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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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YouTube
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Social Media
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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COVID-19 Communication
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TikTok
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Google
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Internet Shutdowns
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Nazism
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Election Reporting
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Antisemitism
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Religious Media Use, Religious Media Audiences
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Pentecostal Churches & Communication
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Holocaust
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
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Propaganda
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Solidarity
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Child Protection, Protection of Minors
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Christian Press: Evangelical / Protestant & Others
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Holy Mass Transmission: Television & Social Media
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Digital Theologies
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Hollywood
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Communication Rights
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Media / Communication Control
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Crisis Communication
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Foreign Government Communication Interventions
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Community Radios
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Storytelling
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Religion and Conflicts, Religious Conflicts, Religious Violence
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Boko Haram
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Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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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 Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Dealing With the Past
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Religious Functions & Messages of Digital Media
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Visual Anthropology
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Memes
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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Good Governance
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Net Neutrality
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Online Dating
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Podcasts
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Religion in Social Media
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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Wikipedia
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Ethnic / Minority Online Communities & Websites
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News Websites & Portals
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICTs and Development
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Virtual Reality
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Xenophobia
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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Identifying & Researching Disinformation
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Media Concentration
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Music Industries & Markets
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Political Economy of Media
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Video on Demand
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Defamation of Religion (Blasphemy)
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Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Success Factors
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender Issues: Media Coverage
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Gender Norms & Roles
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Good Practice Examples
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Health Communication
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Alcohol Abuse: Prevention & Media Representation
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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Religion in Health Communication
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Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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History of Media: Colonial Period
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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China: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational & Comparative Communication Research
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Journalism
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Local Journalism
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Language Barriers
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Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
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Translations & Translating
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Social Media Landscapes
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Consumer Protection
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Human Rights Violations
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Migrants & Refugees: Tailor-Made Media Products & Information Services
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Youth Migrants, Youth Refugees, Youth Dasporas
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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Photography
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Governance
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Fascism
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Hindu Nationalism
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Public Opinion
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Public Spheres
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Video Production Skills
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Manipulation
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Buddhism and Communication
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Esotericism & New Age
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Taliban
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Jihad
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Islam and Communication
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Jainism
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Yazidism, Yazidis, Yezidis
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Rohingya
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Technologies: Impact Assessment
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Mobile Phone Apps
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RT (Russian International Broadcaster, formerly Russia Today)
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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User-Generated Contents
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Visualization
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Youth, Adolescents
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Digital Hate: The Global Conjuncture of Extreme Speech
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2021), 266 pp.
"The euphoria that has accompanied the birth and expansion of the internet as a "liberation technology" is increasingly eclipsed by an explosion of vitriolic language on a global scale. Digital Hate: The Global Conjuncture of Extreme Speech provides the first distinctly global and interdisciplinary
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Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part Two)
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2021), pp. 305-490
Overlooking the Political Economy in the Research on Propaganda
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 2, issue special issue (2021), 14 pp.
"A thematic meta-analysis – of recent literature on online propaganda in the context of the Global South, and 20 Facebook-funded research projects in 2018 – shows that research is overwhelmingly focused on the psychological and behavioral impacts of propaganda. This research advocates for promot
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Solidarity in the Media and Public Contention Over Refugees in Europe
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2021), xi, 207 pp.
"Focusing on the public sphere, the book follows the assumption that solidarity is a social value, political concept and legal principle that is discursively constructed in public contentions. The analysis refers systematically and comparatively to eight European countries, namely, Denmark, France,
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Digital Caudillos: The Use of Social Media in Guatemalan Presidential Campaigns
Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA), volume 13, issue 2 (2021), pp. 269-283
"This article contributes to the scholarship on Latin American campaigning by presenting data on the use of social media by presidential candidates in Guatemala’s 2019 election, including a content analysis of more than 2,000 Facebook posts along fifteen variables. The data show that Facebook use
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Social Media Usage by Digital Finance Consumers: Analysis of Consumer Complaints in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. July 2019 - July 2020
Innovations for Poverty Action (ipa) (2021), 36 pp.
