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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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China: Media Assistance
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Governance & Accountability as Focus of Radio Programmes
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Government Communication Strategies
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Conflicts
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Internet
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Development Assistance: Donors
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Information Society
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Diaspora Media
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
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Foreign Media Investments, Foreign Media Ownership
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Defamation of Religion (Blasphemy)
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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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COVID-19 Communication
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Foreign Correspondents
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China: Foreign Policy, Foreign Investments, Development Assistance
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Election Reporting
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Country Strategies & Experiences
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Media Assistance: Donor Organizations
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Media Assistance: Governance, Accountability, Combating Corruption
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BBC Media Action
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Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
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Media Assistance Research
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Informal Communication Channels, Networks & Structures
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Failed States
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Statebuilding
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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New Media and the Developmental State in Ethiopia
African Affairs, volume 113, issue 451 (2014), pp. 279-299
"The Ethiopian government, led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has developed one of the most restrictive systems for the regulation of new media in Africa. So far, most discussion has focused on the measures employed by the EPRDF to prevent the Internet and mobile p
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China and the African Internet: Perspectives from Kenya and Ethiopia
Index Communicación, volume 3, issue 2 (2013), pp. 67-82
"Through the lens of China in Africa, this paper explores the transformations in the relationship between the Internet and the state. China’s economic success, impressive growth of Internet users and relative stability have quietly promoted an example of how the Internet can be deployed within the
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China as a Persuader: CCTV Africa's First Steps in the African Mediasphere
African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-40
"China, in seeking greater engagement with African audiences, has dramatically boosted its potential to shape narratives in ways that can favour its image or interests abroad. Focusing on CCTV Africa, China’s flagship efforts to win hearts and minds on the continent, the article explains how this
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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2012), 23 pp.
"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how
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The Media Map Project: Kenya. Case Study Snapshot of Donor Support to ICTs and Media, 2011
Washington, DC: Internews; World Bank Institute (2012), 39 pp.
"For the media in Kenya to improve further, the following recommendations emerge from the study: Provide clear regulation that liberates the media at all levels, including in the editorial process; invest in practical training of media professionals to cope with the dynamic media sector and the new
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"BBC Media Action has made strengthening the evidence base of reports, data sets, and analysis about the role of media and communication in democratic development a priority. Yet, the extent to which different donor organizations, foundations, think tanks, practitioners, and academics utilize resear
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Partner, Prototype or Persuader? China’s Renewed Media Engagement with Ghana
Communication, Politics & Culture, volume 45 (2012), pp. 174-196
"This article provides an empirically grounded assessment of China’s increasing role in the African mediasphere. It examines the strategic importance of Chinese media assistance to Ghana along three dimensions: the potential appeal of the Chinese approach to information regulation for countries st
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China in Africa: A New Approach to Media Development?
Oxford; London: Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) University of Oxford; Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (2010), 21 pp.
"In the past few years China has rapidly become an important player in the media sector in many African countries in at least three ways. First, its economic success and the impressive growth of media outlets and users within China have quietly promoted an example of how the media can be deployed wi
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Public Opinion Research in a Conflict Zone: Grassroots Diplomacy in Darfur
International Journal of Communication, volume 2 (2008), pp. 1085-1113
"This paper introduces a set of methods that have been used to capture attitudes and opinions in a conflict environment. Based on an ongoing project in Darfur, it details the two main streams of research: one developed to carry out interviews on the ground to allow people to frame key issues using t
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