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The Media Manipulation Casebook
Cambridge, MA: Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media (2023)
"The Media Manipulation Casebook is a research platform [launched in 2019] that advances knowledge of misinformation and disinformation and their threats to democracy, public health, and security. The Casebook is a resource for building the field of Critical Internet Studies by equipping researchers
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Disrupted Media - Disrupted Academy: Rethinking African J-Schools
Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media (2022), 37 pp.
"The question at the core of this discussion paper is what are the implications for African journalism schools of the international crisis facing journalism and the specific needs of local audiences? More specifically, what are the implications in terms of curriculum, target groups and modalities? O
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Parallel Public Spheres: Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections
Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media; Internews (2022), 52 pp.
"This report examines the characteristics and consequences of influence operations in the 2022 presidential election in the Philippines. The report makes three main claims: a) the term "influence operations" provides a broader frame to identify personalities, platforms, and practices that hack publi
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"Written just prior to the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan, this new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Samiullah Mahdi provides an overview of the media landscape in Afghanistan, and the threats to and opportunities for press freedom in the region." (Introduction)
Human Rights in Survival Mode: Rebuilding Trust and Supporting Digital Workers in the Philippines
Cambridge, MA: Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media; Asia Foundation (2021), 63 pp.
"This report summarizes powerful research on the Philippines’ human rights sector in “survival mode” under Rodrigo Duterte’s violent regime. Historically known as the most active civil society in Asia, the Philippines human rights movement has faced an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy whil
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Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries
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Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media (2020), 27 pp.
"We conducted a mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisting of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-structured interviews, to better understand the spread and impact of misinformation, and in particular of misinformation on mobile messaging apps (MIMs). One of our goal
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Conveying Truth: Independent Media in Putin’s Russia
Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media (2020), 39 pp.
"This study examines the evolution of independent Russian media, from the glasnost era to the pandemic. It describes some of the pandemic coverage and identifies several of the newsrooms that gave Russians reliable, accountability journalism throughout the early months of the crisis. It may seem obv
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Misinformation Review
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"The HKS Misinformation Review is a new format of peer-reviewed, scholarly publication. Content is produced and “fast-reviewed” by misinformation scientists and scholars, released under open access licensing, and geared towards emphasizing real-world implications. All content is targeted towards
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"Our research suggests publishers should invest in capabilities to engage in constant testing and experimentation in digital — to build engagement among digital audiences and ultimately convert engaged readers into paying subscribers. For commercial and for-profit models in particular, publishers
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"The authors assessed 32,422 relevant grants totaling $1.8 billion distributed by 6,568 foundations supporting journalism and media-related activities between 2010 and 2015. About a third of this funding or $570 million was dedicated to journalism higher education, the Newseum, journalism fellowship
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Funding Journalism, Finding Innovation: Success Stories and Ideas for Creative, Sustainable Partnerships
Philadelphia, Pa.: Media Impact Funders; Politics and Public Policy Shorenstein Center on Media (2018), 19 pp.
"While this guide shows only a small sampling of how funders and publishers are working together to financially sustain the fourth estate, we hope that it nonetheless serves as a starting point for your own work by providing solid examples of groundbreaking funding efforts—ones that are both pione
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