"Digital feedback has large potential for consumer protection. The customer experiences shared in the different social media channels have proven to be a rich source of information with the potential of answering a large number of questions. Who will make use of this data and methods going forward,
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Courage Against Hate
Facebook (2021), 128 pp.
"The Courage Against Hate initiative has been brought together by Facebook for the purpose of sparking cross-sector, pan-European dialogue and action to combat hate speech and extremism. This collection of articles unites European academic analysis with practitioners who are actively working on coun
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The "Hate Speech" Policies of Major Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Montevideo: UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021), 32 pp.
"This document reports an increase in so-called “hate speech” posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although dissimilar, such an increase can be observed in the transparency reports of the different platforms and the surge in content moderation since M
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Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa
London; New York: Routledge (2021), x, 157 pp.
"This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans’ use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital dat
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Between ‘filter bubbles’ and community leaders: An exploratory study of Facebook groups for Russophones/Russians in the Netherlands
Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, volume 1, issue 1 (2020), pp. 89-105
"Through an exploration of Facebook groups designed for Russophones and Russians in the Netherlands, this study considers online community belonging negotiations. In doing so, the article aims to address the role of online administrators (admins) in online community construction, seeking to enrich t
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Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2020), v, 338 pp.
"Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change advances applied theoretical research on 21st century media imperialism. The volume includes established and emerging researchers in international communications who examine the geopolitical, economic, technological and cultural dimensions of 21st century me
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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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‘Let Us Breathe!' Censorship and Criminalization of Online Expression in Viet Nam
London: Amnesty International (2020), 77 pp.
"On 21 April 2020, Facebook announced a major shift in its content moderation policy in Viet Nam. Under this policy, it has increasingly complied with the Vietnamese authorities’ repressive censorship of online expression deemed critical of the state.3 Facebook has disclosed that it agreed to “s
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Expressões de fé: A construção de sentido nos comentários de transmissões religiosas no Facebook
Vitória: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Artes, Master Thesis (2020), 185 pp.
"Investiga os efeitos de sentido, como são construídos e que valores são colocados em circulação no espaço destinado aos comentários nas transmissões ao vivo das missas pelo Facebook. Busca entender como, ao longo da transmissão, acontecem as interações entre público, padre e plataforma
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Jihadi Audiovisuality and its Entanglements: Meanings, Aesthetics, Appropriations
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2020), xvi, 328 pp.
Report on the Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme
London: Full Fact (2020), 33 pp.
"Full Fact first started working with Facebook on the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme in January 2019. When we joined the programme we committed to reporting regularly on its operation. Our first report, published in July 2019, covered January to June 2019.1 This second report details our experi
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Social Media and Elections in Africa. Vol. 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xv, 237 pp.
"This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the variou
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The Role of Social Media in Fomenting Violence: Myanmar
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2020), 20 pp.
"Myanmar was originally portrayed as an internet success story. Connected in a matter of months after five decades of military dictatorship, Myanmar people were supposed to be able to communicate freely, access unimpeded information online, experience the benefits of a range of compelling and empowe
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Retweeting Through the Great Firewall: A Persistent and Undeterred Threat Actor
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), International Cyber Policy Centre (2020), 56 pp.
"This report analyses a persistent, large-scale influence campaign linked to Chinese state actors on Twitter and Facebook. This activity largely targeted Chinese-speaking audiences outside of the Chinese mainland (where Twitter is blocked) with the intention of influencing perceptions on key issues,
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Searching for a New Kenya: Politics and Social Media on the Streets of Mombasa
Cambridge: University of Cambridge (2020), xi, 270 pp.
"Searching for a New Kenya analyses public discussion in urban Kenya, focusing on the gatherings of citizens, both in-person and online, where people discuss issues of common concern to shed light on the role public discussion plays in politics and how social media affects political movements. Throu
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