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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Mobile Phone Markets
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Access to Media & Information
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Media Use: Children
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Media Use: Youth
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Electronic Commerce
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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ICT Industries & Markets
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Audience Research Methods
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Gaming: Uses & Effects
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Mobile Phone Use: Children
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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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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Milieus, Lifestyles
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Print Media Use, Press Readers
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Media Literacy: Children
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Online News
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Social Media
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Facebook
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YouTube
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WhatsApp
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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ICT Policies
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ICT Regulation
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Gaming, Video Games
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Rural Women & Communication
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Media & Information Literacy
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Selfies, Self-Portrait Photographs
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Political Communication
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Marginality, Marginalized Groups
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Visual Communication
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Advertising
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Advertising Effects & Impact
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Audience Research: Online Surveys
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Elderly People: Media Use
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Media Diaries
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Media Socialisation, Media Biographies, Media Life Journeys
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Media Use: Families
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Media Use: Influence of Religion
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Media Use: Urban Populations
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Radio Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Elderly People
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Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Event Marketing & Communication
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Catholic Church: Public Relations & Institutional Communication
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Catholic Digital Media Presence & Online Communities
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Children and Media
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Children & Digital Media
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Children's Television Programmes
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Media / Communication Control
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Media Ethnography
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Visual Anthropology
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Popular Cultures
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Communication for Social Change
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital Labour, Digital Work
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Online Media & Internet Economics
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Digital Media Markets
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Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Instagram
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT4D Research
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ICT Effects & Impact
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ICT Research
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Trust Building in Health & Emergency Communication
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Game Industries, Game Production
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Media Markets
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Remittances
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Media Literacy: Gaming
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Feminism & Communication
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Health Communication
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Indigenous Languages
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News
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News Reception
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Family Communication
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Media Literacy: Families
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Media Management
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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BBC
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Music
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Social Photography
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Politics
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Emotions in Communication & Media
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Sorrow
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Pilgrimages & Pilgrimage Sites
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Research Methods
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Open Source Software
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Telecommunications
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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WLAN Wireless Internet Access
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SMS
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Telephone
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Theories of Communication & Media
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User-Generated Contents
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Visual Cultures
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Youth and Media
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Youth Media
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Youth: Media Representation & Reporting
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Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson (2016), 31 pp.
"In this Ericsson Mobility Report, we continue to describe the evolution towards the Networked Society. Between 2015 and 2021, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to increase at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 percent, making up close to 16 billion of the total forecast 28 billion
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Communication in Sierra Leone: An Analysis of Media and Mobile Audiences
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 52 pp.
"The survey indicates that radio remains the most widely accessed broadcast platform in Sierra Leone. In all, eight out of 10 (81%) Sierra Leoneans have access to radio, and 47% listen to it daily. Radio listenership is fractured, however, with no single station able to reach a national audience. Ar
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Quand l'Afrique réinvente la téléphonie mobile
Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 259 pp.
"Entre hybridation et réinvention, les pratiques communicationnelles liées à la téléphonie mobile offrent des perspectives de recherche stimulantes. Pour les opérateurs de téléphonie, il s’ouvre un réel champ, où d’observation en expérimentation, se créent de nouvelles offres. Au-del
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On the Liveness of Mobile Phone Mediation: Youth Expectations of Remittances and Narratives of Discontent in the Cameroonian Transnational Family
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 3, issue 1 (2015), pp. 20-35
"Drawn from multisited fieldwork conducted among Cameroonians in Germany and Cameroon, the article reveals that the liveness of mobile phone communication influences expectations and narratives of remittances in Cameroonian transnational social relationships. These expectations are meaningful within
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Digital, Social & Mobile in 2015: We Are Social's Compendium of Global Digital Statistics
Singapore: We Are Social (2015), 372 slides
State of the Use of Mobile Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in South East Asia
Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (2015), 66 pp.
