is complex. Both media in exile (out-of-country news outlets feeding independent information into the country of origin) and news outlets in restrictive news
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Malditos medios: Periodismo y dictadura
Oficios Terrestres, issue 34 (2016), pp. 8-23
"En el artículo se analiza cómo se conformó un entramado de cooperación entre el periodismo, los medios y la Dictadura para construir un orden represivo en el período 1976-1982. La prensa hegemónica ha realizado un trabajo articulado y sistemático para hacer posible el exterminio de un grupo
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Anticipating the Struggle against Everyday Impunity in Myanmar through Accounts from Bangladesh and Thailand
Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2016), pp. 48-61
"Work done internationally to address impunity concentrates on removing blanket amnesties and establishing commissions of inquiry into past atrocities. Everyday impunity—the impossibility of bringing state officers to account for routinized violent crimes against other individuals—gets less atte
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Voces en las sombras: Una historia de las radios clandestinas
Madrid: Cátedra (2016), 439 pp.
Beyond Islamists & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia’s Virtual Quest for Citizenship and Identity
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), 9 pp.
"The state’s attempts, in the last few years in particular, to intimidate activists have largely succeeded in slowing the pace of reforms and narrowing their boundaries. However, the intensified Saudi state conflicts with regional and international allies, coupled with reduced oil revenues and inc
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"This is a broad overview of the role of information in various forms for key actors in dictatorships, including members of the regime, dissident leaders, and the general public. The existing literature implies that information is crucial to the dynamic interactions among these actors, particularly
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Money Under Fire: The Ethics of Revenue Generation for Oppositional News Outlets
Ethical Space: the International Journal of Communication Ethics, volume 13, issue 2-3 (2016), pp. 66-80
"This paper critically assesses the ethical challenges not-for-profit oppositional news outlets face when generating revenues. Both media in exile (out-of-country news outlets feeding independent information into the country of origin) and those in restrictive environments (in-country providing coun
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Samizdat, Tamizdat, and Beyond: Transnational Media During and After Socialism
Oxford; New York: Berghahn (2015), xiii, 366 pp.
"In many ways what is identified today as "cultural globalization" in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of samizdat ("do-it-yourself" underground publishing) and tamizdat (publishing abroad). This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed between East and West
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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED); International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 16 pp.
"Egypt’s plummeting press freedom is in part a result of the many ways in which the state can put pressure on independent media under Egyptian law. While the January 2014 constitution contains clear protections for the media (including, under Article 71, bans on censorship and surveillance), many
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Wandel im Journalismus autoritärer Regime: Das Beispiel Jordanien
Bielefeld: transcript (2015), 415 pp.
"Wie verändert sich Journalismus in autoritären Regimen angesichts technischer, wirtschaftlicher und politischer Entwicklungen? Inwieweit können Medienakteure Wandel anstoßen? Mit welchen Mitteln versucht das Regime, steuernd einzugreifen? Judith Pies beantwortet diese Fragen anhand einer detail
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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia and Vietnam
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED); International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 57 pp.
"The three case studies depict a range of repressive efforts that are calibrated to achieve particular ends. Sometimes, the authorities choose to co-opt independent voices. In other instances, the regime may create new government-backed versions of media initiatives or civic organizations which mimi
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Clandestine and Other Target Broadcasts
In: World Radio TV Handbook: The Directory of Global Broadcasting 2016
Oxford: WRTH Publications (2015), pp. 508-515
"Clandestine broadcasts are politically-motivated broadcasts produced by groups opposed to the government of the target country. Other target broadcasts can be produced by either governmental or non-governmental organisations and are targetted at zones of regional or local conflict." (Page 508)
Speaking Up for the Suffering (br)other: Weibo Activism, Discursive Struggles, and Minimal Politics in China
Media, Culture & Society, volume 37, issue 4 (2015), pp. 513-529
"In order to offer a more nuanced account of the relationship between online media and politics, this article proposes a theoretical framework that pays attention to discursive struggles, identifies strategies to contest hegemonic discourses, and employs a broadened notion of politics, referred to a
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Media, Revolution and Politics in Egypt: The Story of an Uprising
London: Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2015), 276 pp.
"The Story of an Uprising examines the political and media dynamic in pre-and post-revolution Egypt and what it could mean for the country's democratic transition. We follow events through the period leading up to the 2011 revolution, eighteen days of uprising, military rule, an elected president's
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Literatur in Nordkorea
"Das Material für die nordkoreanische Literatur schöpft sich zum allergrößten Teil aus Kim Il Sungs bewaffnetem Revolutionskampf gegen Japan. Schriftsteller und Künstler lassen die Schauplätze der antijapanischen Revolution wiederauferstehen und deren Geist wiederaufleben [...] Dabei hat der I
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