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Exploring attitudes towards online news: The role of online intermediaries in news consumption

Ofcom;Ipsos (2022), 60 pp.

"Ofcom has identified three features not currently captured under the existing regulatory framework that may present a risk to media plurality: online intermediaries and their algorithms control the prominence they give to different news sources and stories; the basis on which online intermediaries ... more

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Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not
Quick Overview

Libuseng Malephane

Afrobarometer (2022), 22 pp.

"Afrobarometer finds that most Africans own a mobile phone and have access to a mobile phone network. However, fewer than half own a mobile phone with Internet access, and even fewer have access to a computer. This translates to low levels of Internet use in many countries. Lack of Internet access a ... more

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Peruano digital

Lima: Ipsos Perú (2021), 1 p.

"Se estima que 9.1 millones de peruanos son digitales. Representan el 54% de la población urbana de 18 a 70 años." (Página 1)

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The Dynamics of Digital Media in the Philippines: Legacies and Potentials

Media International Australia, volume 179, issue 1 (2021), pp. 3-95

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Ugandans See Social Media as Beneficial and Want Unrestricted Access, But Are Wary of its Use to Spread Fake News

Makanga Ronald Kakumba, Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny

Afrobarometer (2021), 11 pp.

"Daily news consumption via social media (11%) and the Internet (9%) has doubled in Uganda since 2015, though these platforms still lag far behind television (27%) and radio (54%) as daily news sources. Six in 10 Ugandans (60%) say they are aware of social media. Awareness is less widespread among w ... more

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Syria Audience Research Study

Alex Fisher, Maureen Taylor

Free Press Unlimited (2021), 29 pp.

"Syrians greatly desire news that is free from political partisanship and interference; are reflective and capable of making conscious and informed decisions; are resourceful, reflective and desire the full picture of news and events; value variety in terms of sources, and are therefore often drawn ... more

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Ommm online: Wie wir unser digitales Wohlbefinden steigern

Stefanie Rack, Kim Beck, Fabian Sauer

Ludwigshafen: Klickksafe (2021), 38 pp.

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Social Media Usage During Covid-19 Pandemic: Beneficial or Injurious to Public Health in Nigeria?

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

Abuja Journal of Philosophy and Theology (APT), volume 11 (2021), pp. 67-82

"Before the outbreak of COVID-19 from the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019, many people across the globe, Nigerians inclusive already relied on social media to gather and disseminate information and news. Since the outbreak of the virus on February 27th, 2020 in Nigeria, people have depended on ... more

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Digital Anthropology

Haidy Geismar, Hannah Knox (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2021), xii, 336 pp.

"Digital Anthropology 2nd Edition explores how human and digital can be defined in relation to one another within issues as diverse as social media use, virtual worlds, hacking, quantified self, blockchain, digital environmentalism and digital representation. The book challenges the moral universal ... more

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Digital News Report 2021
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Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Anne Schulz, Simge Andi, Craig T. Robertson, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 163 pp.

"This year's report reveals new insights about digital news consumption based on a YouGov survey of over 92,000 online news consumers in 46 markets including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia and Peru for the first time. The report looks at the impact of coronavirus on news consumption a ... more

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Misinformed: Sudan’s Centralisation Problem & the Pandemic

Internews;USAID (2021), 81 pp.

"This Information Ecosystem Assessment documents how information around the COVID-19 pandemic is produced, consumed, and shared in Sudan contributing to the existence of multiple and overlapping information sub-systems within the supply side of the broader ecosystem. The findings show how the centra ... more

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Digital 2021: Global Overview Report

Simon Kemp (ed.)

We Are Social;Hootsuite (2021), 300 slides

"Many people connected to the internet for the first time as they adapted to the challenges of COVID-19, while existing users embraced new digital tools and rediscovered old favourites. As a result, many of the indicators in our Global Digital Reports have seen remarkable levels of growth over the p ... more

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Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa

Tanja E. Bosch

London; New York: Routledge (2021), x, 157 pp.

"This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans’ use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital dat ... more

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Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America

Ramón Salaverría, Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xiii, 287 pp.

"This book explores innovative approaches to digital and data journalism in Latin America, brought by both legacy media and newcomers to the industry, with the purpose of examining this changing media landscape. As part of the Global South, Latin America has shown significant influence in the promot ... more

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Ethiopians Support Media’s Watchdog Role But Want Regulated Access to Internet, Social Media

Mulu Teka

Afrobarometer (2021), 13 pp.