"This project is conducted in response to Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s (GDPC) initiative of developing flood hazard preparedness mobile apps in the four target countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam)." (Executive summary)
Mobile Metrics for Journalists
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project (2015), 11 pp.
Mobile Media and Political Participation: Defining and Developing an Emerging Field
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 2 (2014), pp. 173-195
"This article uses interdisciplinary insights and a critical review of relevant literature to identify research opportunities that stand to advance mobile political communication theory. Contributions and limitations of studies focused on ICTs and political participation are reviewed and discussed.
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Global Digital Statistics 2014: We Are Social's Snapshot of Key Digital Indicators
Singapore: We Are Social (2014), 181 slides
Face-To-Face Survey Overview Summary Results
London: Balancing Act (2014), 50 pp.
"Mobile ownership in all of the four surveys [in Ghana, Nothern Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania] was around 90%, making the mobile phone the most widely owned device media device, both used as a media carrier (radio) and a media in its own right (Internet, SMS) [...] Radio remains the dominant medium
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Feature Phone User Survey: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
London: Balancing Act (2014), 64 pp.
"Feature phone users are significantly more likely to use the Internet almost as much radio and TV for news and information. This is not an either/or set of choices but the Internet is part of the range of media they use. Internet is in second position in Nigeria, third position in Ethiopia and Keny
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Protest per Handycam: Die Grüne Bewegung im Iran
Marburg: Tectum (2014), 131 pp.
"Die 'Grüne Bewegung', die Protestbewegung infolge der iranischen Präsidentschaftswahlen, machte im Sommer 2009 international Schlagzeilen. Das Mobiltelefon wurde dabei zum Symbol und zur Waffe des Volkes: Mit Handyfotos und -videos wurde das brutale Vorgehen der iranischen Machthaber gegen die Be
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Phoning it in: Theory in Mobile Media and Communication in Developing Countries
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 1, issue 1 (2014), pp. 76-82
"As 75 percent of the world’s mobile subscriptions are in developing countries, studies of use patterns are essential to broader understanding. However, scholars should engage with existing theory and literature in order to operate within a framework and expand readership. Rigorous and ethical res
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Texting, Tweeting, and Talking: Effects of Smartphone Use on Engagement in Civic Discourse in China
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-19
"Media use and talking with others have been found to have positive effects on citizens' civic participation according to Wyatt, Katz, and Kim (2000). Recent research links informational uses of the mobile phone to increased involvement in civic and political life. Building on this line of research,
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Cambodia: From Big Screen to Small
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 37 slides
"Cambodia is a country on the cusp of rapid media change. TV and radio remain the top media and main sources of news. Apolitical newcomer Hang Meas is top source with tabloid news, entertainment. But new media is gaining, fueled by widespread mobile use: almost all households have a mobile phone; yo
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Pakistan: Audience Realities in an Unstable Media Landscape
Gallup; Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2014), 43 slides
"TV is the main information platform by far, but the importance of individual channels varies by region and modes of access. Population is divided between those with access to non-State TV and those without. While most express generic satisfaction with media, actual opinions about specific channels
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Will the Social Media Lenses be the Framework for Sustainable Development in Rural Nigeria?
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 237-254
"As academia, development experts and policy-makers have continued to search for the right mix of technology, methodology, easy-to-use and understandable scientific elements and infrastructure that would suit the nation’s peculiar circumstances towards meeting her developmental needs. This situati
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Side@Ways: Mobile Margins and the Dynamics of Communication in Africa
Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa; African Studies Centre (2013), 202 pp.
"This book is about the workings of networks of the mobile in Africa, a continent usually associated with the ‘global shadows’ of the world. How do changes in the possibilities for communication, with the recent hype of mobile technology, influence the social and economic dynamics in Africa’s
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The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (2013), xxxii, 293 pp.
"Over just a decade in India, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare, unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized staple that even poor fisherman can afford. Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey investigate the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant communications device in history and
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