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Preparing to publish: How journalists negotiate content restrictions in semi-authoritarian states
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 120-140
"Journalists act strategically in response to their political environments, using practices like self-censorship to avoid negative repercussions from powerful actors. But what does self-censorship look like in practice? Grounded in theories of policy response and media sociology, this study uses jou
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Private Gatekeepers: Encrypted Messaging Apps and News Audiences
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 20 pp.
"This report examines the widespread use of encrypted messaging apps (EMAs) in developing countries and emerging democracies has prompted news outlets in these regions to experiment with them as mechanisms for distributing the news. From news products designed specifically for sharing via EMAs to pr
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The Need for a New US Information Strategy for North Korea
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2019), 19 pp.
"Drawing on relevant literature, analysis of North Korean media and information control techniques, and interviews with refugees and defectors, this report argues that a new US information strategy is needed to alleviate the social isolation of the North Korean people and improve their long-term wel
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Geoblocking and Global Video Culture
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2016), 203 pp.
The Use of Jokes and Mobile Telephony to Create Counter-Publics in Zimbabwe
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 243-255
"This article discusses how ordinary Zimbabweans use jokes and mobile phones to construct their counter-publics. Jokes are an important part of the oral public sphere and have been used as outlets for political expectoration, to navigate and subvert state power and media censorship. Most of the joke
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A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2012), 88 pp.
"For more than half a century, North Korea’s leaders have relied on a domestic media monopoly to control what information North Koreans can access and how narratives around that information are presented. But the situation on the ground is changing, thanks in large part to North Koreans’ expandi
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La mondialisation des médias contre la censure: Tiers monde et audiovisuel sans frontières
Deep Insights
Bruxelles: De Boeck & Larcier (2002), 307 pp.
"La mondialisation des médias est souvent perçue comme une menace pour la souveraineté ou l'identité nationale des pays du Tiers Monde. Elle est en revanche rarement envisagée sous l'angle de ses effets potentiellement subversifs dans ceux de ces pays où le pouvoir, soucieux de son monopole po
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Behind the Lines: The Private War on Censorship
New York: St. Martin's Press (1985), 179 pp.
"An examination of the unofficial news networks used by Soviet citizens to penetrate official control of information, along with an investigation of the officially controlled media to show the reasons for their weaknesses, both organizational and technological." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Ma
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