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Who Are the Plotters Behind the Pandemic? Comparing Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Google Search Results Across Five Key Target Countries of Russia’s Foreign Communication

Florian Toepfl, Daria Kravets, Anna Ryzhova, Arista Beseler

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2033-2051

"This article advances extant research that has audited search algorithms for misinformation in four respects. Firstly, this is the first misinformation audit not to implement a national but a cross-national research design. Secondly, it retrieves results not in response to the most popular query te ... more

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Finding the Right Message Framing to Create Demand: A Guide for Rapid Message Framing Testing

Durham: FHI 360 (2023), 26 pp.

Media, Social Pressure, and Combating Misinformation: Experimental Evidence on Mass Media and Contraception Use in Burkina Faso

Rachel Glennerster, Joanna Murray, Victor Pouliquen

J-PAL Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (2023), 45 pp.

"Using a two-level randomized experiment covering 5 million people in Burkina Faso, we examine the impact on family planning knowledge and behavior of both general exposure to mass media (800 women receive radios in status quo areas) and an intensive evidence-based family planning campaign (8 of 16 ... more

Breite×Tiefe×Nähe: Auf der Suche nach der Erfolgsformel für spendenfinanzierten digitalen Lokaljournalismus im ländlichen Raum

Dörthe Ziemer

Berlin: Netzwerk Recherche (2023), 50 pp.

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E-Learning Best Practices and Students’ Needs in African Universities

Monica B. Chibita, John Semakula

Commpass Communicating Migration and Mobility (2023), 41 pp.

Soap Operas and Pro-Savings Attitudes in Poor Rural Areas of Peru

Alberto Chong, Martin Valdivia

Atlanta: International Center for Public Policy (2023), 17 pp.

Edutainment, Savings, and Generational Differences in Rural Areas of Peru

Alberto Chong, Martin Valdivia

Atlanta: International Center for Public Policy (2023), 27 pp.

Tech Was Supposed to Revolutionize Aid in Haiti: Then Reality Set in. Electronic Payments Were no Match for Devastated Roads and Corruption

Rest of World (2023)

Exploring the Contextual Factors of Religious Leader Participation in Health Communication: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Sierra Leone

Hanna Luetke Lanfer, Constanze Rossmann, Sorie Ibrahim Kargbo

Journal of Religion and Health, volume 62 (2023), pp. 1695-1715

"As there are many and sometimes ambivalent intersections of health and religion, strategic collaborations with religious opinion leaders in health campaigns have been increasingly explored. Despite the known influence of distinct contextual factors within emergency and non-emergency settings, exist ... more

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Automated Neglect: How the World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights

Brian Stauffer

Human Rights Watch (2023), 158 pp.

Sustainability reporting in Sri Lanka: Connecting the dots

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI);SheConsults;Emagewise (2023), 47 pp.

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Urgent call to prioritise communication in Gaza

London: CDAC Network (2023), 4 pp.

"Gaza has experienced five near-total communications blackouts since since 7 October 2023.1 People cannot access critical information. They cannot reach loved ones. Aid agencies cannot contact staff or coordinate assistance. Media coverage and documentation is further restricted." (Page 1)

Serie "Country Queen" auf Arte: Die Geister von Tsilanga

Jörg Häntzschel

Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21. Juni (2023)

"Die kenianische, auch mit deutschem Geld produzierte Serie "Country Queen"läuft auf Arte und weltweit auf Netflix. Sie ist raffiniert erzählt - und ein Glücksfall für das globale Lagerfeuer." (Einleitung)

Degrees of deception: The effects of different types of COVID-19 misinformation and the effectiveness of corrective information in crisis times

Michaels Hameleers, Edda Humprecht, Judith Möller, Jula Lühring

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 9 (2023), pp. 1699-1715

"Responding to widespread concerns about misinformation’s impact on democracy, we conducted an experiment in which we exposed German participants to different degrees of misinformation on COVID-19 connected to politicized (immigration) and apolitical (runners) issues (N = 1,490). Our key findings ... more

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SDG18 Communication for All, Vol 1: The Missing Link Between SDGs and Global Agendas

Jan Servaes, Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxxvi, 299 pp.

"In 2015, the UN Member States adopted the 17 SDGs as a framework that would help address the challenges being faced by humanity. From eradicating poverty, ending hunger, providing universal access to healthcare and education, and addressing climate change; to the partnering of individuals, communit ... more

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Inequity Driven Mistrust: Its Impacts to Infodemic Management and Health Response and What to Do About It

Alejandro Posada, Rocio Lopez Inigo, Majid Beesyna

Internews;USAID (2023), 45 pp.