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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Communication Rights
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Facebook
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Freedom of Expression
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Intellectual Property
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Media / Communication Control
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Secret Services, Intelligence Services
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Internet Shutdowns
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Artificial Intelligence
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Digital Rights
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Censorship
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Cybercrimes
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Social Media
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Law & Regulation
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Encryption, Cryptology
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Facial Recognition, Biometric Surveillance
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Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
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Self-Censorship
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet
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Digital Political Communication
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Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT Policies
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Uyghurs, Uighurs
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Political Economy of Media
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Feminism & Communication
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Investigative Journalism
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Suppression: Communicative Counterstrategies
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Internet & Social Media Use: Minorities
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Mobile Phone Use
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Children's Rights
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Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
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Chilling Effects (Discouragement of Legitimate Exercise of Legal Rights)
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Legal Threats to Media Freedom
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Espionage
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Indirect Censorship, Soft Censorship
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Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Crisis Communication
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Government Communication Strategies
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Community Radios
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Extremist Recruitment through Media
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Human Security Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Media Ethnography
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Cultural Resistance
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International Development Cooperation
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Data
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Digital Criticism
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Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital Labour, Digital Work
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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WeChat (Messaging, Social Media & Mobile Payment App, China)
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Electronic Commerce
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Sexual Abuse: Digital Media
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Religion in Social Media
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TikTok
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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WhatsApp
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
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ICT Regulation
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Postal Services, Letters & Parcels, Stamps
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Diaspora Media
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Minorities
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Early Warning: Disasters
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Data Economics
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Small Enterprises, Micro Businesses, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
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International Economy
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University Education, Tertiary Education
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Feminist Media
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Collaboration
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Colonial Legacies
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Indigenous Communication
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Globalisation of Media
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International Media & Communication Policies
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African Union (AU)
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European Union (EU)
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Minority Languages
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Communication Networks
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Civil Rights
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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Human Rights Protection
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Human Rights Violations
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Law & Regulation: Protection of Confidential Sources & Whistleblowers
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Marketing & Branding
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Popular Music
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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Conflict & War Photography
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Capitalism
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Political Resistance
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Communication
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Cyberpsychology
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Islam and Communication
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Religious Discrimination, Persecution of / Violence Against Religious Groups
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Data Protection (Computer Software)
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Telephone
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Language
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Methods applied
Journals
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Taking Control? Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Russia
Berlin: Reporters Without Borders (2019), 77 pp.
"The present report traces the development from the first bans on content in 2012 to the present day. It shows how critical editorial teams are put under pressure and how the authorities attempt to silence individual journalists and bloggers. It provides information about new online media that repor
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Media Influence Matrix: Pakistan. Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2019), 20 pp.
"With particularly low internet penetration rates, intense state censorship and heavy Chinese investment, Pakistan presents elements of an authoritarian internet culture where surveillance is a barely-questioned norm, unless probed by civil society organizations or journalists. Social media giants s
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Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
Top Insights
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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"At the heart of the challenges to democracy posed by digital media are three core problems: 1. Platform monopolies: two or three corporations control not only our means of communication, but also the content which is distributed, both of which are core aspects of our democracy. Whilst the market po
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Big Brother is Watching: Surveillance Regulation and its Effects on Journalistic Practices in Zimbabwe
African Journalism Studies, volume 40, issue 3 (2019), pp. 26-41
"In many African countries, including Zimbabwe, journalists have been subjected to various policy regulations that have widely been criticised for making the practice of journalism difficult. Part of the reason has been the advent of competitive politics that have left the ruling regimes scrambling
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Visual Security Studies: Sights and Spectacles of Insecurity and War
Abingdon; New York, NY: Routledge (2018), xii, 207 pp.
Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiii, 176 pp.
"This book explores the complex and contradictory relationships between communication and information technologies and social movements by drawing on different case studies from around the world. The contributions analyse how new communication and information technologies impact the way protests are
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The Future of Investigative Journalism in an Era of Surveillance and Digital Privacy Erosion
In: Digital Investigative Journalism: Data, Visual Analytics and Innovative Methodologies in International Reporting
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 249-261
"While the digital era has delivered unprecedented opportunities for big-data based investigative journalism—from the Snowden Files to the Panama Papers—it has also thrown up a host of new threats to the sustainability of journalism based on confidential sources. These include: mass and targeted
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Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 191 pp.
"This study, which covers 121 UNESCO Member States, represents a global benchmarking of journalistic source protection in the Digital Age. It focuses on developments during the period 2007-2015. The legal frameworks that support protection of journalistic sources, at international, regional and coun
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Retención de datos y registro de teléfonos móviles: Chile en el contexto lationamericano
Derechos Digitales (2017), 36 pp.
"Frente a la tendencia regional y global que lleva a gobiernos y a proveedores de servicio a acumular una cantidad cada vez mayor de información sobre sus usuarios, este estudio intenta una aproximación comparada a la manera en que las legislaciones de México, Brasil, Colombia, Perú, Argentina y
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Compromising Connectivity: Information Dynamics Between the State and Society in a Digitizing North Korea
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2017), 97 pp.
"The information and media environment in North Korea continues to evolve quickly. This report demonstrates that the depth and diversity of information and media access channels have grown markedly since the release of A Quiet Opening in 2012. More North Koreans have greater access to a larger varie
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Internet: Smarte neue Welt
welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Digitale Medien verbreiten sich über die Welt: Auch in Madagaskar verwenden Kinder Handys. In Kenia nutzt die Regierungspartei in Wahlkämpfen bereits die gleichen Datenanalysen, die in den USA Donald Trump geholfen haben, Präsident zu werden. Und in der Wirtschaft bewirken Daten und Internet-Pla
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Focus: New Media
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 187-318
Watchdogs Under Watch: Media in the Age of Cyber Surveillance
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 20 pp.
"The fundamental problem with cyber surveillance, even for the most well-intentioned governments, is that laws have not evolved with the technology. Governments must enforce the laws that exist and apply them to the modern age. And they should consider that just because technology makes surveillance
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Building Digital Safety for Journalism: A Survey of Selected Issues
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 101 pp.
"This publication identifies at least 12 digital threats, including illegal or arbitrary digital surveillance, location tracking, and software and hardware exploits without the knowledge of the target. Further examples that are considered are: phishing, fake domain attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)
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Secrets, lies, and journalist-spies: The contemporary moral dilemma for Bulgarian media professionals
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 20, issue 2 (2015), pp. 185-203
"The subject of this article is the issue of journalist-spies in the Bulgarian media before and after the fall of communism in 1989. The focus is on the perceptions of Bulgarian journalists on the role alleged secret service collaborators played, and continue to play, in the postcommunist society an
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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and International Standards
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 98 pp.
"The internet has enabled an unprecedented ability to monitor and track people and information flows as highlighted in the 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden about online surveillance carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency. The revelations have kicked off debates across the wor
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