Filter
346
Featured
Free Access
302
Inspiring Practice
4
Key Guidance
19
Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Topics
Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
87
Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
38
Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
31
Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
24
COVID-19 Communication
17
Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
13
Health Disinformation & Misinformation
13
Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
13
Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
12
Election Campaigns: Social Media
12
Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
11
Facebook
11
Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
11
Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
11
Countering Defamation & Harassment
11
Propaganda
10
Radicalisation: Influence of Media
10
Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
7
Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
7
Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
7
Twitter & Microblogs
7
Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
7
Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
6
Extremist Recruitment through Media
6
Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
6
Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
6
Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
6
Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
5
Algorithms & Big Data
5
Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
5
Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
4
Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
4
Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
4
Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
4
War Propaganda, Propaganda in Conflicts
4
Countering Misinformation & Rumours
4
Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
4
Digital & Information Literacy
4
Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
4
Social Media in Political Communication
4
Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
4
Deepfakes (Realistic-Looking Media Content that has been Modified, Generated or Falsified Using AI)
4
Gendered Disinformation
4
Good Practice Examples
4
COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
4
Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
4
Islamist Communications & Media
4
Antisemitism
4
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
3
Disinformation Consumption & Perception
3
Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
3
Freedom of Expression
3
Crisis Communication
3
Storytelling
3
Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
3
Narratives, Narrative Structures
3
Internet Shutdowns
3
Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
3
Bots
3
Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
3
Artificial Intelligence
3
Gaming, Video Games
3
Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
3
Journalism Ethics
3
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
3
Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
3
Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
3
Digital Literacy: Youth
3
Human Rights
3
Populism
3
Election Monitoring
3
Access to Internet & Digital Communications
2
Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
2
Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
2
Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
2
Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
2
Gaming: Uses & Effects
2
Campaigning: Experiences
2
Campaigning: Message Design
2
Campaigning: Planning & Implementation
2
Election Campaigns
2
Communication Rights
2
Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
2
Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
2
Foreign Government Communication Interventions
2
Conflicts, Conflict Prevention & Management, Mediation, Peacebuilding
2
Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
2
Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
2
Rumours & Rumour Management
2
Memes
2
Entertainment Education, Edutainment
2
Edutainment Television Programmes
2
Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
2
Telegram
2
YouTube
2
Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
2
Environmental Disinformation & Misinformation
2
Reporting on Disinformation & Misinformation
2
Educational Games, Serious Games
2
Humour, Parody, Satire
2
Ethics in Media & Communication
2
Accountability & Transparency of the Media
2
Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
2
Gender-Sensitive Journalism
2
Gender-Sensitive Language
2
Nazism
2
European Union (EU)
2
United Nations (UN)
2
Election Reporting
2
Media & Information Literacy
2
Media Literacy: Youth
2
Social Media Landscapes
2
Media Law & Regulation
2
Religious Freedom
2
Political Extremism
2
Right-Wing Extremism
2
Public Media, State Media
2
Persuasive Communication
2
Interreligious Dialogue
2
Jihad
2
Research Methods
2
User-Generated Contents
2
Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
2
Advocacy Campaigns
1
Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
1
Digital & Social Media Use: Children
1
Media Use: Conflict Areas
1
Authoritarian Discourse
1
Campaigning
1
Campaign Strategies
1
Digital Media Campaigns
1
Children: Media Representation & Reporting
1
Digital Literacy: Children
1
School Radios
1
Digital Rights
1
Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
1
Freedom of Expression Principles
1
Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
1
Censorship
1
Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
1
Media Freedom, Press Freedom
1
Government Communication Strategies
1
Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
1
Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
1
Viral Spots & Viral Online Communication
1
Community Communication
1
Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
1
Media Assistance: Community Radios
1
Perpetrators
1
Boko Haram
1
Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
1
Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
1
Early Warning: Conflicts & Crises
1
Enemy Images
1
Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
1
Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
1
Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
1
Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
1
Violence in the Media: Video Games
1
Content Analysis (Research Method)
1
Media Quality
1
Media Monitoring, Media Observatories
1
Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
1
Development Assistance
1
Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
1
Funding Criteria & Priorities
1
Behaviour Change Communication
1
Edutainment Health Programmes
1
Edutainment Radio Programmes
1
Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
1
Digital Media Landscapes
1
Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
1
E-Governance, E-Democracy
1
Digital Political Communication
1
Political Blogging
1
Political Microtargeting
1
Political Websites & Online Communities
1
Digital Media Markets
1
Influencers (Social Media)
1
TikTok
1
WhatsApp
1
Trolling (Social Media)
1
Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
1
Digitalization, Digital Transformation
1
Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
1
Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
1
Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
1
Romani People
1
Stop.Fake.org (Internet Portal, Kiev)
1
Effects of Disinformation on Democracy
1
Identifying & Researching Disinformation
1
Documenting Human Rights Violations
1
Digital Economies & Markets
1
Educational Policies
1
Environmental Education
1
Infotainment, Politainment
1
Environmental Communication
1
Biodiversity Communication
1
Communication for Sustainable Development
1
Environmental Communication in Social Media, User-Generated Contents
1
Environmental Journalism
1
Media Assistance: Environmental Communication
1
Defamation, Libel, Slander
1
Defamation Law & Regulation
1
Self-Regulation of Media
1
Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
1
Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
1
Evaluation Methods: Using Communication Tools
1
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
1
Gender Relations
1
Collaboration
1
Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
1
UNESCO
1
UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
1
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
1
Journalism
1
Investigative Journalism
1
Journalism Concepts & Cultures
1
Journalism Education & Training
1
Journalistic Quality
1
Journalistic Skills
1
Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
1
Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
1
Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
1
Photojournalism
1
Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
1
Local Communication & Media
1
Media Assistance
1
Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
1
Media Assistance: Media & Information Literacy
1
Media Assistance: Religious Diversity, Religious Media
1
Crowdsourcing
1
Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
1
Mindfulness, Mindful Communication
1
Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
1
Internet Governance, Internet Policies
1
Judiciary & Penal System
1
Corporate Social Responsibility
1
Popular Music
1
Photography
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
1
Hindu Nationalism
1
Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
1
Political Communication
1
Political Transition and Media
1
Public Opinion Manipulation
1
Religious Radio Programmes
1
Muslim Radio Broadcasting
1
Cyberpsychology
1
Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
1
Media Effects
1
Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
1
Parasocial Interaction
1
Manipulation
1
Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
1
Religion and Communication
1
Taliban
1
Islam and Communication
1
Yazidism, Yazidis, Yezidis
1
Randomised Control Trials & (Quasi-) Experimental Designs
1
Research Report Writing
1
Youth Violence & Violence Prevention
1
Civic Coalitions
1
COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
1
Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
1
Robots, Robotics
1
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
1
SMS
1
Visual Communication
1
Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
1
Youth, Adolescents
1
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GFMD Impact: Disinformation
Quick Overview
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);USAID (2021)
"On 17th June 2021 GFMD's International Media Policy and Advisory Centre hosted a meeting of 54 media development donors, practitioners and academics to discuss effective responses to disinformation. Disinformation was chosen after it was selected as a priority in a survey of those engaged with GFMD
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Combating Foreign Disinformation on Social Media: Study Overview and Conclusions
Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation (2021), xvi, 119 pp.
"Drawing on a host of different primary and secondary sources and more than 150 original interviews from across the U.S. government, the joint force, industry, civil society, and subject-matter experts from nine countries around the world, researchers examined how China, Russia, and North Korea have
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Desmontando la mentira: Dos años bajo la lupa del OVFN Observatorio Venezolano de Fake News
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB);abediciones;Medianálisis (2021), 210 pp.
"Con la vista fija en una mejor calidad en la percepción misma de la información, así como en el desarrollo de competencias ciudadanas para disminuir la vulnerabilidad a la manipulación y contrarrestar el secuestro mismo de la libertad de consciencia, surge el Observatorio Venezolano de Fake New
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Respuestas para combatir la desinformación en procesos electorales en Perú
Lima: UNESCO (2021), 72 pp.
"Este informe de UNESCO en Perú analiza una variedad de respuestas que han sido implementadas en el país para contrarrestar los efectos de la desinformación durante las Elecciones Generales 2021. El estudio reconoce que diversas organizaciones han contribuido en la lucha contra las llamadas fake
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The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xxvi, 582 pp.
"This companion brings together various concepts used to analyse dimensions of media disinformation and populism. The companion is theoretically and methodologically comprehensive and features various historical and critical approaches providing a full and incisive understanding of media, misinforma
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Regulación para combatir la desinformación: Estudio de ocho casos internacionales y recomendaciones para un enfoque democrático
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 32 pp.
"El análisis revela los desafíos al proceso de construcción de soluciones reguladoras que protejan derechos y sean efectivas para promover el acceso a información confiable. La desinformación está profundamente entrelazada con los procesos políticos y sociales, y no es posible pensar en soluc
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Misinformation Review
Top Insights
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy;Harvard Kennedy School (2020)
"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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Combatting COVID-19 disinformation on online platforms
Paris: OECD (2020), 7 pp.
"Disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19 is quickly and widely disseminated across the Internet, reaching and potentially influencing many people. This policy brief derives four key actions that governments and platforms can take to counter COVID-19 disinformation on platforms, namely: 1) s
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Countering Online Misinformation Resource Pack
UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (2020), 26 pp.
"The pack provides easy access to various types of resources (tools, reports, toolkits, journal articles, etc.) that can support the development of tactics and plans to counter misinformation. The pack also provides a summary of what the research indicates as potential solutions to tackle misinforma
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Governance responses to disinformation: How open government principles can inform policy options
Paris: OECD (2020), 45 pp.
"This paper provides a holistic policy approach to the challenge of disinformation by exploring a range of governance responses that rest on the open government principles of transparency, integrity, accountability and stakeholder participation. It offers an analysis of the significant changes that
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Combating Misinformation in Bangladesh: Roles and Responsibilities as Perceived by Journalists, Fact-checkers, and Users
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, volume 4, issue CSCW2, Article 130 (2020), 32 pp.
"The spread of misinformation on Facebook in Bangladesh, a country with a population of over 163 million, has resulted in chaos, hate attacks, and killings. By interviewing journalists, fact-checkers, in addition to surveying the general public, we analyzed the current state of verifying misinformat
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Was tun gegen Verschwörungsideologien? Eine Hilfestellung für den Alltag, im Privat- oder Berufsleben, Unternehmen oder Verein
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2020), 8 pp.
"Neben Fake News transportieren Verschwörungsideologien Inhalte, die die Grundwerte offener und demokratischer Gesellschaften angreifen. Folgende Fragen helfen dabei zu verstehen, was hinter den Erzählungen steckt: Wird ein Feindbild konstruiert und wenn ja, wie? Werden antisemitische, rassistisch
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Der unsichtbare Krieg: Wie die Digitalisierung Sicherheit und Stabilität in der Welt bedroht
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 302 pp.
"Die Digitalisierung hat nicht nur zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen der Lebens-, Arbeits- und Wirtschaftswelt geführt, sie hat auch massive Auswirkungen auf die internationale Politik. Diese Auswirkungen, so Yvonne Hofstetter, stellen die Sicherheitspolitik der Staaten vor massive Herausforderungen
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Die Psychologie des Postfaktischen: Über Fake News, "Lügenpresse", Clickbait & Co.
Top Insights
Berlin: Springer (2020), ix, 219 pp.
"In diesem Buch werden in 18 Kapiteln Phänomene der Kommunikation im digitalen Zeitalter vorgestellt und die psychologischen Hintergründe anhand von wissenschaftlichen Theorien und Analysen erörtert. Viele Menschen sind verunsichert durch eine Medienwelt, die unausgewogen erscheint (Fake News, L
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Countering Russian & Chinese Influence Activities: Examining Democratic Vulnerabilities & Building Resiliency
Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (2020), v, 31 pp.
"With their heavily censored and restricted civil societies at home, China and Russia exploit the asymmetry of democratic systems by targeting open information environments, freedom of expression, participatory civic discourse, and pluralistic and fluid politics. Democracies have unique vulnerabilit
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Liar’s War: Protecting Civilians from Disinformation During Armed Conflict
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 914 (2020), pp. 659-682
"Disinformation in armed conflict may pose several distinctive forms of harm to civilians: exposure to retaliatory violence, distortion of information vital to securing human needs, and severe mental suffering. The gravity of these harms, along with the modern nature of wartime disinformation, is ou
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"Video Unavailable": Social Media Platforms Remove Evidence of War Crimes
New York: Human Rights Watch (2020), 94 pp.
"Social media platforms are taking down “terrorist and violent extremist content” more and more quickly, often in response to the demands of governments, but in a way that prevents the content from being used to support investigations into serious crimes, including war crimes. “Video Unavailab
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Models of Governance of Online Hate Speech
Council of Europe (2020), 198 pp.
"For some users the current Internet epoch can be considered the Internet of Hate which poses serious human rights concerns. Reflecting the scale and seriousness of the problem, innovations in governance tools for online hate have been initiated by national governments, intergovernmental organisatio
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Online Hate Speech: Introduction Into Motivational Causes, Effects and Regulatory Contexts
Key Guidance
DeTACT;Media Diversity Institute (2020), 71 pp.
Voices of Pakistani Youth: Lessons for Civil Society in the Development of Effective Counter-Narrative Campaigns
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2020), 33 pp.
"This report ties together young Pakistani people’s experiences of hate and extremism – with contextual research and questions put to young people in Pakistan, centred around their views on identity, media consumption patterns and perceptions of the state and national news media. This research h
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