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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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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Internet Shutdowns
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Antisemitism
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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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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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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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Media / Communication Control
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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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-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Religious Functions & Messages of Digital Media
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Wikipedia
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Ethnic / Minority Online Communities & Websites
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Buddhism and Communication
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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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Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
Top Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2016), 1021 pp.
"Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during antigovernment protests. Public-facing social media platforms like Fac
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Tweeting Democracy: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Social Media Use in the Differing Politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s Newspapers
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 167-185
"This descriptive, empirical study gives context to how print journalists in two politically different African nations, Senegal and Ethiopia, use Twitter and Facebook to report the news and to what extent. We ask, ‘how is this new model of online reporting manifesting itself in Ethiopian and Seneg
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Out of Syria, Inside Facebook
Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst (2016), 224 pp.
"During her studies at the University for Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig, Dona Abboud had mostly only contact via Facebook with her family and friends in Syria. The book presents 10 Syrian men and women with almost 2000 photos of their Facebook pages, supplemented by interviews and short biographi
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Digital Faith: Social Media and the Enactment of Religious Identity in Pakistan
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Doctoral Thesis (2016), 256 pp.
"This thesis is a theoretically framed and historically informed sociological analysis of how digital technology usage shapes religious identity in Pakistan. The development literature is dominated by assumptions of technologically driven progress towards secularisation and studies of technology pro
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Facets of Facebook: Use and Users
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Saur (2016), x, 328 pp.
"The debate on Facebook raises questions about the use and users of this information service. This collected volume gathers a broad spectrum of social science and information science articles about Facebook. Facebook has many facets, and we just look forward above all to the use and users. The facet
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A Missional Study of the Use of Social Media (Facebook) by Some Ghanaian Pentecostal Pastors
KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, volume 81, issue 2 (2016), 8 pp.
"Social media as a new phenomenon has become a tool used by many televangelists and pastors all over the world. It is against this background that this research sought to explore the Facebook activities of some Ghanaian Pentecostal pastors from a missional perspective. The article deals with the con
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New Social Media and Politics in Thailand: The Emergence of Fascist Vigilante Groups on Facebook
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 215-233
"Since 2010, Facebook has become a battleground between competing political camps in Thailand. Facebook groups like the Social Sanction group, tellingly abbreviated as SS, and the Rubbish Collector Organization, which was founded in 2014 and has attracted more than 200,000 members, have played a cru
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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), viii, 327 pp.
"Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new a
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New Media to Promote Religious Communication in Jainism: An Exploratory Study
Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 47-64
Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India
Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 65-81
"The paper focuses on the social media use in religious communication by Kerala Christians who largely migrated after India's independence to Ahmedabat, Gujarat, India. Further, the paper attempts to analyze the way digital and social media are accessed and utilized by the migrant Kerala Christians
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Mechachal: A Preliminary Assessment of Online Debates in Ethiopia. Report One
University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 35 pp.
"Mechachal is a collaborative project developed by the University of Oxford and Addis Ababa University to understand the nature and potential of online debates in Ethiopia. Mechachal can be translated from Amharic as “tolerance”, or as one’s awareness of their own social sphere and willingness
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Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society After 2009
Albany: State University of New York Press (2015), 334 pp.
Redes sociodigitales en México
México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2015), 194 pp.
Facebook for Self-Empowerment? A Study of Facebook Adoption in Urban India
New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 7 (2014), pp. 1122-1137
"This article presents an ethnographic study of the adoption and use of Facebook among urban Indian youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Mobile-centric use of the Internet is widely prevalent here as general packet radio service (GPRS)-enabled mobile phones and data plans have bec
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Social Media in Syria's Uprising and Post-Revolution Libya: An Analysis of Activists' and Blogger's Online Engagement
Arab Media & Society, issue 19 (2014), 21 pp.
"Masudul Biswas and Carrie Sipes perform a comparative content analysis of Twitter and Facebook posts from a sample of Syrian and Libyan activist groups. By considering online content in the context of post-revolution Libya and the continuing upheaval in Syria, the authors shed new light on online a
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Citizen Engagement and Public Services in the Arab World: The Potential of Social Media
Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 6 (2014), 51 pp.
"The survey administered for this issue measures public attitudes and perceptions towards the adoption of social media by Arab governments for the purpose of public service delivery. Respondents were asked about their usage of government social media pages, their perceptions of benefits and risks in
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Youth, Facebook and Politics in South Africa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 119-130
"This article explores how Facebook is used by South African youth, with particular reference to their political participation and involvement. Research has shown the declining involvement of young people in political processes, particularly since democratic elections in 1994. This is an internation
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The New Gatekeepers: Controlling Information in the Internet Age
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 54 pp.
"Internet companies have become the new gatekeepers of information–and their data-parsing algorithms the twenty-first century equivalent of the stereotypical editor with the green eyeshade who filtered the news before passing it along to readers .. As they have expanded globally, these pioneering
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The Global Social Network Landscape: A Country-By-Country Guide to Social Network Usage
eMarketer (2013), 40 pp.
"Though Facebook’s near-ubiquitous lead might indicate that the global social network landscape is simplifying, it quickly becomes clear this is not the case. This report aims to help marketers assess the social network landscape in 27 countries by briefly examining four key factors: top social ne
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Many Clicks But Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia
Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 43, issue 4 (2013), pp. 636-657
"Rather than viewing social media activism as the harbinger of social change or dismissing it as mere “slacktivism,” the article provides a more nuanced argument by identifying the conditions under which participation in social media might lead to successful political activism. In social media,
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