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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Minorities & Disadavantaged Groups: Oppression
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Influence of Media on Foreign & International Policies
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United Nations (UN)
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Schlaue Maschinen: Künstliche Intelligenz verändert die Welt
welt-sichten, Heft 12 (2022)
"Künstliche Intelligenz ist auf Smartphones unser ständiger Begleiter, in sozialen Netzwerken verbreitet sie Desinformation, sie wird zur Überwachung und beim Militär eingesetzt. Welche Regeln braucht es, damit uns KI mehr nützt als schadet? Welche billigen Arbeitskräfte liefern die Daten für
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Saving Lives through Effective Flood Warning Communications in Nigeria
Abuja: Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) (2023), 21 pp.
"This report explores the importance of a robust Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) in Nigeria and the need for effective communication to ameliorate the loss and damage caused by flooding. Following Nigeria’s Floods of 2022, which resulted in over 600 lives lost, 3000 injured, 300 thousand hectare
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Digital transformation and early warning systems for saving lives: Background paper
Geneva: ITU (2023), iv, 36 pp.
"The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of early warning dissemination and communication, one of the four pillars of multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), which ITU is leading with the newly defined executive action plan for the Early Warnings for All initiative. The key ob
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World Risk Report 2022. Focus: Digitalization
Berlin; Bochum: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft;Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (2022), 63 pp.
"Digitalization has significantly changed disaster preparedness and management. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are used in all phases of disaster management for knowledge acquisition, information dissemination, communication, as well as control. Examples include the use of global d
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Early Warning Alert and Response in Emergencies: An Operational Guide
World Health Organization (WHO) (2022), xiv, 189 pp.
Utilizing telecommunications / information and communication technologies for disaster risk reduction and management. Study period 2018-2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), xii, 162 pp.
[...] Early-warning systems play a crucial role in informing people about impending disasters and should therefore be deployed in disaster-prone areas. Effective information transmission and dissemination are important before, during and after a disaster. A workshop on early-warning systems held dur
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Saving Lives and Changing Minds with Twitter in Disasters and Pandemics: A Literature Review
Journalism and Media, volume 1, issue 1 (2020), pp. 59-77
"Twitter is a major tool for communication during emergencies and disasters. This study aimed to investigate Twitter use during natural hazards and pandemics. The included studies reported the role of Twitter in disasters triggered by natural hazards. Electronic databases were used for a comprehensi
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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Why Risk Communication is the Critical Component in Disaster Risk Reduction
Progress in Disaster Science, volume 8 (2020), 4 pp.
"Even the most sophisticated forecasting models and advanced early warning systems can be rendered ineffective if the information is not communicated clearly, on time, and in a way that allows the end-user to consider options and act appropriately. These challenges not only apply to fast onset hazar
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The Use of Social Media in Natural Hazard Early Warning Systems
Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) (2019), 5 pp.
Risk Communication and Community Resilience
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xxiii, 288 pp.
"Risk communication is crucial to building community resilience and reducing risk from extreme events. True community resilience involves accurate and timely dissemination of risk information to stakeholders. This book examines the policy and science of risk communication in the digital era. Themes
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Let's Talk Digital. Case Studies: Using Digital Technologies in the Context of Governance and Conflict
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 45 pp.
The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
London: Routledge (2018), xxiv, 572 pp.
"In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media, old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that
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Climate Information & Early Warning Systems Communications Toolkit
UNDP (2016), 60 pp.
New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks
Washington, DC; London: United Nations Foundation;Vodaphone Foundation (2009), 52 pp.
"The report examines how authorities and humanitarian and aid organizations can best balance the opportunities and challenges of exploiting different technologies at the key stages on the timeline of crisis—early warning and preparedness, immediate humanitarian relief, and reconstruction and long-
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