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Facebook
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Journalism
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Election Campaigns
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Convergence of Media
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Digital Research Methods
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Internet
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Online Communication
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Indigenous Communication
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Participatory Communication
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Storytelling
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Public Relations
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Online Public Relations
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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YouTube
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Wikis
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COVID-19 Communication
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Photojournalism
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Political Reporting
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Media & Communication Policies
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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BBC
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Political Communication
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Quantitative Research Methods
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Rohingya
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Networks & Networking
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Digital Switchover
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Electoral Advertising, Political Advertising
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Television Advertising
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Audience Research: Online Surveys
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Media Reception & Effects: Youth
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Media Assistance: Authoritarian Countries
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Catholic Church and Communication
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Catholic Digital Media Presence & Online Communities
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Child Protection, Protection of Minors
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Girls and Media
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Media Literacy: Children
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Adventist Church
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Celebrities, Idols, Stars
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Copyright: Photos & Illustrations
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Nonprofit Public Relations & Marketing
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Online Marketing, Online Public Relations
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Social Marketing
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Community Radios
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Media Ethnography
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Collective Identities & Media
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Cultural Diversity
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Digital Cultures
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Digital Humanities
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Museums
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Development NGOs
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Good Governance
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Mailing Lists
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Internet and Development
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Internet Business Management
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Chat
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Online Media & Internet Economics
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Social Media Companies
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Religion in Social Media
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Telegram
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TikTok
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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Flickr
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Instagram
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Yala-Young Leaders (Social Networking Website)
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Streaming Media
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Web Design
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Artificial Intelligence
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Policies
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Virtual Reality
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Humanitarian Aid
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Digital & Online Archives
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Data Bases, Digital Libraries, Open Access Repositories
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Information Management
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Rural Libraries
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Media Ownership
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Political Economy of Media
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Taxes
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Training Courses, Course Development
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Webinars
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Media Literacy: Gaming
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Journalism Ethics
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Bias in News Media
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Information Products & Services: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Communication in Social Media, User-Generated Contents
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History of Journalism
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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Diplomacy
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Civic Journalism, Public Journalism
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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News
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Sexual Abuse Reporting, Sexual Violence Reporting
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African Languages
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance
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European Union: Media Assistance
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Diffusion of Innovations
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Regulatory Bodies
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Music
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Popular Music
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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Politics
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Governance
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Capitalism
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Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
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Newsletters
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Cyberpsychology
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Media Effects
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Persuasive Communication
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Everyday Life
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Memory, Memorizing
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Jihad
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Muslim Digital Media & Online Communities
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Research Methods
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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Data Collection, Data Collection Methods
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Media Sustainability Index (MSI)
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Ethnographic Research
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Discrimination
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Civil Society
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Social Anthropology
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Robots, Robotics
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How to enhance constructive public dialogue on social media in Uganda: Recommendations from a multi-stakeholder consultation workshop, in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2023
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2024), 16 pp.
"In November 2023, DW Akademie brought together journalists, civil society organizations, digital rights experts, and media influencers for a consultation workshop in Kampala, Uganda. In the two-day event, hosted by Media Challenge Initiative (MCI), the diverse group collaboratively developed recomm
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Anti-immigrant rhetoric of populist radical right leaders on social media platforms
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, volume 49, issue 3 (2024), pp. 400-420
"Social media platforms have become crucial channels for radical right populist leaders to broadcast anti-immigrant views. These politicians employ various rhetorical appeals, such as pathos (emotional language), logos (logical arguments), and ethos (speaker credibility), to sway public opinion. Thi
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From Emancipation to Confusing the Nation: Social Media and Figurations of Disinformation a Decade After the Arab Uprisings
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1473-1493
"This study examines how digital disinformation occurs through the creation and sustenance of figures or cultural tropes. It focuses primarily on the figure of the ecommittees, a phenomenon that refers to online fake accounts mobilized by various political actors to tarnish their opponents and propa
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Understanding Homeless Media: A Study on Social Media Based Informal Local News in Five Indonesian Cities
Remotivi;Internews (2024), 107 pp.
