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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Election Campaigns
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Facebook
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Election Reporting
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Digital Political Communication
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WhatsApp
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Election Monitoring
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Freedom of Expression
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Social Media
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Ethnicity in Communication
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Pentecostal Churches
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Communication Strategies
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Local Government Communication Strategies
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Dealing With the Past
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
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National Development Planning
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet
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Microtargeting
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Political Blogging
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Gendered Disinformation
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Ownership
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Mobile Money Cash Transfer Programmes
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
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Political Parody and Satire
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Good Practice Examples
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Health Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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History of Media & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Journalism Education & Training
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Political Reporting
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Kiswahili
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Media Assistance: Youth Programmes & Media
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Ushahidi (Crowdsourcing Mapping Software)
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Media Law & Regulation
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Regulatory Bodies
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Anticommunism
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Populism
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Political Discourse
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Political Marketing
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Persuasive Communication
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Manipulation
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Religion and Politics
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Human Security
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Discrimination
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Civil Society
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Technologies: Impact Assessment
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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"This collaborative report between the Lokniti programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung analyzes the growth of online social networking sites and apps in India and their role in shaping political preferences and attitudes in the recently concluded 20 ... more
"Cet ouvrage donne les détails les plus précis sur la campagne menée par les principaux candidats à l'élection présidentielle 2018 au Congo. Ils ont été suivis chacun de très près, au jour le jour : Fayulu, Kamerhe, Shadary, Tshisekedi. Pendant 50 + 20 jours, leurs actes publics, leurs pro ... more
"Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir y analizar el uso de las redes sociales, en especial de WhatsApp, en el reciente proceso electoral brasileño, a partir de las siguientes estrategias: Caracterizar el escenario político y el telón de fondo sobre el que se dieron las elecciones, con el ... more
"This paper analyses the potential impact of social media on the conduct and outcome of elections both to strengthen political participation and knowledge sharing as well as the more harmful effects. It looks at the various harms particularly those relevant in the context of Latin America. It docume ... more
"Ranked fourth in the number of Facebook users in the world in 2018, Indonesia has witnessed increasing social media usage as a strategic platform for political campaigns since the third direct presidential election in 2014. Due to their accessibility and relatively low cost, social media platforms ... more
"The 2019 Indian general election saw the widespread and innovative use of digital media and technology. Most political parties employed digital media extensively for campaigning and voter mobilisation. This extensive use of digital media was due to nearly half of India’s 900 million eligible vote ... more
"The central focus of this study is the dynamic and complex relationship between elections and (digital) media. This choice of focus is explained by the need to safeguard the integrity and credibility of electoral processes, as well as the role of the news media during election periods, in the face ... more
"This guide categorises data-driven campaigning methods to loosely reflect how value is created along the data pipeline, from acquisition (asset), to analysis (intelligence) to application (influence)." (Page 3)
"Ziel dieser Studie ist es, empirische Fakten und Hintergründe zum Phänomen Fake-News in Deutschland zu liefern. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt darauf, wer an der Entstehung und Verbreitung von Fake News in der digitalen Öffentlichkeit beteiligt ist, wie groß die Reichweiten und wie erfolgreic ... more
"This book surveys current developments in social media and politics in a range of Central and Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Russia. It explores the process of adoption of social media by politicians, journalists and civic activists, examines the impact of the different social an ... more

African Digital Media Review (3)

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-128
"Como parte de un proyecto sobre desinformación, el centro de Internet y Sociedad Linterna Verde, en asocio con la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, presenta un informe que monitorea los discursos de género –tanto de candidatos presidenciales como de sus fórmulas– a través del análisis ... more
"Explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how ‘fake news’, a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president’s recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from ... more

How Africa Tweets 2018

London et al.: Portland (2018), 22 pp.
"Our study is the first to identify and analyse who is shaping African Twitter conversations during elections over the past year. The study found that 53 per cent of the leading voices on Twitter around ten elections on the continent during the past year came from outside the country in which the el ... more

Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Social media and digital technology offer immense potential for citizens, policymakers and practitioners to raise awareness of, monitor, and respond to violence. With Kenya’s elections approaching, technology can help to raise awareness of insecurity, support early warning, combat incitement of v ... more