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Human Rights Protection
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Photography
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Everyday Life
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Community Media
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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War Reporting
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Digital Criticism
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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 & Information Literacy
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YouTube
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WhatsApp
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ICTs and Development
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Audio Archives, Visual Archives, Media Archives
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Digital & Online Archives
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Political Economy of Media
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Gaming, Video Games
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Political Parody and Satire
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Environmental Activism
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Good Practice Examples
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Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Islam: Media Representation & Reporting
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Sexual Abuse Reporting, Sexual Violence Reporting
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Diasporas
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SMS
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Film & Video Advocacy / Activism
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People with Disabilities: Advocacy & Empowerment
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Transnational Advocacy Campaigns, International Advocacy Campaigns
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Family Farming
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Cinema
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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World Bank
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Data
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digital Research Methods
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Interactive Media
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Internet
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Online Communication
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WeChat (Messaging, Social Media & Mobile Payment App, China)
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Electronic Commerce
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Podcasts
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Online News
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Hashtags
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Yala-Young Leaders (Social Networking Website)
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NGO Websites
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Archives
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Industries
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Media Ownership
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Environmental Communication
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Ethics & Data Protection in Research
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Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
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Image Ethics, Ethics in Photojournalism
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Social Norms
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Success Factors
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Gender & Religious Communication
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender in Health Communication
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Gender Norms & Roles
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Women's Magazines, Women's Press
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Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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Colonial Legacies
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Indigenous Languages
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Satellite Television
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Amnesty International
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United Nations (UN)
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Collaborative Journalism, Journalism Cooperation
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Local Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News Agencies
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Kiswahili
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Informal Communication Channels, Networks & Structures
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Media Literacy: Teacher Training
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Social Media Landscapes
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Economic / Social / Cultural Rights
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Popular Music
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Blind & Visually Impaired People
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Documentary Photography
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Selfies, Self-Portrait Photographs
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Political Participation
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Democratization
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Public Interest
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Police
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Agenda Setting
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Framing
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Politics
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Radicalisation: Influence of Media
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Media Effects
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Islamism
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Television Channels
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Al-Jazeera
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The Lebanese Uprising in the Digital Age
CyberOrient, volume 14, issue 2 (2020), pp. 85-98
"On October 17, 2019, following the announcement of a tax to be placed on calls made via the mobile communication application WhatsApp, thousands of Lebanese citizens took to the streets to protest against this arbitrary decision. The protest quickly morphed into a country-wide uprising in which cit
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Comunicação política digital
Freiburg: KoBra Kooperation Brasilien (2020), 5 pp.
Shifting Dynamics of Contention in the Digital Age: Mobile Communication and Politics in China
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020), xv, 211 pp.
"To advance interdisciplinary understanding, Shifting Dynamics of Contention in the Digital Age outlines a communication-centered framework that articulates the intricate relationship between technology, communication, and contention. It systematically explores the influence of mobile technology on
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New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-Uprising Syria
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press (2020), 296 pp.
"Investigating the root causes of the Syrian uprising of 2011, New Media and Revolution shows how acts of online resistance prepared the ground for better-organised street mobilisation. The book interprets the uprising not as the start of Syria’s social mobilisation but as a shift from online to o
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Les réseaux sociaux: Une arme à double tranchant pour les mouvements sociaux et leur lutte contre le "pouvoir" en Algérie
Barcelona: European Institute of the Mediterranean (2020), 34 pp.
"En Algérie, le poids des réseaux sociaux dans le renouvellement de l’engagement citoyen dans la vie politique et l’impact des mobilisations citoyennes sur le paysage politique sont étroitement liés à l’absence d’un environnement favorable à toute autre forme d’association et d’exp
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The Arab Archive: Mediated Memories and Digital Flows
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2020), 134 pp.
"As the revolutions across the Arab world that came to a head in 2011 devolved into civil war and military coup, representation and history acquired a renewed and contested urgency. The capacities of the internet have enabled sharing and archiving in an unprecedented fashion. Yet, at the same time,
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Participatory Media Cultures: Virality, Humour, and Online Political Contestations in Kenya
Africa Spectrum, volume 55, issue 2 (2020), pp. 148-169
"The article seeks to discuss varied forms of citizen engagement in the era of Internet viral cultures, ranging from (1) the use of social media for online protest, characterised by political contestation and fleeting outbursts of anger and backlash in the Twittersphere, to (2) the appropriation of
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#WhatsHappeningInThailand: The Power Dynamics of Thailand’s Digital Activism
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), International Cyber Policy Centre (2020), 23 pp.
