"This paper does suggest that child abuse content is the most popular type of content on the Tor Dark Net. While law enforcement may crawl such sites, the number of requests that would be seen would be only a tiny fraction, and hence not skew the outline ratios. Similarly, denial of service attacks
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were not observed and so are also unlikely to account for the high requests. The usage of Tor2Web may underrepresent some categories, but it is not currently clear whether, or why, such groups would exclusively use this tool." (Page 9)
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"Television remains the most popular medium in all provinces surveyed and among the different groups of respondents. It is also the most preferred source of information, followed by Radio. A great majority of the population watches TV on a daily basis. More than half of the population spends between
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1-2 hours a day in front of a television. Women are more likely to watch television on a daily basis, while men are more likely to spend more time in front of a television at one time. The use of internet is increasingly becoming popular in Afghanistan. It is a close second to television, but internet users are spending fewer hours a day online. Women politicians are found to be the most frequent users of internet. With television and internet dominating media use habits, radio is found to be falling in popularity among the population [...] When respondents were asked to rank the most important issue that women face in Afghanistan, discrimination (70%), male dominance (70%) and gender abuse (65%) were among the top five. While there was no differences among respondents on the importance of security; access to education (80%) and lack of family support (64%) ranked among the top five most important issues for women." (Executive summary)
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"The influence of globalisation and its attendant modern technologies has reconfigured the manner in which orality functions in the contemporary African context. Confronted with the powerful presence of media technologies that threaten to supplant its central role in many African societies, orality
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has been compelled to reinvent itself by means of appropriating the same media for its survival. The result has been a process that seeks to recontextualise imported technologies in locally relevant ways. This article focuses on how video technology adapts to local Kenyan cultural contexts. Arguing that vernacular video films form part of contemporary cultural productions in Kenya, the article demonstrates how strategies of remediation, such as subtitling, re-oralisation, repurposing and immediacy, contribute to the reactivation of orality. It emerges from the analyses that local knowledge cultures actively engage modern technologies in a way that debunks any simple linear perceptions of the impact of mediatisation on African epistemologies. Through local agency, communities actualise their aspirations for a domesticated modernity that is simultaneously fresh and familiar, and therefore less culturally alienating." (Abstract)
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"Este manual es de género y comunicación, y está pensado para que las personas que facilitan grupos de mujeres, las apoyen en la elaboración de sus testimonios de vida, a partir de una reflexión sobre por qué es importante retomar la palabra en todas sus manifestaciones, así como de la experi
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encia de vida tal como la percibimos." (O.3)
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"The report examines the links between the media’s promotion of unequal gender power relations based on stereotypical images of men and women and men’s expressions of dominance, control and violence in their everyday relationships with women and girls. It also explores media representations of m
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en and women in decision-making and leadership roles. Finally, it identifies the factors that support or constrain media professionals in promoting gender equitable masculine images and profiles selected mass media programmes that endeavour to reflect and promote gender equality." (Executive summary)
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"Nesta publicação, entra em foco o tema dos castigos físicos e humilhantes, prática naturalizada como estratégia pedagógica nas famílias e escolas de todo o mundo. Justamente por serem tolerados como medida disciplinar na sociedade, principalmente no âmbito doméstico, os castigos físicos a
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inda são pouco debatidos na esfera pública. Esse silêncio contribui para a manutenção de um modelo educativo tradicionalmente pautado pela violência, mesmo que de forma sutil. Romper com essa lacuna e contribuir para a compreensão das causas, consequências e alternativas aos castigos físicos e humilhantes é, a proposta que a ANDI, Red ANDI América Latina e Save the Children Suécia fazem aos profissionais de imprensa, ao disponibilizarem um conjunto de orientações e diretrizes para o aprimoramento da cobertura sobre o tema. Considerando a complexidade da relação entre pais, filhos e profissionais de educação no processo educativo, este guia procura, portanto, subsidiar o debate sobre estratégias disciplinares positivas e sustentáveis, com base no diálogo e na negociação de limites e consensos de maneira participativa e colaborativa. A presença de tal abordagem na mídia fornece informações extremamente relevantes para os adultos e para as próprias crianças e adolescentes, reforçando a imagem de meninos e meninas como sujeitos de direito, que têm direito a um tratamento respeitoso." (https://andi.org.br/publicacoes)
