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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Digital Research Methods
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Media / Communication Control
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Early Warning: Conflicts & Crises
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Extremist Recruitment through Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet
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Political Blogging
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Social Media
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Facebook
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Diaspora Media
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Early Warning: Disasters
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Election Reporting
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Media Assistance: Elections
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Crowdsourcing
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Photography
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Social media images and conflicts
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 137 pp.
"This collection considers how digital images and social media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived around the globe. Devoted to developing original theoretical frameworks and empirical insights, the volume addresses the role of user images and social media in rela
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State of Play: Trends in Terrorist and Violent Extremist Use of the Internet 2022
Tech Against Terrorism (2023), 32 pp.
"This report covers key trends and developments in terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) use of the internet over 2022. It aims to highlight the principal shifts in TVE behaviour and tactics online, and to inform more comprehensive, cross-industry responses to countering TVE exploitation of the inte
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The Digitalisation of Armed Conflicts: Three Humanitarian Priorities
Brussels: Brussels School of Governance, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (2022), 5 pp.
"States should interpret – and apply – existing rules in a manner that ensures adequate and sufficient protection for civilians and civilian infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) systems and data in our ever-increasingly digitalised societies. Academia, tech companies, s
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Understanding Digital Conflict Drivers
In: Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security
H. Mahmoudi et al. (eds.)
Cham: Springer (2022), pp. 169-200
"This chapter explores digital drivers of conflict. We examine how technologies are affecting conflict dynamics and what peacebuilders can do to mitigate these effects. We argue that because digital technologies are fundamentally altering the human experience, they are by extension fundamentally alt
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Let's Talk Digital. Case Studies: Using Digital Technologies in the Context of Governance and Conflict
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 45 pp.
Assessing the Role of Social Media and Digital Technology in Violence Reporting
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 33 pp.
"This paper assesses the role of social media and digital technologies (SMDTs) in the reporting of violent events, and evaluates their relative strengths and weaknesses as compared to other means available. It seeks to understand how SMDT data are collated, how reliable the data are, and what practi
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Uchaguzi: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of ICTs, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Kenya
Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2015), 43 pp.
"This study has found that Uchaguzi represents a blended model incorporating both crowd-seeding (placing monitors on the ground to collect data) and crowd-sourcing (collecting information from the public). The success of crowd-seeding is a function of Uchaguzi’s partnerships with local and interna
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Social Media in Syria's Uprising and Post-Revolution Libya: An Analysis of Activists' and Blogger's Online Engagement
Arab Media & Society, issue 19 (2014), 21 pp.
"Masudul Biswas and Carrie Sipes perform a comparative content analysis of Twitter and Facebook posts from a sample of Syrian and Libyan activist groups. By considering online content in the context of post-revolution Libya and the continuing upheaval in Syria, the authors shed new light on online a
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Conceptualizing ‘communication for Peace’
San José (CR): University for Peace (2013), 39 pp.
"The present paper [...] seeks to examine what could be the groundwork to build a framework for ‘Communication for Peace’ (C4P) on, to identify the major areas of relevant research that exist, lacunae in this body of work, fruitful intersections between different disciplines and eventually, to p
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New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict
New York: International Peace Institute (IPI);UNDP (2013), iv, 94 pp.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding: The Role of New Media
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (2013), 38 pp.
"Overall, this paper finds that peacebuilding practitioners have much to learn in terms of new media use from their humanitarian and development colleagues. New media is increasingly and often successfully used for needs assessments and beneficiary communication but only very few examples exist in w
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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.
"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how
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Peacebuilding in the Information Society: Sifting Hype from Reality
Geneva: ICT for Peace Foundation (2011), 47 pp.
New Social Media and Conflict in Kyrgyzstan
Solna: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (2011), 22 pp.
"During 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced two periods of conflict that took the country to the brink of civil war: the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in April and the ethnic violence in the south of the country in June. The use of blogs and social network sites as well as mobile and multimedia p
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Advancing New Media Research
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 8 pp.
"New media are powerful but have mixed effects on political organizations. To identify these consequences, we need to continue devising new frameworks of analysis. Knowing more about how new media relate to each other and to traditional media is critical. Being sensitive to the differences between,
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Internet, guerra y paz en Colombia
Bogotá: Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP) (2002), 355 pp.
"Los sitios en internet de organizaciones vinculadas a las dinámicas del conflicto y de la paz en Colombia expresan una pugna por la visibilidad social, la legitimación de discursos y prácticas, y la construcción de identidad. Son testimonio de la decisión polÃtica de confrontar y debatir medi
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