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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Digital Inclusion
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Electronic Commerce
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Digital Media Markets
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT Industries & Markets
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Digital Political Communication
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital Rights
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Internet Shutdowns
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Social Media
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Facebook
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Prosumers & User Self-Marketing
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Election Campaigns
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Digital Literacy: Children
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Community Radios
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Participatory Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Daily Maverick (South Africa)
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Rappler (Philippines)
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The Quint (India)
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Social Media in Political Communication
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YouTube
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Artificial Intelligence
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Policies
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Information Society
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Feminism & Communication
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Election Reporting
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Digital Literacy: Youth
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Politics and Media
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Communication
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Political Transition and Media
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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User-Generated Contents
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Nonprofit Advertising, Advertising for Noncommercial Purposes
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Media Advocacy, Media Activism
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Geography
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Media Use: Influence of Religion
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Mobile Phone Use: Minorities
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Campaigning: Experiences
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Communication Rights
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Copyright Law
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Community Communication
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Community Media
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Community Television
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Discussion Forums, Community Discussions, Citizen Consultations
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Content Analysis (Research Method)
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Cultural Identity
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Memes
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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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 Landscapes
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Mailing Lists
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ICANN
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Chatbots
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Blogging, Blogs
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Telegram
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Instagram
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT Enterprises
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ICT Indicators
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Public Goods, Commons
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Educational Games, Serious Games
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Gaming, Video Games
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Political Parody and Satire
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Values
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Evaluation: Communication & Media
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Evaluation Design & Implementation
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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International Relations
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UNESCO
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Kiswahili
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Search for Common Ground (NGO)
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Media Assistance: Youth Programmes & Media
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Media Literacy: Teacher Training
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Well-Being Online
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Human Rights Protection
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Arab Spring (2010-2012)
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Political Resistance
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Police
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Public Spheres
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Nomades
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Networks & Networking
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Social Justice
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Visual Communication
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Visual Representations
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Youth & Digital Media
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#SpeakUp: Using Social Media to Promote Police Accountability in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (2019), 38 pp.
"Social media engagement alone can achieve limited results in promoting public accountability for police misconduct in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda but can and has served as a valuable tool in this endeavour. The percentage of the population in Africa that engages in discussions on social media platfo
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Politik in der digitalen Gesellschaft: Zentrale Problemfelder und Forschungsperspektiven
Bielefeld: transcript (2019), 329 pp.
Digital Activism and Indignation Nets in Brazil: The Pressure Groups
Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA), volume 11, issue 1 (2019), pp. 109-130
"This text, of exploratory stamp, debates the digital activism in contemporary Brazil. Methodologically, we will make a discussion on cyberactivism, digital media, and national pressure groups starting from two examples, Movimento Brasil Livre (The Free Brazil Movement) and Vem pra Rua (Come to The
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What if Scale Breaks Community? Rebooting Audience Engagement when Journalism is Under Fire
Inspiring Practice
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 51 pp.
"This report focuses on how digital-born news media navigate audience engagement in the context of both rapid developments in a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment and significant political pressure, including the ‘weaponisation’ of social media to target and harass indepen
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Lessons in Innovation: How International News Organisations Combat Disinformation Through Mission-Driven Journalism
Inspiring Practice
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 41 pp.
"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint
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Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 87 pp.
"L’étude suggère que les médias sociaux ne sont pas toujours la panacée pour l’engagement citoyen des jeunes. Internet n’est pas un monde isolé en soi dans le sens où il ne fait que prolonger les usages éprouvés dans la vie citoyenne. Son rôle dans l’essor des Révolutions arabes a
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The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2019), 431 pp.
"From the Occupy movement to playful city-making to the gameful designs of the Obama 2008 and Trump 2016 presidential campaigns, and the rise of citizen science and ecological games, this book shows how play is a key theoretical, methodological, and practical principle for comprehending such new for
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Digitalisierung braucht Zivilgesellschaft
Robert Bosch Stiftung (2019), 176 pp.
Digitale Ziviligesellschaft fördern: Wie Politik und Verwaltung die Digitalisierung des dritten Sektors unterstützen können
Robert Bosch Stiftung (2019), 20 pp.
El reto de la democracia digital: Hacia una ciudadanía interconectada
Lima: Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE);Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE);Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Democracia & Desarrollo Internacional (2019), 174 pp.
"Son cuatro los capítulos que acá se incluyen que reúnen teoría, conceptos, casos, iniciativas, datos, ejemplos y, por supuesto, reflexión y análisis. Los capítulos abarcan: 1. Definiciones sobre Democracia Digital. Se revisa de manera teórica, clara y concisa lo que es la Democracia Digital
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Civic Media Practice: Identification and Evaluation of Media and Technology That Facilitates Democratic Process
MaxArthur Foundation (2018), 34 pp.
"Based on over 40 interviews with practitioners, this report identifies “civic media practice” as media and technology used to facilitate democratic process. It focuses specifically on those practitioners using media tools to form relationships and build trust - a practice that sometimes runs co
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State, media and civil society in the information warfare over Ukraine: Citizen curators of digital disinformation
International Affairs, volume 94, issue 5 (2018), pp. 975-994
"This article explores the dynamics of digital (dis)information in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. International Relations scholars have presented the online debate in terms of ‘information warfare’—that is, a number of strategic campaigns to win over local and global public opinion,
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Les civic tech en Afrique: Citoyens et technologies pour dynamiser la démocratie. Premier bilan au Bénin, au Kenya, au Sénégal et en Tunisie
CFI (2018), 62, 25 pp.
"Dans ces quatre pays africains (Bénin, Kenya, Sénégal, Tunisie) où l’étude a été réalisée, il apparaît qu’à l’origine des civic tech se trouvent le plus souvent des citoyens et des citoyennes engagés, désireux de traduire leur frustration, et parfois leur colère, devant le déca
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Ciudadanía digital & democracia participativa
Salamanca: Comunicación Social;CLACSO (2018), 252 pp.
"Ciudadanía digital y democracia participativa trata de describir experiencias concretas y procesos de apropiación y rebelión frente al actual statu quo tecnocrático a través de dos ejes conceptuales claramente definidos:--Propuestas teóricas y analíticas para el estudio de la Ciudadanía Dig
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Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 272 pp.
"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Moza
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"Hispano-Lusophone" Community Media: Identity, Cultural Politics and Difference
Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2018), 216 pp.
Voice or Chatter? Country Overview South Africa
IT for Change (2017), 22 pp.
Can the Internet Strengthen Democracy?
Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity (2017), viii, 142 pp.
"In this short book, internationally renowned scholar of political communication, Stephen Coleman, argues that the best way to strengthen democracy is to re-invent it for the twenty-first century. Governments and global institutions have failed to seize the opportunity to democratise their ways of o
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Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-Appropriating Social Media Among Alternative Media Projects
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xvii, 214 pp.
"This ethnographic study explores how four alternative media projects in El Salvador integrated digital technologies-particularly social media-into their practices, and whether incorporating these technologies affected citizen participation not only in the media production process, but in a broader
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Media and Society in Networked China
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2017), xiii, 226 pp.
