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Schwacher Staat im Netz: Wie die Digitalisierung den Staat in Frage stellt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2018), vi, 271 pp.
Der politische Mythos von sozialen Medien als liberalem Cyberspace und freier Online-Meinungsäußerung in Vietnam
In: Vietnam: Mythen und Wirklichkeiten
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2018), pp. 212-234
"Während viele Bürgerinnen und Bürger sowie Beobachter große Hoffnungen hegen, die sozialen Medien könnten ein wirksames Instrument sein, um soziale Bewegungen zu Themen wie Ungleichheit, Ungerechtigkeit und Umwelt in Gang zu setzen, ist es zuweilen schwierig, die massenhaften Reaktionen in den
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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya
London: Zed Books (2018), xxiv, 273 pp.
"Explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how ‘fake news’, a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president’s recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from
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Digital Asia
Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2018), 40 pp.
Online Activism in Politically Restricted Central Asia: A Comparative Review of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Singapore: Springer (2018), pp. 961-976
"This comparative study examined the Internet’s role and wider social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, three Central Asian countries in the democratization process. Specifically, this work aims to discuss how the Internet and social media are allowing Internet users wider opportuni
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Content of Vernacular Radio Stations Programs and Public Participation in Devolved Governance in Nyeri County, Kenya
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 70-81
"The study has concluded that there exists a positive relationship between vernacular radio programming content and participation of community in issues of governance. Therefore, it is recommended that vernacular radio stations should give more attention to the content of these programs. Priority sh
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Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), vi, 189 pp.
"In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They inquire into the ways processes of
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Fakten statt Fakes: Verursacher, Verbreitungswege und Wirkungen von Fake News im Bundestagswahlkampf 2017
Berlin: Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (2018), 102 pp.
"Ziel dieser Studie ist es, empirische Fakten und Hintergründe zum Phänomen Fake-News in Deutschland zu liefern. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt darauf, wer an der Entstehung und Verbreitung von Fake News in der digitalen Öffentlichkeit beteiligt ist, wie groß die Reichweiten und wie erfolgreic
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"2017 was marred by the assassination, in Malta, of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an event which represented the darkest hour for media freedom and media pluralism in the European Union since the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre in France. This crime has profoundly shaken Europe an
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Die informierte Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde: Warum die Digitalisierung unsere Demokratie gefährdet
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2018), 367 pp.
Why Populism is Troubling for Democratic Communication
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 11, issue 1 (2018), pp. 21-34
"In this article, I argue that populism has a troubling relationship with democratic communication. As illustrated by contemporary Latin American cases, populism’s illiberalism is contrary to the existence of the communication commons—a public space characterized by diversity, tolerance, reason,
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Russian Social Media Influence: Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe
Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation (2018), xvii, 130 pp.
"A RAND Corporation study examined Russian-language content on social media and the broader propaganda threat posed to the region of former Soviet states that include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and, to a lesser extent, Moldova and Belarus. In addition to employing a state-funded multilingu
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Media Policy for Small Emerging Democracies: Distinctiveness, Vulnerabilities, and Development
Deep Insights
"Media in small emerging democracies face multiple obstacles caused by “smallness” and the state of “late democratization.” “Smallness” raises the question of how to develop financial independence in these countries. “Late democratization” gives rise to the challenge of maintaining p
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Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil: The Infostorm of Impeachment and the Lava-Jato Scandal
London et al.: Routledge (2018), 222 pp.
"Analyzing the political consequences of the most extensive corruption investigation in recent Latin American history, Operação Lava-Jato, this book answers two central questions about the contradictory effects news media has on political systems. First, how can political actors in a seemingly wel
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Von Game of Thrones bis House of Cards: Politische Perspektiven in Fernsehserien
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2018), vi, 236 pp.
Beyond Watchdog Journalism: Media and Social Accountability
Deep Insights
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies; Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) (2018), 67 pp.
"The following report is an exploratory case study analysis of social accountability monitoring of the Eastern Cape Department of Education by the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) and mainstream media in the Eastern Cape. It provides in-depth analysis of the education programme’s work
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