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Journalists
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Media, Mass Media
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Semi-Authoritarian Regimes & Defective Democracies
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Google
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Christian Communication
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Community Radio Regulation & Licensing
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Terrorism
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Flow of Information
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Local Advertising & Local Advertising Markets
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Transnational Advertising, International Advertising
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Political Films
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Land Property, Land Grabbing, Land Reforms
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
1
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Authoritarian Discourse
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Books
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Catholic Church
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Film Trade, Film Export & Import
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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Right to be Forgotten
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Musicals & Operas
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Cultural Policies
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Cultural Studies
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Culture (General)
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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World Bank
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Millenium Development Goals (MDG)
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Digital Criticism
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Disadvantaged Groups & Communication, Minorities & Media
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Minorities
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Media Policies & Regulations
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1
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Minority Journalists
1
Minority Rights
1
Prisoners & Communication / Media
1
Racism
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
1
Religious Minorities & Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Famines: Media Representation & Reporting
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Clusters
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Press Distribution
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Public Goods, Commons
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Sustainable Development
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Editorial Guidelines
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Journalistic (In)Dependence
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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International Media Associations / Organizations
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World Information and Communication Order
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OSCE
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Journalism Sources
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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News
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Islam: Media Representation & Reporting
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International Media Support (IMS) (Media Development NGO, Denmark)
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Media Assistance: Journalists' Associations, Media Associations
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Communication & Information Needs
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Information
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Television Policies
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Socialist Media Systems
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Civil Rights
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Television Law & Regulation
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Transitional Justice
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PRISA (Spain)
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Governance
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Parliaments
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Politics
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Political Role & Influence of Radio, Radio & Democratization
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Public Opinion Manipulation
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El Comercio (Newspaper, Peru)
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Mirror (Newspaper, Zimbabwe)
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Project Design, Project Planning
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Public & State Television
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Mega FM (Radio Station, Gulu, Uganda)
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Radio Ndeke Luka (Central African Republic)
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Influence of Foreign Media on National Politics
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Oppression
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Ideologies
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Social Integration: Role of Media
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Buddhism
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Muslim Digital Media & Online Communities
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Social Justice
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Digital Television
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Satellite Communication Technologies
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Software Security
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Telecommunications
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Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Commercial Television
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Television Channels
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Al-Jazeera
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RCTV Radio Caracas Television (Television Channel, Venezuela)
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Rede Globo (Television Network, Brazil)
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Authoritarianism and Media in Algeria
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2013), 20 pp.
Capturing Them Softly: Soft Censorship and State Capture in Hungarian Media
Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 51 pp.
"State capture is slowly but surely enveloping Hungarian media, principally through the “soft censorship” of financial incentives and influence that affect media otlets’ editorial content and economic viability. Allocation of state advertising spending is opaque and unfair; it is based on the
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Roots of Impunity: Pakistan’s Endangered Press and the Perilous Web of Militancy, Security, and Politics
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2013), 51 pp.
Deciphering Russia: Russia’s Perspectives on Internet Policy and Governance
London: Global Partners Digital (2013), 18 pp.
"In the last few years, Russia has become an important player in the international internet governance debate, pushing for a governance model that is state-centric, hierarchical and based on the inviolability of state sovereignty. Russia has not only articulated an alternative model at forums like t
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Journalists' Security in War Zones: Lessons from Syria
Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation (2013), 30 pp.
"Stories of journalists entering conflict zones without basic equipment or first aid training are all too familiar; so too are reports of news outlets washing their hands of responsibility regarding commissioned freelancers. This needs to change, and it can, so long as enough voices in the industry
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Censura en medios estatales
Pilar (PY): Artes Gráficas San Ramón (2013), 131 pp.
"A Life-Threatening Career": Attacks on Journalists Under Yemen’s New Government
Human Rights Watch (2013), 45 pp.
World Press Freedom Index 2013
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2013), 26 pp.
Report on the SEEMO Press Freedom Mission to Montenegro, 8-10 November 2011
Vienna: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2012), 19 pp.
"The objective of the press freedom mission conducted by the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), was to the assess the media situation in Montenegro following several developments: a) the introduction of new media-relate
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A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2012), 88 pp.
"For more than half a century, North Korea’s leaders have relied on a domestic media monopoly to control what information North Koreans can access and how narratives around that information are presented. But the situation on the ground is changing, thanks in large part to North Koreans’ expandi
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International Mission to Bahrain Report. Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
[no publisher] (2012), 27 pp.
The following report documents the findings of a delegation comprised of representatives from six international rights groups (three members and three partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX), which carried out a fact-finding mission between 20-30 November, 2011, in order
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Press Freedom in 2012: Middle East Volatility amid Global Decline
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2012), 12 pp.
"Ongoing political turmoil produced uneven conditions for press freedom in the Middle East in 2012, with Tunisia and Libya largely retaining their gains from 2011 even as Egypt slid backward into the Not Free category. The region as a whole experienced a net decline for the year, in keeping with a b
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Controlling the Internet in China: The Real Story
Convergence, volume 18, issue 4 (2012), pp. 403-425
"This article examines the complexity of the internet control mechanisms in China by breaking it down to five layers, ranging from the government, service and content providers to webmasters and individual users. It inquires into the logic of the control mechanisms and how such logic is naturalized
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Internet und Demokratie
Wien: Mandelbaum (2012), 124 pp.
Für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien: Zwischenbilanz und Perspektive des Leipziger Medienpreises
Halle (Saale): Mitteldeutscher Verlag (2012), 223 pp.
"Seit 2001 wird der »Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien « an Journalisten, Verleger, Publizisten und Institutionen vergeben, die sich mit Risikobereitschaft, Engagement und demokratischer Überzeugung für die Pressefreiheit einsetzen. Diese Zwischenbilanz stellt die bisherigen Preistr
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Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East. Selected Data from Freedom House's Annual Press Freedom Index
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2012), 40 pp.
"The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980. The gains came on the heels of eight consecutive years of decline in the global ave
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Responding to an Activist Public: Hangzhou Press Office Rethinks its Role
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 8 (2012), pp. 1013-1027
"In China as elsewhere, netizens have made new demands upon government and challenged conventional media to respond to popular concerns. Established approaches to controlling the media may be otiose; Party leaders are stressing the value of cooperation rather than confrontation and calling for a new
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Freedom to Publish in Vietnam: Between Kafka and the Thang Bom Logic
Geneva: International Publishers Association (IPA) (2012), 16 pp.
Silencio forzado: El estado, cómplice de la violencia contra la prensa en México. Informe 2011
México, DF: Article 19 (2012), 78 pp.
Getting Away with Murder: CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2012), 13 pp.
"Deadly, unpunished violence against the press rose sharply in Pakistan and Mexico, continuing a dark, years-long trend in both nations, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in its newly updated Impunity Index. The global index, which calculates unsolved journalist murders as a percentage
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