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Al-Jazeera
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Media Use: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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News Avoidance
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Campaigning: Effects & Effctiveness
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Children's Television Programmes
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Communication Rights
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media / Communication Control
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State Influence on the Media
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Community Media
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Media Assistance: Indigenous Communication
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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War Propaganda, Propaganda in Conflicts
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Countering Misinformation & Rumours
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Rumours & Rumour Management
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Media Cultures
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Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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United Nations (UN)
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Media Assistance: Investigative Journalism
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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News
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Reporting & Media Representation: Specific Issues
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Media Assistance: Institutional Support & Core Funding
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Media Assistance: Public Service Broadcasting
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Media Assistance: Television
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Information Ecosystems
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Television Landscapes
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Media Regulation Practices
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Financing Media, Financial Media Management
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Financing Media: Customer Payments, Subscription Models, User-Based Financing
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Financing Not-For-Profit & Community Media
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Radio Sawa
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Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Public & State Television
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Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
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Radio Stations
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Digital Media Reception
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Media Effects
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Media Reception
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Parasocial Interaction
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Everyday Life
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Motivations
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Uses-And-Gratifications Approach
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Taliban
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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Civil Society
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Rohingya
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Inequalities
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Robots, Robotics
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Al-Arabiya
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Al-Hurra (Television Channel)
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Youth and Media
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth & Digital Media
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Youth: Media Representation & Reporting
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"The vast majority of survey respondents, irrespective of their gender and geographical location, recognized the importance of media, particularly electronic media. They acknowledged media role in keeping people informed, entertained and opinion formation. Although people heralded the media for focu ... more

Assessing Russia’s Influence in its Periphery

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2016), 40 slides
"Russian speakers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania rank Kremlin-backed media as the least trustworthy among international, Russian Federation and domestic news sources, according to research presented by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. In addition, only those survey respondents who considered R ... more
"This briefing explores some of the key challenges facing the Nepali media. It outlines growing concerns over politicisation and co-option, particularly of the mainstream Kathmandu-based media, as well as other economic and technological challenges facing the media. The briefing further outlines how ... more
"This article examines the sociohistorical role of radio broadcasting in Afghanistan and analyses the interplay between the radio choices of the audience, political change and conflict. Though never explicitly trusted as a credible information source, the popularity of national radio in Afghanistan ... more

Media Pluralism and Democracy

European Commission (2016), 50 pp.
"The majority think their national media provide a diversity of views, but most say it is not free from political or commercial pressures. Two thirds of respondents (66%) agree that their national media provide a diversity of views and opinions, and the majority in all but one Member State agree (Gr ... more
"It is too often assumed anyone can communicate via the internet or share in the benefits of easily available newspapers and free-to-air television or radio; this is not always true. Lower internet penetration and mobile broadband access in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, for example, stand in sha ... more

Public Perception of False and Distorted Information Covered by the Media: Republic of Moldova

Institute of Marketing, Analysis, Surveys and Investments (IMAS);Association of Independent Press (API);Independent Journalism Center (IJC);Association of Independent TV Journalists (ATVJI) (2016), 49 pp.
"Only 8% of respondents stated that the media in Moldova exhibit, to a very large extent, a responsible behavior toward their audiences. The majority of respondents or 56% stated they were dissatisfied with the lack of responsibility of the national media. One in ten respondents considered him/herse ... more

Informationen fürs Leben: BR-Studie zum Vertrauen in die Medien

München: Bayerischer Rundfunk (2016), 37 pp.
"Das große – inhaltlich aber sehr diffuse – Misstrauen der „Zweifler“ gegenüber etablierten Medien ist vermutlich nur die Spitze des Eisbergs für ein grundsätzliches Dilemma, vor dem Medienanbieter stehen: Ein allgemeines Unbehagen gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und anderen gesellschaftl ... more

Audience Perceptions of Radio Stations and Journalists in the Great Lakes Region

In: Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users
Wendy Willems; Winston Mano (eds.)
London: Routledge (2016), pp. 113-139

Syria Audience Research 2016

Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT);Free Press Unlimited (2016), 82 pp.
"In Syria, television is the dominant media type with high usage and availability rates in all areas studied. Television is followed by online media, print media, and finally radio. Media aligned with the Syrian government are leading in government-controlled areas, and opposition-aligned media are ... more
"This study explored, by comparative thematic analysis, the conceptualization of trust in news media in Serbia, Macedonia, and Croatia - three countries of Eastern Europe where past oppressive regimes might have left a heritage of distrust in all institutions. The analysis of 61 in-depth interviews ... more
"This article presents work done with youngsters from South Africa's poorest province, the Eastern Cape, in an effort to listen to their experience of politics and to understand their use of the media – especially whether it enables them to speak out and be heard in the public sphere. Our research ... more
"The Internews annual media consumption survey shows more Ukrainians searching for news online and fewer getting their news from television. Trust in Ukrainian online media is also up, matching the trend in greater consumption. The survey also shows that Ukrainians are consuming Russian media far le ... more

Libyan Television and its Influence on the Security Sector

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2015), 8 pp.
"The Libyan security landscape is broadly divided into two camps: revolutionary-Islamist and institutionalist-conservative. The country’s resurgent media sector is split along similar lines. This polarization and related partistan reporting reinforce polarization among security sector actors and t ... more
"7 de cada 10 peruanos confía en la radio, siendo el medio de comunicación con mayor credibilidad, por encima de la televisión e incluso que amigos o familiares." (Slide 2)
"Libya’s contested and, at times, chaotic political scene is reflected in its media, which represents a range of political and vested interests, sparking narrative and counter narrative. Ultimately, it has left people frustrated that they cannot access the information that they need. In Tunisia, t ... more
"Especially notable in the 2015 study is that most people access the internet on their phones rather than by laptop or desktop computers. That’s true in every country in our sample, except Egypt, where an ailing economy has slowed the adoption of new technologies common elsewhere in the region and ... more
"With 4 million refugees in neighbouring countries and six and a half million Internally Displaced Persons within Syria, communication tools have become critical for the Syrian population to maintain contact with their family and friends both inside and outside the country. The costs associated with ... more
"TV remains the main news source for the majority of population – 85% of respondents say they have watched TV news during last 30 days. For the last year TV audience has slightly decreased (-8%), and, though in general other sources of information are much less popular, for people under age of 35 ... more