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Fights, Adapts, Accepts: Archetypes of Iranian Internet Use

Arash Abadpour, Collin Anderson

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication’s Iran Media Program (2013), 24 pp.

"The Internet is one of the few remaining platforms where Iranians can practice some level of open debate, less susceptible to social and political limitations. Research on Internet use in Iran sheds light on a large online community engaged in a diversity of activities and expanding at a significan ... more

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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access

Philip Napoli, Jonathan Obar

Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.

"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti ... more

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Discovering the Libyan Youth Movement’s Identity Through Facebook

Jacob Sommer, Triin Rum

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), 15 pp.

"This study demonstrates that critical discourse analysis can be used to quickly discern the identity of a political actor and make accurate predictions about that actor’s intentions and goals, even in the context of a revolution. This study’s authors used critical discourse analysis to empirica ... more

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Web Radio: A Manual for Streaming Audio on the Web
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Zahir Koradia

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2013), x, 60 pp.

"This is a basic manual for audio streaming and establishing a web radio station. Web radio is an increasingly popular, low-cost option for community radio. The manual outlines how web radio works, explaining the components involved and the roles they play, and giving details about the requirements ... more

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Innovative Approaches for Investigating How Children Understand Risk in New Media: Dealing with Methodological and Ethical Challenges

Monica Barbovschi, Lelia Green, Sofie Vandoninck

London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), EU Kids Online (2013), 119 pp.

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Manual de seguridad digital y móvil para periodistas y blogueros
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Jorge Luis Sierra

México, DF: Freedom House México;International Center for Journalists (ICFJ);Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro de Formación en Periodismo Digital (2013), 47 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Brazil

Pedro Mizukami, Jhessica Reia, Joana Varon

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 134 pp.

"Digitization has had profound effects in Brazil. In journalism, information flows faster than ever, and from a greater number of sources; journalists have to adapt to an environment that demands immediate coverage of events, sometimes privileging speed over content. The internet has become the seco ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Uruguay

Rosario Radakovich, Santiago Escuder, María Julia Morales, Matías Ponce

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 91 pp.

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The Arab World Online: Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab Region

Fadi Salem, Sara Alshaer

Dubai: Dubai School of Government (DSG), Governance and Innovation Program;bayt.com (2013), 23 pp.

"With more than 125 million individuals using the Internet in the Arab region, and more than 53 million actively using social networking technologies, the DSG Governance and Innovation Program in partnership with Bayt.com conducted a regional survey to examine internet usage trends in the Arab regio ... more

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The Global Social Network Landscape: A Country-By-Country Guide to Social Network Usage

Mitchel Winkels

eMarketer (2013), 40 pp.

"Though Facebook’s near-ubiquitous lead might indicate that the global social network landscape is simplifying, it quickly becomes clear this is not the case. This report aims to help marketers assess the social network landscape in 27 countries by briefly examining four key factors: top social ne ... more

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TIC Kids Online Brasil 2012: Pesquisa sobre o uso da Internet por crianças e adolescentes = ICT Kids Online Brazil 2012: Survey on Internet Use by Children in Brazil

Alexandre F. Barbosa (coord.)

São Paulo: Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (2013), 335 pp.

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A (private) Public Space: Examining the Use and Impact of Digital and Social Media Among Adolescents in Kenya

Susan Gigli, Vivien Marles

UNICEF;Intermedia;Voices of Youth Citizens (2013), 88 pp.

"The study focused on exploring how 152 children, 12 to 17 years old, in Kenya, use social media and other digital technologies, and what impact these technologies have on this group, particularly from the perspective of child rights. The study involved holding digital youth clinics in four location ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Egypt

Rasha A. Abdulla

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 78 pp.

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Communication Rights Ten Years After the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Civil Society Perceptions

Alan Finlay

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2013), 32 pp.

"This report responds to the opportunity provided by the WSIS+10 review which will culminate in 2015. Its purpose is to collate civil society perceptions of the changes that have taken place over the last ten years since the WSIS Declaration of Principles was adopted in 2003. The results are being u ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Slovakia

Miroslav Kollar, Tomáš Czwitkowics

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 89 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Pakistan

Huma Yusuf

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 113 pp.

"Pakistan has long suffered from high inflation, led by soaring food prices, which has increased poverty levels. According to the United Nations’ 2011 Human Development Report, half the population suffers deprivations of all types. Only half is literate. Even then there are only 12 million televis ... more

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Internet und soziale Netzwerke in Russland

Russland-Analysen, issue 264 (2013), pp. 2-17

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Health on the Move: Can Mobile Phones Save Lives?

Yvonne MacPherson, Sara Chamberlain

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 24 pp.

"With its rapidly expanding penetration within the developing world, mobile telephony offers major new opportunities to build upon and augment existing health communication efforts. As Usha Kiran Tarigopula of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India Programmes put it: “It is increasingly… clea ... more

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ICTs and Development: A Study of Telecentres in Rural India

Maitrayee Mukerji

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 264 pp.

"This volume juxtaposes the global discourse on ICT-D and telecentres with in-depth empirical case studies on the pattern of access and use of telecenters in rural India to draw implications for policy and practice. It suggest that access and use of telecentres and their services are mediated by the ... more

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Digital News Report 2013: Tracking the Future of News

Nic Newman, David A. L. Levy (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 108 pp.

This is the second of the annual Reuters Institute Digital News surveys published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at Oxford University. You Gov online polls commissioned by RISJ were conducted with 11,000 online users in the UK, US, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Bra ... more

Web Radio: A Manual for Streaming Audio on the Web Key Guidance

Manual de seguridad digital y móvil para periodistas y blogueros Key Guidance

Web Radio: A Manual for Streaming Audio on the Web
Key Guidance

Manual de seguridad digital y móvil para periodistas y blogueros
Key Guidance