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Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
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Memes
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Peace Culture, Peace Education, Non-Violence
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Computational Content Analysis
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Media Ethnography
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital Labour, Digital Work
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Interactive Media
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WeChat (Messaging, Social Media & Mobile Payment App, China)
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Political Blogging
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Instagram
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Trolling (Social Media)
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AI in Journalism & Media
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Digital Philosophies
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Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Discrimination in Language & Media
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Information Management
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Stop.Fake.org (Internet Portal, Kiev)
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Environmental Disinformation & Misinformation
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Economics of Media
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Media Clusters
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Media Industries
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Music Industries & Markets
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
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Gaming: Ethical Issues
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Environmental Journalism
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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History of Disinformation
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Influence of Media on Foreign & International Policies
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NATO
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Journalistic Genres
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Asian Languages
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Media Assistance
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Mindfulness, Mindful Communication
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Media Literacy: Primary Education
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Media Governance
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Rule of Law
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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Aquinas, Thomas (1225-1274)
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Cadwalladr, Carole (British Investigative Journalist)
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Ressa, Maria
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Conflict & War Photography
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Accountability & Transparency
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Governance
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Political Culture
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Hindu Nationalism
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Framing
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Political Television Programmes & Political Talkshows
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Public & State Television
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Gatekeeping Function of Media
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Data Analysis & Interpretation
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Political Indicators
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Randomised Control Trials & (Quasi-) Experimental Designs
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Rohingya
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Digital Media Technologies
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
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State Influence on ICT & Telecommunication Markets
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Vulnerable Landscapes: Case Studies of Violence and Disinformation

Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2019), 19 pp.
"Disinformation existed in the past, but the growing ubiquity of social media grants political actors increasing capacity to spread dangerous rhetoric and imagery in their pursuit of power. Incendiary content has the potential to catalyze mob violence, riots, and vigilantes taking the law into their ... more

Disinformation: Annotated Bibliography

Toronto: University of Toronto, Citizen Lab (2019), 71 pp.
"This document serves as a reading list and primer on digital disinformation. While the proliferation of literature on the subject is a positive reaction to an otherwise vague yet troubling threat, it can be difficult to grasp how much has been accomplished and what questions remain unanswered. This ... more

Integridad y ética de los medios de comunicación

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2019), 30 pp.
"El módulo explora la importancia crítica de la ética para medios tradicionales, como el periodismo, y para medios modernos, como las redes sociales. La presencia de las redes sociales y las noticias digitales ha aumentado la responsabilidad ética de la gente que opera en este campo, especialmen ... more
"This book investigates ways in which global media coverage of conflicts affects the worldviews of the social and cultural values of nationals from the war regions. It identifies the cultural patterns in remote communities that have been 'diluted' by IT and the extent to which the changes impacted t ... more
"When comparing media freedom in Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand, so-called “fake news” appears as threats to a deliberative (online) public sphere in these three diverse contexts. However, “racist propaganda”, “information operations” and “negative campaigning” might be more accurat ... more
"The findings of a recent Ipsos survey conducted on behalf of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) reveal that fake news is very much a global epidemic and that its impact is widespread. The poll of over 25,000 interviews in over 25 economies finds that well over four in five (8 ... more

¿Qué hacer frente a las fake news?

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2019), 30 pp.
"Para contestar la pregunta de qué hacer frente a las “Fake News”, se prohíbe dar respuestas simplistas. El presente dictamen argumenta que borrar “Fake News” de las redes sociales no es una panacea. Todo lo contrario: Los populistas percibirían su eliminación como una confirmación de s ... more
"Based on an extensive literature review, we suggest that ‘fake news’ alludes to two dimensions of political communication: the fake news genre (i.e. the deliberate creation of pseudojournalistic disinformation) and the fake news label (i.e. the instrumentalization of the term to delegitimize ne ... more

International Standards and Comparative National Approaches to Countering Disinformation in the Context of Freedom of the Media

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media;International Press Institute (IPI) (2019), 57 pp.

The False Information Ecosystem in India

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 20 pp.
"Over the past few years, internet access and adoption in India has grown tremendously, giving Indians more access to the online information ecosystem than ever before. Today, India is one of the largest markets for technology platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. However, the adoption of these t ... more
"The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has great humanitarian responsibilities towards a war-torn region. Deliberately referred to as a regional entrepreneurship hub, over eight million of Jordan’s citizens (86.4%) have access to the internet, and they produce more than half of the digital content avail ... more
"In the last few years, the world information ecosystem has been flooded by the “fake news” phenomena, augmented by the widespread use of social media. The fragmentation and scale of the new communication tools help spread old ideologies, that uphold racism, homophobia, and oppression. This phen ... more

Conflict-Sensitive Journalism: A Practical Handbook for Journalists in Southern Africa

Windhoek: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Communication;Social Science Research Council;African Peacebuilding Network (APN) (2019), 96 pp.
"The collection of essays in this volume seek among other things to draw attention to the virtues of conflict-sensitive journalism as a way of transforming the negative effects of ‘war’ journalism. Contributors to the handbook include journalists drawn from the following countries: eSwatini, Les ... more

Journalism and Truth in an Age of Social Media

New York: Oxford University Press (2019), xix, 283 pp.
"This edited volume examines how the growth of social media and ancillary computer systems is affecting the relationship between journalism and the pursuit of truth. Experts explore how news is perceived and identified, presented to the public, and how the public responds to news. They consider soci ... more
Combining theory and practice, Mobile-First Journalism examines how audiences view, share and engage with journalism on internet-connected devices and through social media platforms. The book examines the interlinked relationship between mobile technology, social media and apps, covering the entire ... more
"Policy discourse about disinformation focuses heavily on the technological dimensions of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns. Unfortunately, this myopic focus on technology has led to insufficient attention being paid to the underlying human factors driving the success of state-sponsored disin ... more
"This introduction to the special issue considers how independent research on mis/disinformation campaigns can be conducted in a corporate environment hostile to academic research. We provide an overview of the disinformation landscape in the wake of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and ... more