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Paradigm Changes and New Challenges for Media Education: Review and Science Mapping (2000-2021)
Profesional de la Información, volume 31, issue 6: e310606 (2022), 13 pp.
"The aim of this study is to review our understanding of the scientific relevance of the terms “media education” and “educommunication” during the last two decades to describe its evolution on the basis of its terms, locations, thematic stages, and methodological approaches using a systemati
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Affordances of Digital Platforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analytical Review
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), issue 88: e12213 (2022), 21 pp.
"This paper presents an analytical review of the technological affordances of digital platforms in SSA. We adopted a systematic literature review methodology that entailed gathering evidence from relevant literature and digital platforms in three countries in SSA (South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya).
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A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies on Online Fake News Detection
Information (MDPI), volume 13, issue 527 (2022), 20 pp.
"Despite the large number of studies on fake news detection, they have not yet been combined to offer coherent insight on trends and advancements in this domain. Hence, the primary objective of this study was to fill this knowledge gap. The method for selecting the pertinent articles for extraction
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A Systematic Literature Review on Fake News in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Can AI Propose a Solution?
Applied Sciences (MDPI), volume 12, issue 12727 (2022), 19 pp.
"This paper aims to unpack a structured overview of previous research topics and findings and identify gaps. Our goal in this systematic review is to (a) synthesize the selected earlier studies, (b) offer researchers a structural framework for future COVID-19 and fake news research, and (c) recommen
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Use of Community Engagement Interventions to Improve Child Immunisation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Campbell Systematic Reviews, volume 18, issue e1253 (2022), 118 pp.
"This systematic review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community engagement interventions on outcomes related to childhood immunisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identifies contextual, design and implementation features that may be associated with effectiv
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Echo Chambers, Filter Bubbles, and Polarisation: A Literature Review
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 42 pp.
"This literature review examines, specifically, social science work presenting evidence concerning the existence, causes, and effect of online echo chambers and consider what related research can tell about scientific discussions online and how they might shape public understanding of science and th
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Comprehending Media Systems for Media Development
Dortmund: Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome); MEDAS21 (2022), 29 pp.
"Media development assistance and media systems research are intricately connected: by describing, assessing, and attempting to change them, media development actors produce knowledge about media systems and directly impact them. This research review explores the intersections of academic media syst
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Disinformation, Hoaxes, Curation and Verification: Review of Studies in Ibero-America 2017-2020
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 648-668
"This article is aligned with the recommendations of the main international organizations that fight against disinformation and infodemic, providing a review work that can be useful for researchers, professionals and scholars of the subject. Review articles like this one also help to establish futur
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Civic Participation in the Datafied Society: Towards Democratic Auditing?
Data Justice Lab; Cardiff University (2022), 188 pp.
"Digital infrastructure increasingly enables the extraction, exploitation, processing and analysis of personal and behavioural data. Data analytics have not just become the core of the digital economy but also constitute a growing feature of the public sector. Wide areas of public administration are
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"Since 2018, we’ve been tracking academic studies that show in stark terms the impact journalism has on our democracy. This research review has become a critical guide for funders, policymakers, communities, and journalists who care about creating a healthier democracy. In 2022, we overhauled this
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Infodemics and Health Misinformation: A Systematic Review of Reviews
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, volume 100, issue 9 (2022), pp. 544-561
"Our search identified 31 systematic reviews, of which 17 were published. The proportion of health-related misinformation on social media ranged from 0.2% to 28.8%. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram are critical in disseminating the rapid and far-reaching information. The most negative conseq
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Communicating for Social Change: A Model of Communicative Power
International Communication Gazette, volume 84, issue 7-8 (2022), pp. 591-612
"There are two fundamental concerns about global communication for social change (CSC) research and practice that guide the present study. The first is whether CSC researchers are collecting evidence regarding whether interventions work, the second is whether the sub-field is building theory about h
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The emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events: A mapping review
Media, War & Conflict, volume 14, issue 4 (2021), pp. 476–502
"This article presents a mapping review of the available literature on the emotional well-being of journalists exposed to traumatic events. The review consists of three parts: (a) a summary of the results of trauma-related literature; (b) identification of the limitations of studies to date; and (c)
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Gender Digital Divide: Desk Review Report
Washington, DC: USAID (2021), viii, 87 pp.
"This desk review is the first phase of creating gender digital divide tools for USAID Gender Advisors. It provides an overview of the current status of the gender digital divide (with a particular focus on mobile phones and mobile Internet, although these are not the only aspects of the gender digi
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Making Cititzen-Centred Accountability Last: Time, Money, Partners, Motivation. Research Report
Integrity Action (2021), 41 pp.
"Citizen monitoring, social audits, mobile-based feedback systems, procurement monitoring: These are just a few examples of so-called citizen-centred accountability (CCA) mechanisms which governments and civil society organisations have developed to encourage citizens to feedback on the services the
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The Measurement of Trust in Communication Research, Part 2
Communication Research Trends, volume 40, issue 1 (2021), pp. 4-36
"In this review of the literature I have attempted to show how researchers in different areas of communication have conceptualized and operationalized trust and trust-related concepts. Trust has been associated most with the concept of credibility, but other words that have been used to operationali
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Mapping of Democratization Support: Final Report
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2021), 93 pp.
Remembering Franz-Josef Eilers SVD (1932–2021)
Verbum SVD, volume 62, issue 1 (2021), pp. 116-138
"Divine Word Missionary and communication expert Franz-Josef Eilers passed away in Manila on January 13, 2021. He was a prominent SVD communication and media expert and had dedicated his life to social communication and the formation of missionaries in the SVD and beyond for an evangelisation in ter
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A Decade of Research on Hyperlocal Media: An International Approach to a New Media Model
Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, volume 11, issue 3 (2021), 12 pp.
"The growth of hyperlocal media has rekindled the ecosystem of local media in recent years. An international phenomenon, it has already been the subject of much study in the academy, despite it being a recent occurrence. This article deals with the literature review of scientific articles published
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