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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Killings of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Journalism Education & Training
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War Reporting
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Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Investigative Journalism
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Foreign Correspondents
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Censorship
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Humanitarian Law
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COVID-19 Communication
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Media Law & Regulation
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Media Law & Regulation: International Standards & Practices
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Journalism
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Legal Threats to Media Freedom
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United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Local Journalism
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Photojournalism
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Election Reporting
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Human Rights Protection
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Research in Media & Communication
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Editorial Independence
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Countering Defamation & Harassment
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Feminism & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational Journalism Cooperation & News Exchange
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UNESCO
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Stringers & Fixers (Journalism)
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Media Assistance
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Law Enforcement, Litigations, Legal Practice, Case Law, Jurisdiction
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Populism
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Open Data
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Indirect Censorship, Soft Censorship
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
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Government Communication Strategies
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Iraq War (2003)
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Council of Europe
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United Nations (UN)
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Associations & Networks of Journalists
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Journalists
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Media Reporting, Reporting on Journalism & Communication Issues
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Television Journalism
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Human Rights Violations
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Caruana Galizia, Daphne (1964-2017)
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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Networks & Networking
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Media Advocacy, Media Activism
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Chilling Effects (Discouragement of Legitimate Exercise of Legal Rights)
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Freedom of Expression
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Freedom of Expression Lobbying & Communication Rights Campaigning
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Countering Press Freedom Violations by Legal Actions
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Crisis Communication
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Transitional Justice Reporting
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Media Criticism
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Bribery & Corruption in Journalism
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Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
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Indigenous Journalists & Communicators
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Transnational & Comparative Communication Research
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Studies & Research
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Journalistic Quality
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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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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Conflict & War Photography
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Military
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Kompas (Newspaper, Indonesia)
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Public Media, State Media
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Resilience
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User-Generated Contents
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Media & Information: Migrants, Refugees, Diasporas
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Editorial Independence: Influence of Advertisers
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Advocacy
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Expectations & Satisfaction
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Audience Orientation
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Media
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media / Communication Control
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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State Influence on the Media
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OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media
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Government / State Advertising: Allocation Policies & Regulation
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Community Radios
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Conflicts: Victims' Perspectives
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Perpetrators
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Terrorism
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Boko Haram
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Gaza War (2023-)
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Humanitarian Interventions
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Iraq-Kuwait Gulf War (1990-1991)
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War Crimes
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Dealing With the Past
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Violence in the Media
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Theatre
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digital Political Communication
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Social Media
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Facebook
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Trolling (Social Media)
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AI in Journalism & Media
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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Diaspora Media
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Minority Journalists
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Racism
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Media Commercialisation
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Media Concentration
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Media Ownership
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Political Economy of Media
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Infotainment, Politainment
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Sports Reporting
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Environmental & Land Conflicts Reporting & Media Representation
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Defamation: Effects on Victims
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Bias in News Media
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Emergency Medical Aid
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Health Journalism
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Mental Health (General)
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History of Journalism
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History of the Press
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign News, International News
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European Union (EU)
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OSCE
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Reporters Sans Frontièrs
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Collaborative Journalism, Journalism Cooperation
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Journalism Studies: Research Projects
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Vox Pop Interviews
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Journalists: Trust in Public Institutions
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Labour Market for Journalists
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Newsroom Management
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Service Journalism, Consumer Information, Lifestyle Journalism
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Metaphors
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Translations & Translating
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Local Television
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Media & Information Literacy
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Law, Legislation, Judiciary (General)
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Law & Regulation: Protection of Confidential Sources & Whistleblowers
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Transitional Justice
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Contracts, Labour Agreements, Service Contracts
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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Cadwalladr, Carole (British Investigative Journalist)
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Ressa, Maria
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Photographers
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Hindu Nationalism
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Political Extremism
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Parliaments
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Police
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Transition and Media
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Public Spheres
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Memory, Memorizing
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Communication & Media Research Associations & Networks
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Research Methods
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Digital Sources
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Political Indicators
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Interviewing (Journalistic Genre)
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Crimes, Criminality, Organized Crime
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Human Security
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Rohingya
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Blockchain Technologies
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Al-Jazeera
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Safety of journalists in Germany
In: Safety of journalists in Europe: Threats and best practices to tackle them
Mária Žuffová; Roberta Carlini (eds.)