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"This brief manifesto aims to help citizens and organisations of all types to realise the great importance of linguistic diversity and to become committed to defending it. It aims to be a tool for the necessary consensus to ‘correct language imbalance and to ensure respect and full development for
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all languages, to establish the principles of language peace in the whole planet, in a fair and equitable manner, as a key factor for living together.’ At Linguapax we are convinced that respect for linguistic diversity must be fostered through families, communities and schools so that we are educated in this culture, promoting peace." (Page 4)
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"Drawn from multisited fieldwork conducted among Cameroonians in Germany and Cameroon, the article reveals that the liveness of mobile phone communication influences expectations and narratives of remittances in Cameroonian transnational social relationships. These expectations are meaningful within
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a cultural context where economic resources are expected to flow from migrants to nonmigrants. As this case demonstrates, the general belief in nonmigrants' entitlement to the achievements of those who migrate regardless of their status abroad, also means migrant students are involved in remittances practices. The students are expected to remit and at the same time, they are conscious of their obligation to support people who stay back in the home country. As such, the mobile phone ideally provides an infrastructure through which monetary resources could be coordinated and channeled to Cameroon. While exploring this possibility of remittances transfer, I argue that instant communication contradictorily generates and fuels conflicts mainly as a result of unmet expectations of deploying the phone to directly request money from abroad." (Abstract)
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"In 2014, competition in the Afghan media sector has increased in order to attract diminishing advertising revenue. This has led to increased professionalization and a certain degree of segmentation with the introduction of specialist, niche channels. The pace of development of new outlets has slowe
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d, reflecting the challenging environment, and increasing competition: There is now an average of three TV channels created each year as opposed to the average of nine in 2010. The programming scene looks much like that of 2010, filled with news programming, drama series, entertainment programs and political debate, with the exception of the introduction of a significant level of sports programming. Production remains split between national production of a number of key genres, with a high level of internationally procured series, and movies, done so by a variety of means, largely illegal. Whilst there is an increasing desire for internal production, financial, social and political constraints continue to make this difficult. Among media users in the sample, 62% turn their TV on, and 32% turn their radio on at some point during the day, compared to 63% and 39% respectively last year." (Executive summary)
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"Nesta tese procurou-se comprovar que o Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC), um projeto iniciado em 1982, que se dedica à formação de lideranças pastorais e culturais mediante cursos livres, sistemáticos e publicações, foi decisivo para a emergência da teoria e prática educomunica
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tiva e sua consolidação junto ao segmento da Pastoral da Comunicação no Brasil. O objetivo geral foi pesquisar a Educomunicação na formação para a comunicação de agentes pastorais e educativos a partir do espaço não formal. Há que se destacar que o diálogo da Educomunicação e da formação pastoral se dá no contexto da cultura midiática, em que pela introdução das diferentes tecnologias, novas linguagens são incorporadas ao cotidiano das pessoas no ambiente pastoral, influenciando e desafiando as práticas na evangelização. Os referenciais que serviram de arcabouço teórico para a tese apoiam-se em pesquisadores da Educomunicação, dos Estudos Culturais e da Igreja Católica na abordagem da Pastoral da Comunicação. A pesquisa empírica realizou-se no SEPAC por meio do exame de publicações, monografias elaboradas pelos cursistas de Especialização e por meio de questionários enviados aos mesmos com o objetivo de verificar a experiência realizada, a metodologia e a continuidade em projetos de intervenção, uma vez que a formação integrada compreende reflexão e ação no campo da Educomunicação Pastoral." (Resumo)
