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What the EU Should Do for Democracy Support in Africa: Ten Proposals for a New Strategic Initiative in Times of Polarisation

Christine Hackenesch, Julia Leininger, Karina Mross
Brussels; Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 36 pp.
"Proposal 1: Bring democracy support and protection to the core of EU external action and implement this strategic priority in EU foreign relations with Africa (and worldwide). Proposal 2: Develop a new narrative and more strategic approach to democracy support in a geopolitical context where democr ... more
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Countering Disinformation: A Guide to Promoting Information Integrity
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Daniel Arnaudo, Bret Barrowman, Julia Brothers, Lisa Reppell, Victoria Scott, Amy Studdart, Kip Wainscott, Vera Zakem
Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS); USAID (2020), [345 pp.]
"This resource combines the collective wisdom of organizations on the front lines of combatting disinformation globally. This living project provides an outline of what’s being done to address the challenge in key areas and provides a searchable database of the organizations around the world engag ... more
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Re-Enacting Theatre for Development: Examining the Unique Role of Theatre in Development Communication

Samuel Okoronkwo
Journal of Development Communication, volume 31, issue 1 (2020), pp. 57-65
"The concept of development communication is a clear pointer to the interrelationship between communication and development and the fact that the process of communication can be effectively applied to achieve development purposes. In development communication, the major aim of communication is to br ... more
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The Bible Onscreen in the New Millennium: New Heart and New Spirit

Wickham Clayton (ed.)
Manchester: Manchester University Press (2020), xx, 278 pp.
"The remarkable commercial success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ in 2004 came as a surprise to the Hollywood establishment, particularly considering the film’s failure to find production funding through a major studio. Since then the Biblical epic, long thought dead in terms of mains ... more
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The Kenyan Social Media Landscape: Trends and Emerging Narratives, 2020

Patrick Kanyl Wamuyu et al.
Nairobi: SIMElab Africa; United States International University-Africa (USIU Africa) (2020), 77 pp.
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State of Internet Freedom in Tanzania 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 16 pp.
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10 Things to Know About Misinformation and Disinformation

Jonathan Tanner
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2020), 13 pp.
"By accident or design, the internet and social media have created the ideal conditions for a huge increase in false information and conspiracy theories. This can cause real harm offline, especially because digital literacy and digital policy are both currently unable to keep up with the pace of cha ... more
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Women Journalists in Local Media: Major Struggles and Proposals for Solutions

Dilek Içten, Yunus Erduran
Media Research Association (MEDAR) (2020), 45 pp.
"In this study, 30 women journalists from local media organizations based in various cities in Turkey described the problems they experienced in local media and the obstacles standing in the way of women who want to perform better in their career. Interviews with these journalists reveal that, in ce ... more
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Indigenous Research Methodologies

Bagele Chilisa
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2020), xxiv, 368 pp.
"Author Bagele Chilisa updates her groundbreaking textbook to give a new generation of scholars a crucial foundation in indigenous methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. Addressing the increasing emphasis in the classroom and in the field to sensitize researchers and students to diverse perspec ... more
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The Risks and Challenges for Professional Journalism in the Digital Age: A Malaysian Perspective

Siti Nor Amalina Ahmad Tajuddin, Roslan Ali
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 106-123
"The Internet is a modern Pandora's Box which has exceptionally altered the way we disseminate and receive information messages, particularly news. Despite technological innovations being the apex of our history, it is undeniable that they pose new challenges and threats to a different degree. Hence ... more
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COVID-19 and the Right to Privacy: An Analysis of South Korean Experiences

Byoung-il Oh, Yeokyung Chang, SeonHwa Jeong
Korean Progressive Network 'Jinbonet' (2020), 52 pp.
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Digital News Report 2020

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Anne Schulz, Simge Andi, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 111 pp.
"The bulk of this report is based on data collected by a survey of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets and reflects media usage in January/February just before the coronavirus hit many of these countries. But the key trends that we document here, including changes in how people access news, low tr ... more
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#MeToo, Sexual Harassment and Coping Strategies in Norwegian Newsrooms

Trond Idås, Kristin Skare Orgeret, Klas Backholm
Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 1 (2020), pp. 57-67
"This article, through conducting a study of the sexual harassment (SH) of media workers, investigates the extent and types of SH experienced by the editorial staff of Norwegian newsrooms at the time the #MeToo campaign arrived in Norway, and what effects such experiences have on journalists’ prof ... more
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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Namibia

Dennis Reineck
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 25 pp.
"Young Namibians are embracing the digital transformation, according to indicative findings from the present MIL INDEX country study. Interestingly, the youths that took part in eight focus groups conducted at the end of 2018 in Windhoek and Rundu are immersed in digital communication but are aware ... more
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Participatory Communication Plan 2020

Communication for Development Initiative in Asia and the Pacific (ComDev Asia) (2020), 12 pp.
"As a regional initiative, ComDev Asia has adopted the communication framework for family farming and the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-2028). The framework emphasizes three main lines of actions directly linked to UNDFF-GAP Outcome 4.4. These are: 1) participatory communicatio ... more
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Media Independence and Sustainability

Mira Milosevic
Global Conference for Media Freedom, November 16, 2020 (2020), 6 pp.
"Without new public funding, regulation of digital markets, and international support systems for non-profit media, independent professional journalism is in danger of becoming an expensive luxury rather than a universal public good. The press freedom and media development communities have joined jo ... more
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Digital Literacy Training Guide: A Guide for Mobile Money Agents and Digital Literacy Change Agents

London: GSMA (2020), 51 pp.
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Reforming Journalism Education on a Tertiary Level in Afghanistan: Recommendations for a Dual Education Model

Kefa Hamidi, Alessandra Brüchner
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2020), 20 pp.
"The importance of journalism’s role in society is beyond debate. Particularly in so-called fragile states, the social responsibility of media and journalism cannot be denied. Journalism education must account for the high level of skills required by journalists, and the ‘mediation’ function o ... more
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Accelerating Results for Children with Technology and Digital Innovation

UNICEF (2020), 66 pp.
"At UNICEF, the Technology for Development (T4D) function within the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) provides advisory, implementation and quality assurance services to programmes on technology and digital innovation in UNICEF, and leadership on digital innovation. It helps ... more
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Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation
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Julie Posetti, Kalina Bontcheva
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 16 pp.
"COVID-19 disinformation creates confusion about medical science with immediate impact on every person on the planet, and upon whole societies. It is more toxic and more deadly than disinformation about other subjects. That is why this policy brief coins the term disinfodemic. Using this frame, the ... more