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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Research in Media & Communication
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Social Media
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Photography
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
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Participatory Communication
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Journalistic Quality
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Political Communication
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Data Coding
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Reliability
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Ethnographic Films
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Film Research Methods
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Storytelling
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Media Monitoring, Media Observatories
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Media Ethnography
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Digital Humanities
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Narratives, Narrative Structures
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Television Entertainment, Television Entertainment Programmes
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Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
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Stakeholders, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Participation
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Radio Research Methods
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Television Studies & Research
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Network Analysis
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Photovoice (Participatory Research Method)
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Ethnographic Action Research
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Randomised Control Trials & (Quasi-) Experimental Designs
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Validity
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Advertising
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Advertising Audiences & Target Groups
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Audience Composition
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Audience Research
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Film Audiences, Film Consumption
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Media Socialisation, Media Biographies, Media Life Journeys
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Mobile Phone Use
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Print Media Use, Press Readers
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Target Groups
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Film Studies & Research
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Community Radios
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Computational Content Analysis
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Cultural Studies
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Development Planning
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Websites
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Artificial Intelligence
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Education and Communication / Media
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Television Fiction
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Evaluation
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Most Significant Change (MSC)
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Gender and Radio
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Women (General)
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Decolonial & Non-Western Approaches
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Health Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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Foreign News, International News
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Media, Mass Media
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Media & Information Literacy
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge
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Organisational Assessment
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Elections
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Framing
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Needs Assessment
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Project Design, Project Planning
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Radio
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Television Reception & Effects
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Communication Research Design
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Participatory Analysis
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Television Research Methods
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Utilization & Implementation of Research Results, Research Reception & Effects
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Audiovisual Language
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Illustrations, Pictures, Images
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Open Data
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Advertising Effects & Impact
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Advertising Literacy
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Advertising Planning & Implementation
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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People with Disabilities: Advocacy & Empowerment
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Agricultural Development & Policies
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Forestry, Deforestation, Forest Protection
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Audience Research Under Difficult Conditions
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Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
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Elderly People: Media Use
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Television Use: Children
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Radio Use: Women
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Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Skills
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Child Protection, Protection of Minors
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
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Christian Communication
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Cinema
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Film Dramaturgy
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Film Genres
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Films
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Communication Strategies
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Online Marketing, Online Public Relations
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Social Media Marketing & Digital Public Relations
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Community Mapping
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Community Media Research, Community Communication Research
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Community Radio & Gender
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Conflicts
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Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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War Reporting
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Contents of Media
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Aesthetics in Media & Communication
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Content Analysis: Photos, Illustrations, Images
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Meaning
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Media Criticism
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Radio Language & Moderation
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Communication for Social Change
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Development Communication Research
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Development Communication Tools & Methods
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Rural Communication for Development
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Visual Aids for Development
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Online Communication
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Online News
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Facebook
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Instagram
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YouTube
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WhatsApp
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Wikipedia
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Digital Economies, Digital Societies
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Foreigners: Media Representation
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Digital & Online Archives
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Information Processing
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Information Products & Services
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Living Conditions
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Economic Indicators
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Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
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Small Enterprises, Micro Businesses, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
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Workshops & Seminars: Methods, Tools, Planning, Experiences
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Gaming, Video Games
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Television Serials
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Image Ethics, Ethics in Photojournalism
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Bias in News Media
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Evaluation: Communication & Media
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Evaluation Methods: Using Communication Tools
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Evaluation Reporting & Communicating Results
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Information Products & Services: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender Norms & Roles
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Gender Relations
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Organizations, Institutions
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Typologies & Classification Systems
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Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Health Campaigns: Message Design
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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Medicines, Medical Drugs
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Mental Health Reporting & Media Representation
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Suicide Reporting & Media Representation
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Indigenous Communication
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Cross-Cultural Analysis
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Globalisation of Media
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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News Reception
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News Values, News Selection Criteria
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Television News
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Election Reporting
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Political Reporting
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Risk Communication
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Service Journalism, Consumer Information, Lifestyle Journalism
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Language
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Language and Media
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Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
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Slavic Languages
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Television Language
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Translations & Translating
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Media Assistance Research
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Communication Processes
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media Literacy Training & Research
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Media System Analyses & Typologies
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Radio Landscapes
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Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Organisational Development & Capacity Building
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Radio Music
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People with Disabilities (General)
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Social Photography
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Political Marketing
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Public Opinion
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Public Spheres
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Radio Reception, Radio Psychology, Radio Effects
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Radio Liberty
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University Radios
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Media Effects
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Parasocial Interaction
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Everyday Life
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Memory, Memorizing
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Visual Perception, Visual Reception
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Applied Communication Research
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Causal Analysis, Causal Chain Analysis
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Delphi Method
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Digital Sources
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Empirical Studies
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Social Indicators
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Information Analysis
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Contextual Analysis
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Low-Budget Research
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Mixed Research Methods
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Appreciative Inquiry (Qualitative Research Method)
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Expert Panels
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Interviewing (Journalistic Genre)
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Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
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Visual Research Methods (Photography, Video et al.)
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Research Results
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Secondary Data Sources
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Phone-Based Surveys
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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Networks & Networking
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Software
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Open Source Software
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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SMS
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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
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Television
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Television Contents
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Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
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Television Talk Shows
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Television Programming, Programme Structures & Programme Policies
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Décoder les séries télévisées

