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Inspiring Practice
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Key Guidance
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Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Media Law & Regulation
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Audiences & Users
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Digital Media Landscapes
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ICT Regulation
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Media Markets
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Public Media, State Media
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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News Websites & Portals
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Blogging, Blogs
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media / Communication Control
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Facebook
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Investigative Journalism
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Search Engines
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Journalism
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Politics and Media
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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User-Generated Contents
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Election Campaigns
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Freedom of Expression
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Social Media Marketing & Digital Public Relations
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Convergence of Media
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Digital Research Methods
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Internet
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Online Communication
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Political Blogging
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Good Practice Examples
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Indigenous Communication
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Crowdsourcing
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Participatory Communication
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War Reporting
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital & Social Media Effects
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Internet and Politics
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Digital Political Communication
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Websites
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Political Transition and Media
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Islam and Communication
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Television
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Al-Jazeera
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Internet & Social Media Use: Minorities
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Media Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Videos
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Censorship
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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Public Relations
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Development and Media
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Digital Criticism
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Religious Digital & Social Media Practices
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Electronic Commerce
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Digital Market Concentration
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Online Public Relations
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Online Fundraising
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Video & Foto Online Communities
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YouTube
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Wikis
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Political Economy of Media
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Gaming, Video Games
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COVID-19 Communication
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Photojournalism
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Political Reporting
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Media & Communication Policies
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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BBC
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Political Communication
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Quantitative Research Methods
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Rohingya
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Networks & Networking
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Digital Switchover
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Electoral Advertising, Political Advertising
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Television Advertising
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Audience Research: Online Surveys
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Media Reception & Effects: Youth
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Media Assistance: Authoritarian Countries
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Campaigning
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Catholic Church and Communication
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Catholic Digital Media Presence & Online Communities
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Child Protection, Protection of Minors
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Girls and Media
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Media Literacy: Children
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Adventist Church
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Celebrities, Idols, Stars
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Copyright: Photos & Illustrations
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Nonprofit Public Relations & Marketing
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Online Marketing, Online Public Relations
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Social Marketing
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Community Radios
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Storytelling
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Media Ethnography
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Collective Identities & Media
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Cultural Diversity
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Digital Cultures
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Digital Humanities
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Museums
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Popular Cultures
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Development NGOs
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Good Governance
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Mailing Lists
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Internet and Development
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Internet Business Management
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Chat
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Online Media & Internet Economics
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Social Media Companies
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Digital Media Markets
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Religion in Social Media
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Telegram
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TikTok
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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Flickr
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Instagram
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Yala-Young Leaders (Social Networking Website)
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Streaming Media
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Web Design
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Artificial Intelligence
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Development
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT Policies
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Virtual Reality
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Humanitarian Aid
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Digital & Online Archives
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Data Bases, Digital Libraries, Open Access Repositories
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Information Management
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Rural Libraries
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Media Ownership
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Taxes
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Training Courses, Course Development
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Training of Trainers, Teacher Education
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Webinars
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Media Literacy: Gaming
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Journalism Ethics
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Bias in News Media
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Information Products & Services: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Communication in Social Media, User-Generated Contents
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History of Journalism
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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Diplomacy
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Civic Journalism, Public Journalism
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalism Sources
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Research Methods
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News
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Local News
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Reporting & Media Representation: Specific Issues
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Death & Grief: 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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Sexual Abuse Reporting, Sexual Violence Reporting
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African Languages
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Linguistics & Sociolinguistics
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Slavic Languages
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance
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European Union: Media Assistance
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Diffusion of Innovations
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Regulatory Bodies
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Music
1
Popular Music
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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Politics
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Governance
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Capitalism
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Socialism
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Political Participation
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Police
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Propaganda
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Public Opinion
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Public Spheres
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Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
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Newsletters
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Cyberpsychology
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Media Effects
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Persuasive Communication
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Everyday Life
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Memory, Memorizing
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Jihad
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Muslim Digital Media & Online Communities
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Research Methods
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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Data Collection, Data Collection Methods
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Media Sustainability Index (MSI)
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Ethnographic Research
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Focus Groups & Group Discussions (Qualitative Research Method)
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Discrimination
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Civil Society
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Social Anthropology
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Robots, Robotics
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Technologies: Impact Assessment
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Visual Communication
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Youth Languages
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Language
Document type
Countries / Regions
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
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Methods applied
Journals
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Discussing Conflict in Social Media: The Use of Twitter in the Jammu and Kashmir Conflict
Media, War & Conflict, volume 15, issue 4 (2022), pp. 504-529
"This article conducts a qualitative content analysis of content on Twitter concerning the conflict in the Jammu and Kashmir region. The tweets following the death of a popular militant, Burhan Wani, cover three different themes: (1) criticism of intellectuals; (2) Burhan Wani’s impact on the conf
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How Platforms Respond to Human Rights Conflicts Online: Best Practices in Weighing Rights and Obligations in Hybrid Online Orders
Hamburg: Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung;Global Digital Human Rights Network (GDHRNet) (2022), 187 pp.
"Platforms have power. But this power is not unchecked. Governments have an important role to play in protecting their citizens' rights vis-à-vis third parties and ensuring a communication order in which rights are not violated. (And in addition, of course, they need to respect human rights themsel
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The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxiv, 612 pp.
"This open access handbook presents a multidisciplinary and multifaceted perspective on how the 'digital' is simultaneously changing Russia and the research methods scholars use to study Russia. It provides a critical update on how Russian society, politics, economy, and culture are reconfigured in
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Remember Me: Memory and Forgetting in the Digital Age
Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2021), viii, 155 pp.
