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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Election Campaigns
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Facebook
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Election Reporting
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Digital Political Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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WhatsApp
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Election Monitoring
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Freedom of Expression
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Internet Shutdowns
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Social Media
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Ethnicity in Communication
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Governance
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Pentecostal Churches
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Countering Press Freedom Violations by Legal Actions
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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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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Dealing With the Past
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
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National Development Planning
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Internet
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Political Blogging
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Gendered Disinformation
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Ownership
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Political Economy of Media
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Mobile Money Cash Transfer Programmes
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
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Political Parody and Satire
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Health Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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History of Media & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Journalism Education & Training
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Political Reporting
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Kiswahili
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Media Assistance: Youth Programmes & Media
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Ushahidi (Crowdsourcing Mapping Software)
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Regulatory Bodies
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Anticommunism
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Populism
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Political Discourse
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Political Marketing
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Persuasive Communication
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Manipulation
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Religion and Politics
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Human Security
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Discrimination
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Civil Society
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Technologies: Impact Assessment
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Social Media and Political Behaviour
Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (2019), 70 pp.
"This collaborative report between the Lokniti programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung analyzes the growth of online social networking sites and apps in India and their role in shaping political preferences and attitudes in the recently concluded 20
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Social Media and Elections
Montevideo: UNESCO (2019), 27 pp.
"This paper analyses the potential impact of social media on the conduct and outcome of elections both to strengthen political participation and knowledge sharing as well as the more harmful effects. It looks at the various harms particularly those relevant in the context of Latin America. It docume
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Democracia y protección de datos personales en la era digital
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Consejo para la Transparencia (2019), 22 pp.
"Las personas basan sus decisiones y participación democrática en la información de la que disponen y si dicha información es deliberadamente manipulada a través del uso indebido de sus datos personales, sus decisiones posteriores podrían no ser genuinas. En el presente documento, los analista
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International Conference on Fake News and Elections in Asia. Conference Proceedings
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2019), 22 pp.
Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding in Kenya
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 14 pp.
"Kenya has experienced a cycle of political violence following a series of controversial elections that have centred on ethnic competition, leading to human rights abuses, deaths, destruction of property and a downward economic spiral. At the core of election violence, witnessed in 2007/8 and in 201
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The Use of Social Media in Colombian Democratic Spaces: A Double-Edged Sword
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 27 pp.
"The world is flooded with news of how social media is being used to influence democracy in conflict-affected areas, for better or worse. Colombia is not an exception. The era of social media brings opportunities and challenges to a broad range of stakeholders in this country, to harness the power o
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Mapping Digital Disinformation Around Elections: A Case Study of Pakistan’s 2018 General Elections
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2019)
"The 2018 general election represented one of the first times digital disinformation occurred on a massive scale in Pakistan. This report examines different forms of disinformation that circulated online in the lead up to the 2018 elections and its impact on the country’s political discourse, and
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Comunicación, cultura de paz e igualdad: Tejiendo ciudadanía comunicativa
Zacatecas, México: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas “Francisco García Salinas” (2019), 173 pp.
Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
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London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp.
"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra
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Félix Tshisekedi: Devenir président en 50 + 20 jours
Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 262 pp.
"Cet ouvrage donne les détails les plus précis sur la campagne menée par les principaux candidats à l'élection présidentielle 2018 au Congo. Ils ont été suivis chacun de très près, au jour le jour : Fayulu, Kamerhe, Shadary, Tshisekedi. Pendant 50 + 20 jours, leurs actes publics, leurs pro
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The Impact of Digital Media on the 2019 Indian General Election
Singapore: Institute of South Asian Studies; Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 28 pp.
"The 2019 Indian general election saw the widespread and innovative use of digital media and technology. Most political parties employed digital media extensively for campaigning and voter mobilisation. This extensive use of digital media was due to nearly half of India’s 900 million eligible vote
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Disinformation and Electoral Campaigns
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2019), 40 pp.
Personal Data: Political Persuasion. Inside the Influence Industry - How it Works
Berlin: Tactical Tech (2019), 121 pp.
"This guide categorises data-driven campaigning methods to loosely reflect how value is created along the data pipeline, from acquisition (asset), to analysis (intelligence) to application (influence)." (Page 3)
Journalisme pour la paix et résolution de conflit dans les médias, tome 2 = Peace journalism and conflict resolution in the media = Periodismo de paz y resolución de conflictos en medios
Paris: Les Editions de l'Immatériel; ORBICOM (2018), 296 pp.
"Nouvel ouvrage de la collection Ecritures du Monde, cet ouvrage a été réalisé dans le cadre des rencontres annuelles des Chaires UNESCO en communication ORBICOM. Les objectifs de la rencontre annuelle étaient les suivants : 1) Identifier et analyser les conflits culturels et communicationnels
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Social Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xvi, 207 pp.
"This book surveys current developments in social media and politics in a range of Central and Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Russia. It explores the process of adoption of social media by politicians, journalists and civic activists, examines the impact of the different social an
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African Digital Media Review (3)
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-128
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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"Como parte de un proyecto sobre desinformación, el centro de Internet y Sociedad Linterna Verde, en asocio con la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, presenta un informe que monitorea los discursos de género –tanto de candidatos presidenciales como de sus fórmulas– a través del análisis
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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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How Africa Tweets 2018
London et al.: Portland (2018), 22 pp.
"Our study is the first to identify and analyse who is shaping African Twitter conversations during elections over the past year. The study found that 53 per cent of the leading voices on Twitter around ten elections on the continent during the past year came from outside the country in which the el
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