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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Media Use: Conflict Areas
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Flow of Information
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Media Use: Political Information
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Media Use: Urban Populations
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Mobile Phone Use
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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War Reporting
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Media Quality
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Trust Building in Health & Emergency Communication
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Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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BBC
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Political Transition and Media
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Al-Jazeera
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Research
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Minorities
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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Film Audiences, Film Consumption
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Health Information Access & Use
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Information Needs in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Media Socialisation, Media Biographies, Media Life Journeys
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Media Use: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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News Avoidance
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Religious Media Use, Religious Media Audiences
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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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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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Development Aid Reporting
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Internet
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Facebook
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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WhatsApp
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Diaspora Media
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Media Assistance: Minority Media
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Media Assistance: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Economics of Media
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Nonprofit Journalism, Nonprofit Media
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Neoliberalism
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Education and Communication / Media
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Sports
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Environmental Communication
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Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
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Bias in News Media
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Health Campaigns: Concepts & Strategies
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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History of Media & Communication
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Indigenous Communication
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign News, International News
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Russia: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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Satellite Television
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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International Relations
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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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News Reception
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Radio Journalism
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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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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Populism
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Political Parties
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Agenda Setting
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Public Opinion
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Magazines
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Public Service Broadcasting
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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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Lost: Syrian Refugees and the Information Gap
Internews (2013), 16 pp.
"The report presents findings that pose both unique challenges and opportunities for programs seeking to provide humanitarian information to Syrian refugees in Lebanon. So far, according to the report, there is little evidence of any comprehensive strategy or investment in providing a humanitarian c
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Selective Believability: A Perspective on Africans’ Interactions with Global Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 219-236
"This article attempts to highlight a new perspective on African audiences’ engagement with global media and point to new postulates in audience research. It briefly reviews key reception theories, ranging from the effects tradition to active audience paradigm and encoding-decoding model. It then
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Global Hotspots: Media Use in Mali and Somalia 2013
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2013), 60 slides
"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (Slide 39)
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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Zemio Region
Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 10 pp.
"Between June 30th and July 10th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults, representative of the adult population of the town of Zemio and its surroundings, over 1,000 km east of the capital Bangui in the prefecture of Haut Mbomou, near the bo
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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Obo Region
Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 11 pp.
"Between May 19th-27th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults representative of the adult population in Obo, the capital of Haut-Mbomou, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR), and its surroundings [...] Radio is the
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Social Media in Development Cooperation
Malmö; Roskilde: Orecomm Centre for Communication and Glocal Change (2012), 90 pp.
"This publication is an outcome of the Ørecomm Festival 2011 and presents Paula Uimonen (The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions), Petter Åttingsberg (International Media Support) Stine Kirstein Junge (United Nations Development Programme), Birgitte Jallov (independent consultant), and R
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Communication on Immunisation: Building Trust
Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2012), iv, 41 pp.
"This guide highlights the importance of trust and credibility for public health organisations in order to communicate effectively on immunisation. The document aims at supporting Member States in planning and implementing communication initiatives on vaccination, by presenting an overview of the ma
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BBG Research Series Briefing: Iran Media Use 2012
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2012), 30 slides
"State media will continue to play a critical role in Iran. The audience for external media platforms is large and will remain so absent any significant reforms in domestic media. Attitudes towards specific media outlets are rarely uni-dimensional, and few enjoy unqualified trust. Satellite TV remai
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Addressing Mistrust Between Humanitarians and Local Media: Baseline Assessment for “Integrating Local Media and ICTs Into Humanitarian Response in CAR”
Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 8 pp.
"Internews' project to integrate local media and ICTs into humanitarian response in CAR takes place in a context of distrust between journalists and humanitarians. According to this report, humanitarians view the media as lacking credibility, depth, independence and fairness, and as monetizing news
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¿Quién confía en los medios masivos de comunicación en América Latina?
Vanderbilt University;Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) (2012), 8 pp.
"En promedio, la confianza en los medios es evidente en la región. Sin embargo, muchos ciudadanos siguen distantes. Para explicar los distintos niveles de confianza, este trabajo se concentra en un conjunto de indicadores de conciencia sobre la política. Es interesante notar que existen diferencia
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Mediated Public Diplomacy: Satellite TV News in the Arab World and Perception Effects
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 8 (2012), pp. 728-749
"Using Entman’s work on mediated public diplomacy, the authors conducted an Arabic-language online survey of news consumers on Arab websites, including one US-funded media outlet. They examined factors leading to gaps in exposure and perceptions of credibility for three Arab news outlets. Specific
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Syria Crisis: Humanitarian Information Needs Assessment - Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan
Arcata, Calif.; London: Internews (2012), 17 pp.
"Internews surveyed more than 120 Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp, asking a set of 30 questions about information needs, sources, and trust levels. Additionally, 20 in-depth key informant interviews were conducted with humanitarian workers and media professionals in Jordan and in Beirut, Lebanon. As
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Credibility of TV News in a Developing Country: The Case of Bangladesh
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 89, issue 1 (2012), pp. 73-91
"Television has recently experienced unprecedented expansion in Bangladesh. Given its popularity and influence, and with more people using it for their information, research on the credibility of TV news is warranted. Perceived independence of TV channels, their social role, source expertise, object
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Trust in international news media in partially free media environments: A case study of five markets in Africa and South Asia
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 92 pp.
"This report is focused on attitudes to trust in international media. It collates findings from 36 focus groups and 11 immersion interviews conducted in Nairobi (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Mumbai (India) and Lahore (Pakistan) in the summer and autumn of 2010 [...] The report explores th
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Timor-Leste Communication and Media Survey
Dili (TL): United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), Communication and Public Information Office (2011), 82 pp.
"This survey is the second nation-wide media use study conducted in Timor-Leste. UNMIT commissioned this study to provide a comprehensive update of the findings from Foundation Hirondelle’s National Media Survey of 2006, also conducted by INSIGHT. The main objectives of the study are to: 1) assess
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Sondeo: “Audiencias y medios de comunicación en tiempos de elecciones"
Managua: Universidad Centroamericana, Observatorio de Medios UCA (2011), 20 pp.
Children and the Media: A Survey of the Children and Young People’s Opinion on Their Use and Trust in Media
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute;UNICEF (2011), 48 pp.
"This material summarizes the main results and trends of a survey carried out with children and young people aged 13-18 in Tirana. The material focuses on the preference of this age group regarding different media, on the trends of opinions, suggestions for improvement, especially regarding the port
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Believe it or Not: Understanding the Credibility and Effectiveness of Radio Sawa in the UAE
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 4 (2011), pp. 359-371
"As part of an overall strategy to influence public opinion in the Muslim world, the US government implemented two new international broadcasting tools — Radio Sawa and Alhurra (a satellite television network). In the face of declining support of US government policies in the Muslim world, this st
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Predicting Political Discussion in a Censored Virtual Environment
Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 341-356
"Contrary to the optimistic view that the Internet would promote democracy in authoritarian countries like China, the pervasive political apathy among younger generations calls for a closer examination of micro-level individual political participation. This study contributes to the nascent body of e
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Iraq Media Study: National Audience Analysis
Washington, DC: IREX;D3 Systems (2010), 43 pp.
The IREX Audience Measurement Survey 2009 in Iraq was an ad hoc national quantitative research study on media usage, habits and attitudes of people over the age of 15, across Iraq, with a total sample size of 2,200 individuals. The total sample consists of a representative sample of 2,000 individual
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