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‘So, we have occupied TikTok’: Ukrainian women in #ParticipativeWar
Media, War & Conflict (2025), 18 pp.
"This study discusses the use of TikTok during the war that began with the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022. TikTok has been the fastest growing social media channel and is known for its young user base. Although associated with lifestyle and light entertainment, it also become an importan
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The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication
Top Insights
Hoboken; Chichester: Wiley (2024), approx. 448 pp.
"This book offers an in-depth view of how intricate and intractable conflicts can be and how the communicative aspects of conflict are equally challenging. The author reviews and guides readers through classic and contemporary analysis in the field, providing a truly interdisciplinary work. Handbook
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Peace is possible: The role of strategic narratives in peacebuilding
Media, War & Conflict, volume 17, issue 1 (2024), pp. 1-20
"In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), scholars and practitioners often cite the lack of shared narrative as a primary challenge to long-term peace. A study of the multi-ethnic, collaborative story-telling work of the Post Conflict Research Centre (PCRC), a Bosnian peacebuilding organization, however, te
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Social Media 4 Peace: Taking Stock of Progress Achieved
Brussels: UNESCO Office Brussels (2023), 3 pp.
"Increased understanding of the root causes, scale, and impact of online harmful content and the effectiveness of the existing frameworks and tools: 10 research reports examining the national legal frameworks governing harmful content [...] Local stakeholders empowered and new cooperation and practi
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Exploring the Use of #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter to Understand the Impacts of the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis
Media, War & Conflict, volume 16, issue 3 (2023), pp. 418-439
"Since October 2016, Cameroon has been involved in a violent conflict known as the Anglophone Crisis. This study examines the impact of the hashtag #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter in capturing and amplifying the stories of people affected by the crisis. Using R, the authors extracted and analyze
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Humour as a Strategic Tool Against Disinformation: Ukraine’s Response to Russia
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 35 pp.
"Ukraine has been building its capacity to use humour as a strategic communications tool since Russian first invasion in 2014. After Russia launched the full-scale war in February 2022, this often grassroots effort was multiplied by many new actors joining it. Foreign supporters of Ukraine stepped i
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Forensic Conflict Studies: Making Sense of War in the Social Media Age
Media, War & Conflict, volume 16, issue 2 (2023), pp. 153-172
"Online media is a blessing and a curse for academic research on war. On the one hand, the internet provides unprecedented access to information from conflict zones. On the other hand, the prevalence of disinformation can make it difficult to use this information in a transparent way. This article p
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Digital Warfare and Peace: Learning from Ukraine’s Response to the Russian Invasion
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2023), 15 pp.
"Before launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russia had maintained a low-scale war with Ukraine since early 2014. That conflict, which culminated in the annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the ongoing Donbas war, received less international attention than the 2022 ful
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Conflit et espace en ligne au Sahel : Défis et recommandations
Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2022), 6 pp.
Understanding Digital Conflict Drivers
In: Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security
H. Mahmoudi et al. (eds.)
Cham: Springer (2022), pp. 169-200
"This chapter explores digital drivers of conflict. We examine how technologies are affecting conflict dynamics and what peacebuilders can do to mitigate these effects. We argue that because digital technologies are fundamentally altering the human experience, they are by extension fundamentally alt
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The Russia-Ukraine War: Unpacking Online Pro-Russia Narratives in Vietnam
Perspective
"The Russia-Ukraine war’s ramifications for Vietnam are felt beyond the economic and diplomatic realms. It has in fact become an online hotbed of conflicting and confounding narratives that demonstrate different worldviews and political leanings among Vietnamese netizens. An examination of 28 Face
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Pretending to be States: The Use of Facebook by Armed Groups in Myanmar
Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 52, issue 2 (2022), pp. 200-225
"Which functions do social media fill for non-state armed groups in countries with internal armed conflict? Building on conflict data, interviews and media monitoring, we have reviewed the use of social media by Myanmar’s nine most powerful armed groups. The first finding is that they act like sta
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Ukrainekrieg auf Telegram: Rechtsextremer Knotenpunkt für Desinformationen und Verschwörungserzählungen
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2022), 9 pp.
"Seit Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine im Februar 2022 nutzen Rechtsextreme die Ereignisse und Entwicklungen für ihre Propaganda. Dabei lassen sich sowohl pro-ukrainische als auch prorussische Positionierungen beobachten. Insbesondere werden gezielt Desinformationen und Versch
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War in the Age of TikTok
Russia Analytical Digest, issue 280 (2022), pp. 17-19
"The rise of social media has revolutionized information-sharing and the way in which people learn about important events. As evidenced by the use of TikTok in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, social media has the ability to connect people from conflict zones to individuals around the world.
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Comparing Guidance for Tech Companies in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute;JustPeace Labs (2022), 44 pp.
"This research report explores the strengths and weaknesses of four different frameworks tech companies, governments, and civil society can use to assess harms and benefits of new technologies. The four frameworks include human rights, conflict sensitivity, ethics, and human security. The research m
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Discussing Conflict in Social Media: The Use of Twitter in the Jammu and Kashmir Conflict
Media, War & Conflict, volume 15, issue 4 (2022), pp. 504-529
"This article conducts a qualitative content analysis of content on Twitter concerning the conflict in the Jammu and Kashmir region. The tweets following the death of a popular militant, Burhan Wani, cover three different themes: (1) criticism of intellectuals; (2) Burhan Wani’s impact on the conf
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Social Media Discourse in Malaysia on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Rationales for Pro-Russia Sentiments
Perspective
"In late February 2022, Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine which sent shockwaves around the world. As the world responded with sanctions against Russia, Moscow increased its public relations campaign to justify its invasion and recast the narrative in the media and on the inter
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Social Media and the Information War in the Balkans
Brussels: Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI) (2022), 52 pp.
"This report examines the destabilizing effects of social media in two key places in the Balkans: Serbia and Republika Srpska, the majority Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The leaders of both – President Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia and President Milorad Dodik in Republika Srpska – ar
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Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 239 pp.
"Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, So
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External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Case Study of the Conflict in Israel and Palestine
Bielefeld: transcript (2021), 310 pp.
"Social media increasingly shapes the way in which we perceive conflicts and conflict parties abroad. Conflict parties, therefore, have started using social media strategically to influence public opinion abroad. This book explores the phenomenon by examining, (1) which strategies of external commun
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