"Six in 10 adult Ethiopians (59%) own a mobile phone. But only 16% own a phone with Internet access. One in three (34%) own a radio, while 14% have a television set and only 2 % have a computer. The most common source of regular news (“every day” or “a few times a week”) for Ethiopians is th ... more

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L'usage des technologies de l'information et de la communication en Afrique centrale: L'exemple du Gabon. Politique, médias et développement

Nielle Ditengou Rockaya

Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 286 pp.

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„Quelle: Internet“? Digitale Nachrichten- und Informationskompetenzen der deutschen Bevölkerung im Test

Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Alexander Sängerlaub, Leonie Schulz

Berlin: Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (2021), 143 pp.

"Eine Auswahl der Test-Ergebnisse im Überblick: 1) Unterschiede zwischen Desinformation, Information, Werbung und Meinung wer den zum Teil nur schwer erkannt [...] 2) Ob eine Quelle vertrauenswürdig ist, wird oft richtig eingeschätzt. Interessens konflikte werden seltener erkannt [...] 3) Kennzei ... more

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Belarus at a Crossroads: Attitudes on Social and Political Change

Gwendolyn Sasse, Nadja Douglas, Regina Elsner, Félix Krawatzek, Julia Langbein

Berlin: Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) (2021), 27 pp.

"Following months of mass antigovernment demonstrations in Belarus, this report widens the focus beyond the protesters and takes stock of the views and preferences of Belarusian citizens at a critical moment. A new ZOiS survey conducted in December 2020 among Belarusians aged between 16 and 64 revea ... more

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Hungry for Content: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Media Usage in the Middle East and North Africa

Ilhem Allagui

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 5 pp.

"The pandemic marks a new technological milestone in audiences’ media usage and habits, one that has thus far been both positive – through the interconnectedness and agency – and negative – because of a lack of access for some – for cultural diversity and intercultural relations. The adopt ... more

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Media Influence Matrix: Israel. Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism

Roni Dorot

Budapest: CEU Center for Media, Data and Society (2021), 30 pp.

"Although internet penetration rate in Israel stands at 88%, internet infrastructure, and notably the roll-out of fiber-optics, was not properly regulated until December 2020. Therefore, among other things, Israel’s internet speed was in decline in comparison to OECD countries, although it is expe ... cted to rise in mid-2021. Moreover, frequencies for 5G network deployment have been allocated only as late as August 2020, in significant delay compared to technologically progressed countries. Following global trends, Israelis draw on different technological means to use the internet, and especially to consume media. While fixed telephony demand is in decline, smartphones took over the market with 88% of smartphone ownership. Israel records a specific digital divide among marginalized groups like the Arab population and ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews. Together with the 65+ age group, these three main sectors are susceptible to be affected by digital illiteracy. The international technology conglomerates that control the Israeli market are Facebook (with its daughter company WhatsApp) in the field of messaging applications and social media, and Google Chrome browser, while the operating system (OS) market is dominated by Microsoft (on desktop) and Google (Android on mobile). The four main Israeli groups operating in the communications market are: Bezeq, HOT, Cellcom and Partner. They are all active in five telecom segments and market them in bundle packages for relatively low prices: cellular, fixed (telephony and internet) infrastructure, internet providing, international calls and multichannel TV. This highly saturated and competitive market has damaged the revenues and future incentives of these companies to invest in cutting-edge infrastructure. Israelis get most of their political information from online news sites. Some 76% of the public in Israel consume news content on social media at least once a day (40% of Jews and 66% of Arabs). The leading social media platforms are YouTube, Facebook and Twitter; they make a central source for the dissemination of politics, and have significant power in shaping public opinion. Nevertheless, “fake news” is also circulating fast and efficiently on these platforms, making disinformation a troubling phenomenon for Israeli society. Few journalistic initiatives took upon themselves the responsibility for public fact-checking. Traditional media struggles with fragile financial sustainability and business models. Given the populist effect that fake news has on consumers and, consequentially, on revenues, it is risky to rely on traditional media solely, in this matter." (Page 4) more

Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not Quick Overview

Digital News Report 2021 Top Insights

Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not
Quick Overview

Digital News Report 2021
Top Insights