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Jumanji Extremism? How Games and Gamification Could Facilitate Radicalization Processes
Journal for Deradicalization, issue 23 (2020), pp. 1-43
"This article makes an exploratory contribution to the theoretical foundations of the study of gaming in radicalization research. It is argued that both top-down and bottom up gamification have already impacted extremist discourse and potentially radicalization processes but that research on gamific
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Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-Related Misinformation on Social Media
Social Science & Medicine, volume 240, issue 112552 (2019), 12 pp.
"While examples of the rapid spread of misinformation date back to the earliest days of scientific medicine, the internet, by allowing instantaneous communication and powerful amplification has brought about a quantum change. In democracies where ideas compete in the marketplace for attention, accur
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Theory of Change: A Short Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography
Washington, DC: Global Environment Facility (2019), 24 pp.
"The report is split into three chapters: chapter one looks at over one hundred different campaigns, highlighting effective and successful campaigns, and the evaluations of them where possible. Those that are not evaluated can be used as inspiration. The categorisation of the different campaigns was
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Comunicación para el desarrollo en tesis universitarias de Perú: Hacia una cartografÃa disciplinar
Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela), volume 25, issue 2 (2019), pp. 141-162
"La comunicación para el desarrollo representa un campo de conocimiento de considerable interés en las dinámicas y procesos del desarrollo, por lo que amerita reconocerla en el contexto peruano. En este sentido, el objetivo de esta investigación, consiste en estructurar una cartografÃa discipli
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Media and Anti-Corruption
Deep Insights
"The media can play a paramount role in exposing corruption and initiating legal, political and penal action against it. Different media genres unfold their respective strengths and show their limits as anti-corruption tools depending on the different levels on which they take effect, on the audienc
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Rethinking Pedagogy: Exploring the Potential of Digital Technology in Achieving Quality Education
Deep Insights
New Delhi: UNESCO; Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) (2019), xiii, 151 pp.
"Based on the literature review, mapping of digital education resources in circulation, and examples of implementation of digital education initiatives from around the world, this report aims to provide insights that would help lead to the wise, innovative and ethical use of digital technology in ed
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"Technology has driven major change in some areas of humanitarian response, but its use can also be biased and blind to risks. A tendency towards techno-optimism risks avoiding fundamental questions around the limits of technology, the role of the private sector (including local and regional technol
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Fake news as a two-dimensional phenomenon: A framework and research agenda
Annals of the International Communication Association, volume 43, issue 2 (2019), pp. 97-116
"Based on an extensive literature review, we suggest that ‘fake news’ alludes to two dimensions of political communication: the fake news genre (i.e. the deliberate creation of pseudojournalistic disinformation) and the fake news label (i.e. the instrumentalization of the term to delegitimize ne
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2018
Zell Publishing Consultants (2019), 80 pp.
"This is the fourth in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and the book sector in sub-Saharan Africa [...] Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course
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Government Communication Capacity and Media Freedom
Burmingham: University of Birmingham (2019), 12 pp.
"This rapid literature review will focus on the influence of government communication on the government-media relationship. It does not encompass other avenues through which government is able to affect the media environment such as legislation, public policy and political culture. The role of the p
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Puppet as a Pedagogical Tool: A Literature Review
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, volume 11, issue 4 (2019), pp. 393-401
"This study examines the potential of puppets in the educational context. The study offers a literature review on the benefits and possibilities of the puppet as a pedagogical tool. The literature was searched using primarily an international e-material search of UEF FINNA. Additional articles were
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Science Journalism for Development in the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review of Issues and Challenges
Public Understanding of Science, volume 28, issue 8 (2019), pp. 973-990
"Based primarily on a systematic review of the relevant literature between 2000 and 2017, this article reflects on the state of journalism about science in developing countries, with a focus on its issues, challenges and implications for their developmental processes and causes. Five major themes em
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"As new information technologies facilitate the production and dissemination of broadcast media, entertainment-education interventions are increasingly used in attempts to influence audiences on issues such as political participation, support for democracy, violence against women, and tolerance of e
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Communicating Environmental Health Risks with Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Research and Recommendations for Future Studies
Health Communication, volume 34, issue 13 (2019), pp. 1564-1574
"A systematic literature review was conducted to consolidate peer-reviewed research on the communication of environmental health risks with Indigenous populations. The comprehensive literature review procedures included searching databases and key journals that represented various fields in communic
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Mobiltelefone in Afrika = Mobile Phones in Africa
Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2019), 29 pp.
13 Reasons Why Not: A Methodological and Meta-Analytic Review of Evidence Regarding Suicide Contagion by Fictional Media
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, volume 49, issue 4 (2019), pp. 1178-1186
"For decades, policymakers and suicide prevention advocates have questioned whether exposure to media with suicide themes, whether television, movies, or music, could increase suicide risk among youth. To date, no clear picture has emerged, with data inconsistent. Two broad forms of data consider th
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Family Planning and Youth in West Africa: Mass Media, Digital Media, and Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategies. Literature Review
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Population Council (2019), 42 pp.
"This review presents evidence about the impact of mass media and digital media on young people’s family planning (FP) attitudes and behaviors. It primarily focuses on the Ouagadougou Partnership countries, but also describes lessons learned from other initiatives implemented more widely in Africa
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