San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute (2021), pp. 43-52
"The physical and digital safety of journalists is an important parameter to assess basic conditions for a plural media environment. If one examines the situation in Germany based on the given categories, it becomes clear that there are problems in various areas. At the same time, however, ideas alr
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Ecuadorian Journalists Mental Health Influence on Changing Job Desire: A Cross Sectional Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 18, issue 10139 (2021), 13 pp.
"Journalist's mental health could predict their job change. This study aims at determining the prevalence of mental health issues and their association with perception of aptitude for covering emergencies and difficulty in seeing a corpse, and also to determine the mental health factors associated w
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Journalism and Emotional Work
Journalism Studies, volume 22, issue 12 (2021), pp. 1567-1573
"This essay introduces the special issue entitled Journalism and Emotional Work. It argues the need for a context-sensitive understanding of emotional work in journalism profession. Contributions to the issue elucidate the social context for and the social consequences of emotional work. It demonstr
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Journalism's sharp end: Fatal materiality and the algorithms of profit and political extremism
Observatorio (OBS*) Journal, volume 15, issue 2 (2021), pp. 139-156
"This conceptual paper focusses on two fronts forming a broad assault on journalism, extending from more autocratic settings to include liberal democracies, and leading to what is now widely perceived as a crisis in news. We analyze these two attacks by presenting a framework integrating their sourc
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Safety of journalists in Europe: Threats and best practices to tackle them
San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute (2021), 53 pp.
"Journalists around the world face immense threats for doing their job. Although compared to other regions, the situation in Europe is considerably better; many challenges need to be addressed here as well to ensure conducive conditions for the conduct of journalistic work. The present working paper
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Safety of Journalists in France
In: Safety of journalists in Europe: Threats and best practices to tackle them
Mária Žuffová; Roberta Carlini (eds.)
San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute (2021), pp. 31-42
"The 2020 law for “global security” and the National law enforcement plan (Schéma national du maintien de l’ordre), presented by the Minister of the Interior, meant to address, among other questions, the issue of the safety of journalists during demonstrations. Considering growing defiance an
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Strengthening safety and security resources for visual storytellers and journalists. A scoping study
Top Insights
International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS);Ford Foundation (2021), iv, 114 pp.
"With attacks against storytellers increasing year-on-year, concern has grown about the lack of safety and security resources available to them. This is the focus of our study. Through a series of 120 interviews with artists, filmmakers, journalists, funders, activists, academics and others, along w
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The Platform for the Protection of Journalists: A Mechanism for Cooperation between Non-Governmental Organisations and the Council of Europe
Utrecht Law Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2021), pp. 42-55
"The decrease in journalist safety and media freedom has a negative impact on the rule of law because journalists cannot act as public watchdogs. Its deterioration in Europe during the last decade is a worrying trend for society as a whole. The Council of Europe has tried to fight against it through
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Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflict: An Insight from the Perspective of International Humanitarian Law
GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, volume 4, issue 6 (2021), pp. 21-30
"War journalism, by the nature of its work, is arguably one of the most dangerous professions in the world. Journalists working in conflict-prone areas are constantly exposed to the inherent threats of the battlefield. Over the period of time, there has been a number of attacks, assaults, and arrest
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The Politics of Impunity and the Shifting Media Landscape in Kenya
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, volume 7, issue 1 (2021), pp. 61-78
"This article focuses on state-media relations and the shifts in the overall media landscape in Kenya. Drawing on a political economy approach to media operations in Kenya, it argues that while there are competing meanings over what constitutes "news values", "editorial independence", and "critical
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The new constitution freezing the press: Freedom of expression and statutory limitations in Libya
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 8, issue 1 (2021), 16 pp.
