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Access to Information: A New Promise for Sustainable Development
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 54 pp.
"The central aim of this study is to unpack the major trends in the field of access to information laws and their implementation. In order to understand the trends, the report examines the activities of trendsetters. It focuses on awareness-raising by UNESCO, Member State recommendations in the Univ
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Radikalisierungsmaschinen: Wie Extremisten die neuen Technologien nutzen und uns manipulieren
Deep Insights
Berlin: Suhrkamp (2019), 334 pp.
"Julia Ebner verfolgt hauptberuflich Extremisten. Undercover mischt sie sich unter Hacker, Terroristen, Trolle, Fundamentalisten und Verschwörer, sie kennt die Szenen von innen, von der Alt-Right-Bewegung bis zum Islamischen Staat, online wie offline. Ihr Buch macht Radikalisierung fassbar, es ist
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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
Deep Insights
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service
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Libro blanco: Competencias mediáticas en Ecuador
Deep Insights
México, DF: Pearson; Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI); Alfamed (2019), 161 pp.
"Este libro realiza un análisis situacional de la alfabetización mediática en Ecuador, a su vez procura agrupar los principales resultados obtenidos a través de numerosos estudios en las regiones y ciudades del país donde se ha determinado el nivel de competencia mediática en varios grupos de
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Media Ethics and Global Justice in the Digital Age
Deep Insights
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2019), xix, 408 pp.
"Today's digital revolution is a worldwide phenomenon, with profound and often differential implications for communities around the world and their relationships to one another. This book presents a new, explicitly international theory of media ethics, incorporating non-Western perspectives and draw
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Handbook on Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media
Deep Insights
International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), 2nd ed. (2019), 110 pp.
"The Handbook showcases IAWRT members’ experiences and best practices for working towards advancing gender equality in and on the media in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, India and Uganda." (Publisher description)
Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
Deep Insights
New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) (2019), 180 pp.
"Three years after writing the report Publishing for Peanuts, in which we surveyed 35 media startups mostly from the Global South, we decided to go back and see how the outlets had fared. Our area of interest in 2015 was small-to-medium size independent media outlets with a track record of consisten
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How to Fund Investigative Journalism: Insights from the Field and its Key Donors
Deep Insights
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 40 pp.
"Our findings show that there is a viable future for investigative journalism (IJ) at all levels, local to international, if systematic, predictable, stable funding for networks, centers, journalists, technologies and collaborations can be found. Funders acknowledge that most manifestations of IJ ar
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Propaganda & Persuasion
Deep Insights
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 7th ed. (2019), xv, 400 pp.
"Reflecting the remarkable changes in the world of propaganda due to the increasing use of social media, this updated Seventh Edition provides a systematic introduction to the increasingly complex world of propaganda. Viewing propaganda as a form of communication, the authors help you understand inf
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International Media Development: Historical Perspectives and New Frontiers
Deep Insights
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2019), xv, 277 pp.
"This collection is the first of its kind on the topic of media development. It brings together luminary thinkers in the field—both researchers and practitioners—to reflect on how advocacy groups, researchers, the international community and others can work to ensure that media can continue to s
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An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research
Deep Insights
New York; London: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2019), xvii, 590 pp.
"An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research provides an in-depth overview of communication studies as well as integrating theory with research. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of current theory and research written by the top theorists and researchers in each area
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Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
Deep Insights
London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp.
"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra
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Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe
Deep Insights
New York: Columbia University Press (2019), xi, 434 pp.
"How do journalists around the world view their own function and role in society? Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 25,000 journalists in 66 countries between 2012 and 2015, Worlds of Journalism examines the different ways journalists conceive of their responsibilities
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Preparing the Ground for Better Dialogue, Better Information, Better Action: Lessons on Communicating with Communities in Emergencies
Deep Insights
CDAC Network; World Vision International (2018), 31 pp.
"What we’ve learnt about communicating effectively with disaster affected communities: 1. To deliver actionable, life-saving information, emergency responders should strive to agree on common messages developed in partnership with communities and tackle the spread of rumours. 2. It is important to
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Social Tech Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deep Insights
Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) (2018), 86 pp.
"Around the world diverse actors are working to develop technology that directly improves social conditions. This report refers to these types of technology as ‘social tech’. Examples of social tech include anti-corruption systems for citizens to report bribes; communications platforms for refug
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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
Deep Insights
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp.
"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-
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Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 273 pp.
"Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition is the first comparative study of professional journalists working in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The book presents a range of insider perspectives, offering a valuable insight into the nature of jo
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The Future of Radio in South Africa: Innovations and Trends
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2018), 43 pp.
A Village Goes Mobile: Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India
Deep Insights
New York: Oxford University Press (2018), ix, 200 pp.
"In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term ethnographic fieldwork in West Bengal began before the village had a phone system in place and continued through the introduction and proliferation of the
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What is Sustainable Journalism? Integrating the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of Journalism
Deep Insights
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), xxxiii, 374 pp.
"This edited volume, which elaborates on the idea and concept of sustainable journalism, is the result of a perceived lack of integral research approaches to journalism and sustainable development. Thirty years ago, in 1987, the Brundtland Report pointed out economic growth, social equality and envi
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