"[...] The past does not really exist: it is only a story we tell ourselves. But what happens when we tell this story not only to ourselves but also to our followers, when it is recorded not only on our social media pages but also on the pages of hundreds or thousands of others, making it something
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Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past
Bristol: Bristol University Press (2021), 116 pp.
"Social media platforms hold vast amounts of biographical data about our lives. They repackage our past content as ‘memories’ and deliver them back to us. But how does that change the way we remember? Drawing on original qualitative research as well as industry documents and reports, this book c
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Manual de aplicaciones para comunicación virtual
Cusco: Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos Bartolomé de Las Casas (2021), 79 pp.
"Este manual puede ser útil como material de consulta para orientar a los usuarios sobre los medios más apropiados para llevar a cabo una comunicación virtual eficaz, así como para formar parte de las herramientas de entrenamiento que utilicen las instituciones de desarrollo y las organizaciones
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Social Media Handbuch: Theorien, Methoden, Modelle und Praxis
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 4., aktual. und erw. Aufl. (2021), 402 pp.
"Das Social Media Handbuch begleitet langfristige Entwicklungen im sich ständig wandelnden Social Media Bereich und erklärt grundsätzliche Zusammenhänge. Es beschreibt ein Strategiemodell für die Entwicklung eigener Lösungen, fasst Theorien, Methoden und Modelle führender Autoren zusammen und
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How Social Media is Helping Bridge Divides and Support Women’s Empowerment in Libya
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 2 pp.
"El Kul is seen as an impartial, timely, relevant and trusted source of information in Libya: the vast majority of the survey respondents (over 90%) agreed or strongly agreed that El Kul is informative and provides balanced and trustworthy content. There was a 7% increase in the proportion of respon
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There Can be Only One Truth: Ideological Segregation and Online News Communities in Ukraine
Global Media and Communication, volume 17, issue 2 (2021), pp. 167-187
"The paper examines ideological segregation among Ukrainian users in online environments, using as a case study partisan news communities on Vkontakte, the largest online platform in post-communist states. Its findings suggest that despite their insignificant numbers, partisan news communities attra
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Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia
Top Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xii, 402 pp.
Atlas der digitalen Welt
Top Insights
Frankfurt am Main; New York: Campus Verlag (2020), 271 pp.
"Jeder, der sich in irgendeiner Form mit digitalen Medien beschäftigt, lebt in einer paradoxen Welt: Denn zu keinem Feld existieren mehr Daten, Informationen und Statistiken. Aber zugleich handelt es sich stets um isolierte, winzige Partikel und Fragmente, die sich nicht integrieren lassen. Das Pro
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Social Media in the Middle East: 2019 in Review. Key Developments, Stories and Research Findings from the Past 12 Months
University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication (2020), 55 pp.
"This report is the eighth in an annual series of publications, dating back to 2012, designed to share the latest stories, trends and research in social media usage from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Using a wide variety of academic, industry and media sources, this White Paper ide
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Industrialized Disinformation: 2020 Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
Quick Overview
Oxford: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute (2020), 23 pp.
"Our 2020 report highlights the recent trends of computational propaganda across 81 countries and the evolving tools, capacities, strategies, and resources used to manipulate public opinion around the globe. We identify three key trends in this year’s inventory of disinformation activity: 1. Cyber
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Under the Surface: Covid-19 Vaccine Narratives, Misinformation and Data Deficits on Social Media
First Draft (2020), 95 pp.
"This research demonstrates the complexity of the vaccine information ecosystem, where a cacophony of voices and narratives have coalesced to create an environment of extreme uncertainty. Two topics are driving a large proportion of the current global vaccine discourse, especially around a Covid-19
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The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health - and How We Must Adapt
London: HarperCollins (2020), xv, 390 pp.
"It is paramount, MIT social media expert Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsized impact social media has on our culture, our democracy, and our lives in order to steer today's social technology toward good, while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Otherwise, we could fall victim to wha
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Social Media and Vaccine Hesitancy: New Updates for the Era of COVID-19 and Globalized Infectious Diseases
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, volume 16, issue 11 (2020), pp. 2586-2593
"Despite major advances in vaccination over the past century, resurgence of vaccine-preventable illnesses has led the World Health Organization to identify vaccine hesitancy as a major threat to global health. Vaccine hesitancy may be fueled by health information obtained from a variety of sources,
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State of Social Media: Middle East 2018
University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication (2019), 37 pp.
"This report is the seventh in an annual series of publications showcasing the latest developments, trends and research in social media usage across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Using a wide variety of academic, industry and media sources, this White Paper features key insights from soci
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China’s New Media Dilemma: The Profit in Online Dissent
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2019), 24 pp.
"Drawing from often overlooked sources of evidence, this report shows that China’s homegrown social media platforms have responded to market incentives by subtly shielding users from certain forms of online censorship and repression. Meanwhile, the party confronts rising costs—both economicall
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How Social Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets: The Case of Uganda
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2019)
"In July 2018, the government of Uganda implemented a tax on individual users of social media platforms. In the first three months following the introduction of the tax in the country, internet penetration dropped from 47 percent to 35 percent. Given that a significant amount of news circulation now
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Media Use in the Middle East: A Seven-Nation Survey
Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2019), 104 pp.
"This 2019 report pays special attention to social media and social media influencers even as it focuses heavily on news media. As always, we look at media use by platform and content while also honing in both generally and in detail on the use of the internet. As a member of the World Internet Proj
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