"This study examined the Libyan conflict which started in 2011 until now. In the same way, the study also focused on how Libyan journalists are fighting for media freedom, particularly in the context of the media laws in the new Constitution of 2017. Through focus group discussions were done with 40
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Press Freedom and Cybercrimes: Combating Online Harassment on Digital Media in Nigeria
African Journal of Criminal Law And Jurisprudence, volume 6 (2021), pp. 137-151
"The role of the Media to the growth and development of a democratic society cannot be overemphasized. Over the years, the media have served as a watch dog in every society, prompting the need for International and National legislation protecting the Right to Press Freedom. While attacks and threat
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The emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events: A mapping review
Media, War & Conflict, volume 14, issue 4 (2021), pp. 476–502
"This article presents a mapping review of the available literature on the emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events. The review consists of three parts: (a) a summary of the results of trauma-related literature; (b) identification of the limitations of studies to date; and (c)
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Risk, Victimization and Coping Strategies of Journalists in Mexico and Brazil
Sur le Journalisme, About Journalism, Sobre Jornalismo, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), pp. 62-81
"There is a growing recognition that journalists are exposed to dangerous or hazardous working conditions in many places worldwide. These conditions are suggested to be linked to greater macro-related structural risks, including changes to the political economy of news that increase labor precarity,
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Online Harassment of Female Journalists in Bangladesh: Forms, Reactions, and Consequences
In: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Sadia Jamil; Baris Çoban; Bora Ataman; Gifty Appiah-Adjei (eds.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), pp. 143-166
"The online harassment of female journalists is a rising concern around the world and also in South Asia. Bangladesh, a South Asian country, recently, has experienced an increasing number of harassments against female journalists online. Various studies explored the online harassment, mostly from th
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The Press-safety Paradox of Democracies: Regime-type Duration and Journalist Killings
Foreign Policy Analysis, volume 17, issue 1, oraa007 (2021), [no pag.]
"Previous research finds that journalist killings are more likely to occur in democracies rather than non-democracies. While these results provide an important first step in exploring regime type's effect on journalist's safety, they assume no variation in how long countries have remained a regime t
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Unmasking Gender-Based Violence in Venezuelan Media
In: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Sadia Jamil; Baris Çoban; Bora Ataman; Gifty Appiah-Adjei (eds.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), pp. 251-267
"The Venezuelan government has been instrumental to implement different types of gender-based violence and discrimination. Reports demonstrate that women have been killed, that their economic power decreased, and that they experienced problems related to access to education, health services, jobs, e
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Dealing With Sexual Harassment: Are Women Journalists Silenced at Work?
In: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Sadia Jamil; Baris Çoban; Bora Ataman; Gifty Appiah-Adjei (eds.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), pp. 24-42
"In the Philippines, sexual harassment is among the threats and attacks women in media face. While Filipino women journalists experience being sexually harassed by colleagues and sources, several have opted not to report such incidents for fear of being blamed and fear of retaliation from the accuse
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The politics of impunity: A study of journalists’ experiential accounts of impunity in Bulgaria, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico and Pakistan
Journalism, volume 22, issue 2 (2021), pp. 303-319
"Definitions of impunity regarding crimes against journalists have thus far been too narrow. Therefore, we propose a new approach to understanding impunity as also being grounded in journalists’ lived reality and perceptions to better understand the complexity and breadth of impunity. It is based
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Live from my Living Room: Perceived Organizational Support Among TV News Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Electronic News, volume 15, issue 3–4 (2021), pp. 75–94
"As members of the media, TV news workers were considered essential employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employees went into the field to cover stories related to the pandemic, which included anti-mask and lock-down protests. This mixed-methods study explored the extent to which TV news work
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