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Red Pilled: The Allure of Digital Hate

Luke Munn
Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press; transript (2023), 190 pp.
"Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, Luke Munn investigat ... more
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Mapping the supply of surveillance technologies to Africa: Case studies from Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia

Tony Roberts, Judy Gitahi, Patrick Allam et al.
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2023), 167 pp.
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Improving Farmer Livelihoods Through Digitised Agricultural Value Chains: Results and Lessons from the GSMA Innovation Fund

Emily Gamble, Lisa Chassin
London: GSMA (2023), 143 pp.
"Digital agriculture services supported by the GSMA Innovation Fund were scaled across 17 value chains and profiled more than 1.4 million farmers combined. Most of the farmers profiled are male (70.3%), smallholder farmers cultivating on less than two hectares of land (79.3%) and over 40 years of ag ... more
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Distinguishing Journalism from other Sources of Information

Nikolaus Forgó, Ziga Skorjanc, Marie-Catherine Wagner
Vienna: Österreichischer Presserat; Press Councils EU (2023), 24 pp.
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Co-Designing a Mobile-Based Game to Improve Misinformation Resistance and Vaccine Knowledge in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda

Kathryn L. Hopkins, Chelsey Lepage, Wendy Cook et al.
Journal of Health Communication, volume 28, issue suppl. 2 (2023), pp. 49-60
"Misinformation can decrease public confidence in vaccines, and reduce vaccination intent and uptake. One strategy for countering these negative impacts comes from inoculation theory. Similar to biological vaccination, inoculation theory posits that exposure to a weakened form of misinformation can ... more
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Evaluating Use of Mass-Media Communication Intervention ‘MTV-Shuga’ on Increased Awareness and Demand for HIV and Sexual Health Services by Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: An Observational Study

Natsayi Chimbindi, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Chidumwa, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer
BMJ Open, volume 13, issue e062804 (2023), 12 pp.
"Objective: To investigate the effect of exposure to 'MTV Shuga:Down South’ (MTVShuga-DS) during the scale-up of combination HIV-prevention interventions on awareness and uptake of sexual reproductive health (SRH) and HIV-prevention services by adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) [...] Conclus ... more
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Balkan Media Assistance Program: A Case Study in Locally Led Development

Washington, DC: USAID (2023), 7 pp.
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Digital Patronage: Toward a New Model of Building a Radio Station

Patryk Galuszka, Piotr Chmielewski
International Journal of Communication, volume 17 (2023), pp. 1861-1879
"This article analyzes how patronage crowdfunding is becoming a central part of the model for building a radio station. Implementing this model requires mobilizing listeners to engage in the direct, long-term financial support of a station. The analysis conducted in this article is based on a case s ... more
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Media Wealth Building: The Report of the Local News Plans Project

Jonathan Heawood, Sameer Padania
Public Interest News Foundation; NewsNow (2023), 43 pp.
"Between September 2022 and January 2023, the Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) worked with local communities in Bangor, Bristol, Folkestone, Glasgow, Manchester and Newry, to create ‘Local News Plans’ for their areas. We facilitated discussions between local stakeholders, including news pr ... more
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Metaverse und Gaming: Potenziale für die Auswärtige Kultur- und Bildungspolitik

Manouchehr Shamsrizi
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2023), 88 pp.
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Gewissensbisse: Fallbeispiele zu ethischen Problemen der Informatik
Key Guides

Christina Class, Wolfgang Coy, Constanze Kurz, Otto Obert, Rainer Rehak, Carsten Trinitis, Stefan Ullrich, Debora Weber-Wulff (eds.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2023), 237 pp.
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Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects

Jane Farmer, Anthony McCosker, Kath Albury, Amir Aryani
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xv, 127 pp.
"This open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations' datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodolo ... more
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Grüne Bibliothek. Ökologische, wirtschaftliche und soziale Nachhaltigkeit in der Praxis

Kommission für One-Person Libraries des Berufsverbands Information Bibliothek (BIB) (2023), 27 pp.
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Paying for News: Price-Conscious Consumers Look for Value Amid Cost-Of-Living Crisis

Nic Newman, Craig Robertson
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 35 pp.
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Theatre for development in Africa: Historical and institutional perspectives
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Christopher Balme, Abdul Karim Hakib (eds.)
Hildesheim; München: Olms; University Library of LMU München (2023), xiii, 256 pp.
"Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed ... more
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Pimp my farm: Eine Reality-TV-Show in Kenia verändert nicht nur die Ernte der teilnehmenden Bauern, sondern auch das Leben der Zuschauer

Fritz Habekuß
Die Zeit, nr. 51 (2023)
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How Are Courts Responding to SLAPPs? Analysis of Selected Court Decisions from Across the Globe

Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression (2023), 26 pp.
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Towards building inclusive digital communities: ITU toolkit and self-assessment for ICT accessibility implementation

Geneva: ITU (2023), viii, 101 pp.
"This newly revised edition of the ITU toolkit and self-assessment for ICT accessibility implementation, "Towards Building Inclusive Digital Communities", incorporates updates aimed to support the efforts of ITU members and all stakeholders in understanding and implementing ICT accessibility at nati ... more
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How to Foster Constructive Dialogue as Part of Media Development? Lessons from a Case Study on Interactive Radio Formats in Niger

Ines Drefs, Lamine Soleymane
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 22 pp.
"This case study shows that media development endeavors to foster constructive dialogue require concerted effort. They have to be in closely interwoven with local realities and needs — be it at the country, community or individual level. The example of interactive radio formats in Niger illustrate ... more
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Building a Chatbot in a Pandemic

Kimberly Rambaud, Simon van Woerden, Leonardo Palumbo et al.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 25, issue e42960 (2023), 8 pp.
"Easy access to evidence-based information on COVID-19 within an infodemic has been a challenging task. Chatbots have been introduced in times of emergency, when human resources are stretched thin and individuals need a user-centered resource. The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe ... more