Louvain-La-Neuve: De Boeck, 2e éd. (2017), 282 pp.
"The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods offers a step-by-step guide to overcoming the challenges inherent in research projects that deal with 'big and broad data', from the formulation of research questions through to the interpretation of findings. The handbook includes chapters on spec ... more
"Audience measurement techniques currently fail to provide a clear picture of trends in children’s television viewing because of the diversification in devices on which television content can be viewed. It is argued that understanding how children engage with television content is undermined by co ... more

Inhaltsanalyse

Konstanz: UVK, 3., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2017), 292 pp.
"Patrick Rössler führt Schritt für Schritt und anhand einer Beispielstudie in das Handwerk der quantitativ-standardisierten Inhaltsanalyse ein. Ein Muster-Codebuch mit entsprechenden Kategorien dient dabei als Prototyp für eigene Untersuchungen. Die dritte Auflage wurde grundlegend überarbeitet ... more

Measuring journalism safety. Methodological challenges

In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 129-140
"The effectiveness of any measures taken to address the problems of journalism safety ultimately depends on our ability to understand the complex nature and dynamics of risk to journalists. Mapping the scale of the problem through the systematic collection of data on threats over time is therefore a ... more
"Much of framing scholarship focuses either exclusively on the analysis of words or of visuals. This book aims to address this gap by proposing a six-step approach to the analysis of verbal frames, visual frames and the interplay between them—an integrative framing analysis. This approach is then ... more
"What is the purpose of your survey? What data are you looking to collect? How can you best collect that data? What sort of survey and research methodology should you use? How should you write the questions in your survey? Who should you survey? This ebook is designed to take you through these quest ... more
"This report outlines the methodology and processes of the Radio Content Analysis Tool, a prototype developed by Pulse Lab Kampala to analyse public radio content in Uganda and explore its value for informing development of UN projects and programmes on the ground. It distills the technology behind ... more
"Video Ethnography in Practice is a brief guide for students in the social disciplines who are required to produce an ethnographic video, the most significant new methodological technique in 21st century social analysis. The authors, both accomplished videographers, cover the basic techniques of cre ... more
"Ce manuel a pour but d’accompagner les missions d’observation électorale dans leur mission de surveillance des contenus médiatiques et des discours politiques, la qualité du discours des acteurs politiques et le comportement des médias dans une période clé de la vie démocratique. Il donn ... more
"Ideally, a survey should gather data on every single person in the target population. For example, a survey about learning outcomes at a small school could track the test scores of every student.Collecting data on everyone in the target population is the best case scenario, since it ensures that ev ... more

Guideline on Mobile Research

ESOMAR;Global Research Business Network (GRBN) (2017), 16 pp.
"This ESOMAR/GRBN Guideline on Mobile Research is intended to support researchers, especially those in small and medium-sized research organisations, in addressing legal, ethical and practical considerations when conducting research using mobile devices. It explains how to apply the fundamental prin ... more
"Surveys and questionnaires are designed to collect and record information from multiple people, groups or organisations in a consistent way. Surveys and questionnaires can be used on their own as data collection tools. They are also an essential part of some more complex data collection and analysi ... more
"Experimental approaches work by comparing changes in a group that receives a development intervention with a group that does not. The difference is then attributed to the intervention. In a full experimental approach, units are randomly allocated to two groups – one that receives the intervention ... more

Sampling

INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.
"Sampling is a process that enables information to be collected from a small number of individuals or organisations within a project or programme, and then used to draw conclusions about a wider population. There are many different sampling methods. Quantitative analysis tends to require large, rand ... more
"This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of ethical issues associated with visual research methods. Considering the work of researchers across a range of disciplines using visual methods in research, it offers practical and thoughtful discussions of emerging methodological and ethic ... more
"This is a study of the introduction to Israel of a technology for measuring television audiences, the 'People Meter' (PM), focusing on its political aspects. It links the new practice to the history of the state, precisely to the emergence of the neoliberal state, which brought about a new relation ... more

The Use of IVR to Support Monitoring and Evaluation of Media Interventions: A Case Study of the VOTO System in Rwanda

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) (2016), 21 pp.
"This report described a pilot study using the VOTO Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform to 1) distribute content and 2) collect quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation data regarding a media program in Rwanda. In addition to showing that the VOTO system worked well as a distribu ... more

A New Companion to Digital Humanities

Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xviii, 567 pp.