Digital 2024: Global Overview Report
Quick Overview
We Are Social;Meltwater (2023), 561 slides
"Overall digital growth has slowed over recent years, but this is to be expected as internet users reach “supermajority” status. However, while almost two thirds of the world’s total population is now online, 2.7 billion people remain “unconnected” at the start of 2024, and adoption rates
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Contextures of hate: Towards a systems theory of hate communication on social media platforms
Communication Review, volume 26, issue 3 (2023), pp. 209-252
"We inquire into different perspectives and patterns of problematizing online hate speech within the social sciences from a systems-theoretical perspective. Our results identify five different research perspectives adopted by studies on the issue: (1) systematic perspectives on problems of operation
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The adoption of social messaging apps in Iran: Discourses and challenges
Information Development, volume 39, issue 1 (2023), pp. 72-85
"Today, social networks are the most popular and widely used applications among smartphone users all around the world. Three years ago, the Telegram messaging app was the most widely used social messaging app in Iran due to its technical features and user-friendliness. Despite its popularity, Telegr
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To Know is to Compare: Studying Social Media Across Nations, Media, and Platforms
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2023), x, 212 pp.
"The authors argue that scholarship on social media has been limited by an over-reliance on single country studies that focus on one platform at a time, without considering the ties between platforms and other media. To overcome these limitations, the authors propose that social media are better und
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The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology
Top Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxv, 617 pp.
"Comprising 41 chapters by a team of international contributors, the companion is divided into three parts: histories; approaches; thematic considerations. The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication, social relationships, cultural practices, partic
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Médias sociaux en République du Congo: Entre monopole de l’information et déclin des médias classiques
Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 112 pp.
Qualitative Research Using Social Media
London; New York: Routledge (2022), viii, 203 pp.
"[This book] guides the reader in what different kinds of qualitative research can be applied to social media data. It introduces students, as well as those who are new to the field, to developing and carrying out concrete research projects. The book takes the reader through the stages of choosing d
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Grundwissen Internet
München: UVK (2022), 230 pp.
"Joan Kristin Bleicher beleuchtet umfassend zentrale Aspekte der Medialität des Internets. Im Fokus stehen dabei nicht nur Rahmenbedingungen und die historische Entwicklung. Es werden auch Angebotsschwerpunkte, theoretische Fragen, Ästhetik, Nutzungs- und Wirkungspotenziale des Internets sowie Reg
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Russian Disinformation Efforts on Social Media
Santa Monica: RAND Corporation (2022), xviii, 202 pp.
"We sought to better understand Russia's disinformation on social media and generate recommendations to better meet and counter this evolving threat. We relied on an analysis of Russian military literature, investigative efforts, official reports, academic and policy literature, media reporting, and
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Media Environment in Belarus
European Parliamentary Research Service (2022), 10 pp.
"The media situation in Belarus has never been easy. With Aliaksandr Lukashenka being elected president of the country for the first time in 1994, the necessary reforms to provide media freedom have never materialised. Instead, over the years various laws have lessened the rights of independent jour
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How Platforms Respond to Human Rights Conflicts Online: Best Practices in Weighing Rights and Obligations in Hybrid Online Orders
Hamburg: Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung;Global Digital Human Rights Network (GDHRNet) (2022), 187 pp.
"Platforms have power. But this power is not unchecked. Governments have an important role to play in protecting their citizens' rights vis-à-vis third parties and ensuring a communication order in which rights are not violated. (And in addition, of course, they need to respect human rights themsel
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Fluter. Soziale Medien
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2022), 50 pp.
"Wie sozial sind Soziale Medien? Es gibt mindestens zwei asoziale Dimensionen im jetzigen Regime der Sozialen Medien: Sie sind sozial vor allem für die Betreiber und ihre Eigentümer. Der in Deutschland geltende Verfassungsgrundsatz der "informationellen Selbstbestimmung" wird für Nutzer und Nutze
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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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How Publishers Are Learning to Create and Distribute News on TikTok
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 35 pp.
"This report sets out data on the extent of publisher adoption alongside motivations for joining TikTok; pulls together top tips from TikTok creators and discuss the metrics most commonly used to evaluate success; explores different strategies for engaging users on the platform, highlighting case st
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Spuren digitaler Artikulationen: Interdisziplinäre Annäherungen an soziale Medien als kultureller Bildungsraum
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 226 pp.
"Beinahe täglich posten oder liken wir etwas auf Twitter, Facebook oder Instagram. Als Orte direkter Kommunikation und Interaktion sind die Sozialen Medien längst zu Plattformen für die Verhandlung und Verbreitung kultureller Ausdrucksformen unseres Alltags geworden. Doch bei näherer Betrachtung
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How Social Media is Helping Bridge Divides and Support Women’s Empowerment in Libya
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 2 pp.
"El Kul is seen as an impartial, timely, relevant and trusted source of information in Libya: the vast majority of the survey respondents (over 90%) agreed or strongly agreed that El Kul is informative and provides balanced and trustworthy content. There was a 7% increase in the proportion of respon
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