"In this report, we’ve analysed samples of Twitter data relating to the online manifestation of contemporary political protests in Thailand. We’ve sought to explore key ways in which the online manifestation of the protests differs from its offline counterpart. That includes how power dynamics o
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Internet
Russland-Analysen, issue 388 (2020), pp. 2-11
How Kenyans on Twitter Use Visuals as a Form of Political Protest
Kommunikation.Medien, issue 12 (2020), 27 pp.
"The growth of the Internet in the last two decades has helped increase political and civic en-gagement and scrutiny. The growth of a digital economy in Kenya has led to the emergence of a vibrant online community with 89.7 % of the population having access to the Internet. This paper examines how K
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Contagious Protests
World Bank Group (2020), 25 pp.
"This paper explores the spillover of protests across countries using data on nonviolent and spontaneous demonstrations for 200 countries from 2000 to 2020. Using an autoregressive spatial model, the analysis finds strong evidence of “contagious protests,” with a catalyzing role of social media.
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The Augmented Archive: History in Real Time. An Archaeology of Images of the Egyptian Revolution
International Journal of Communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 5092-5107
"This study explores the challenges of archiving the Egyptian revolution from 2011, and basically any archive consisting of digital media, specifically in contexts of ongoing political contestation. The text proposes a media-archaeological approach in both theory and practice: The media artist Kaya
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Digital Citizenship Toolkit
Key Guidance
MinorMatters;National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (2020), xiv, 185 pp.
"This Digital Citizenship Toolkit (DCT) is an attempt to introduce key concepts related to digital citizenship while taking into account the local socio-economic realities, technology adoption patterns, societal actions and other considerations. For young people, in particular, the demarcation betwe
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Evaluating Hashtag Activism: Examining the Theoretical Challenges and Opportunities of #BlackLivesMatter
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 17, issue 1 (2020), pp. 197-216
"This paper argues for the reexamination of hashtag activism from the theoretical frameworks of liveness and appropriation. Scholarly discussions of online activism have, for the most part, focused on if and how technology revolutionizes social and political movements. Going in a different direction
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Gegenöffentlichkeit statt Fake News
Freiburg: KoBra Kooperation Brasilien (2020), 3 pp.
"In Brasilien hat sich innerhalb kurzer Zeit die Medienlandschaft grundlegend verändert. Die neuen Medien sind zentral geworden und haben u.a. die Präsidentschaftswahl entschieden. NGOs und Soziale Bewegungen experimentieren mit neuen digitalen Strategien, als auch mit klassischen Instrumenten, um
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Digital Democracy
International Reports (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung), volume 36, issue 1 (2020), pp. 1-68
Farmers' Protest: Digital Activism on Facebook
Jeevadhara: A Journal for Socio-religious Research, volume 50, issue 295 (2020), pp. 47-54
"This study analyses the content of the messages on the Facebook Page 'Support for Farmers' from the premise of Habermas's 'Public Sphere'. The results show that the discussions in support of the farmers' protest on Facebook galvanized the public interest on the problematic issues faced by farmers a
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The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism
London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2020), xvi, 419 pp.
"The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism is a wide-ranging collection of 42 original and authoritative essays by leading contributors from a variety of academic disciplines. Introducing and exploring central debates about the diverse relationships between both media and protest, and communicat
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Theorising Media and Conflict
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2020), x, 339 pp.
"Theorising Media and Conflict is the result of a joint and interdisciplinary effort to set the theoretical and empirical agenda in theorising upon the complex relationship between media and conflict. By considering the theorisation work accomplished by the ‘Anthropology of Media’ series forerun
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Leading Protests in the Digital Age: Youth Activism in Egypt and Syria
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xiii, 244 pp.
"This book explores in detail new protest organisation and mobilisation strategies of young activists in the digital age with the aim to identify the tactics that worked well against those creating high risks in the context of digitally supported protests. Focusing on Egyptian protests as well as pe
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