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"This study explores the spatial politics of Othering and whether women are marginalized in political conversations online in India. It's methodology consists of an analysis of 23,350 tweets over an eight-day period. It shows a significant underrepresentation of women in Twitter's political conversa
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tions, which mirrors a real-world marginalization of women in India's political processes." (Abstract)
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"La adaptación boliviana y la traducción al español de la Guía de Alfabetización en Medios del European Journalism Centre (EJC) son un importante recurso para maestros y estudiantes de alfabetización en medios en Bolivia. La guía contiene lecciones y explicaciones prácticas de los usos que s
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e pueden dar a la alfabetización en medios en la constante interacción que se produce entre la sociedad y los medios de comunicación en la vida diaria. También sirve para reforzar la comprensión de la necesidad de contar con ciudadanos formados y capacitados en alfabetización en medios, un ingrediente esencial de una sólida democracia. La enseñanza de la alfabetización en medios en la educación primaria y secundaria ayuda a las y los estudiantes en su formación integral a través del reconocimiento de la función determinante que cumplen los medios y sus mensajes en la sociedad contemporánea. Al mismo tiempo, otorga a los estudiantes los recursos y el conocimiento suficientes para convertirse en “consumidores conscientes” de los productos de estos medios y, de manera ideal, les da la capacidad para mejorar su participación y aporte en el debate público." (Presentación, página 5)
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"This handbook is a compilation of advice from child psychologists and the police and also the personal narratives of people who have been subjected to abuse. We hope this book will make it easier for adults to talk to children about the risks of the internet. We also hope it will inspire you and he
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lp you to be part of children’s everyday activities on the internet." (Page 3)
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"Sex offenders know that social media offer new opportunities for contacting children and forming friendships with them. They have also realised how simple it is to take pictures and make videos of sexual abuse and share them with other people with the same sexual interests. Digital information tech
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nology and social media add new aspects to our understanding of how sexual abuse takes place and how it affects victims. It is necessary for all practitioners working with children and young people to have knowledge of this field. All types of sexual abuse are shameful and taboo-ridden. Consequently, children and young people who feel unhappy need to be asked directly how negative online encounters have affected them. However, the dialogue with them must proceed with an understanding of ow demeaning, intimidating and traumatic such experiences can be, including when living through them on the internet. Save the Children Denmark has compiled this anthology with the latest knowledge in a field that is in constant flux and full of professional challenges." (Back cover)
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"Die Stärke der MedienNutzerTypologie (MNT) bei der Positionierung und Steuerung von Medienangeboten liegt insbesondere in der Segmentierung von soziodemografisch scheinbar homogenen Gruppen. Spaßorientierte und Zielstrebige gehören zwar der gleichen (jungen) Generation an, unterscheiden sich abe
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r erheblich in ihren Interessenmustern und Wertvorstellungen. In der mittleren Alterskohorte unterteilt die MNT ein ähnlich altes Publikum in drei unterschiedliche Nutzertypen: Moderne Etablierte, Eskapisten und Familienorientierte haben divergierende Lebenswelten und damit auch andere Medien- und Freizeitpräferenzen. Bei den älteren Typen sind es Engagierte und Hochkulturorientierte, die sich von den deutlich traditionelleren Typen unterscheiden. Zwischen den Typen zeigen sich teilweise erhebliche Unterschiede, was die Positionierung der traditionellen Medien und des Internets im Alltag betrifft." (Zusammenfassung)
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"This study contributes to the limited literature on race and crime in a multicultural Asian context. Based on a survey in Singapore, where multiracialism is a fundamental political pillar and yet discourse about race is mostly shunned, the findings suggest a relationship between media consumption a
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nd racial perceptions. Respondents who consume more race-specific media have less negative racial perceptions of their own race, and more negative racial perceptions about other races. Respondents who consume more crime-related media content on TV, newspapers, and social networking sites tend to be more racially prejudiced against other races. Those who pay more attention to crime-related media content hold more negative racial perceptions of other races, and have harsher criminal culpability judgments of other races while holding a diminished culpability judgment of one’s own race." (Abstract)
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