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The Digital Enquirer Kit

Tactical Tech (2021)

"The Digital Enquirer Kit is an e-learning course that guides learners through lessons on how to prevent the spread of misinformation, available on the free platform atingi.org. The course covers topics including media literacy, verification, and how to navigate the internet safely. The first four m ... more

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Game Production Studies

Olli Sotamaa, Jan Svelch (eds.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), 355 pp.

"In Game Production Studies, an international group of established and emerging researchers takes a closer look at the everyday realities of video game production, ranging from commercial industries to independent creators and cultural intermediari ... more

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Disinformation and Fake News

Shashi Jayakumar, Benjamin Ang, Nur Diyanah Anwar (eds.)

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xii, 158 pp.

"While much has been said about individual disinformation campaigns in specific countries, this book offers a panoramic view of how these campaigns are conducted, who they target, and how they are spread. By bringing together research on specific c ... more

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Effective state practices against disinformation: Four country case studies

Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer

Helsinki: European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) (2021), 30 pp.

"[...] this Research Report has selected four country case studies: Sweden, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France. Obviously, other cases would have been interesting, particularly the United States. But the United States is already at the centre of other works, including by Hybrid CoE. Being divers ... more

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Routledge Handbook on Arab Media
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Noureddine Miladi, Noha Mellor (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), 528 pp.

"This Handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements. Contr ... more

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Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part Two)

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2021), pp. 305-490

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New Voices: Aswat Jadida. Ten Years of Development in Arabic Media

Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI (2021), 65 pp.

"This work highlights ten years of support for media development in the Arab world, telling the story through photos, eye-witness accounts, journalist profiles and personal experiences. Ten years spent alongside men and women playing an active role in civil society, committed to citizen-centred, div ... more

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A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Speech in the Central African Republic
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Nicola Barrach-Yousefi et al.

Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab;United States Institute of Peace (USIP);Association Jeunesse en Marche pour le Développement en Centrafrique (AJEMADEC) (2021), 38 pp.

"Since 2014, PeaceTech Lab has undertaken research and worked with local partners in 13 countries to understand the dynamics of hate speech and the connection between the proliferation of hateful narratives online and violent events offline. This research and the resulting lexicons seek to identify ... more

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#journaliststoo: Women Journalists Speak Out. A Collection of Essays on Personal Experiences with Harassment

Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (2021), 56 pp.

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21st-Century Readers: Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World

PISA

Paris: OECD (2021), 213 pp.

"Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspapers. The massive information flow of the digital era demands that readers be able to distinguish between fact and ... more

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A Freelancer’s Guide to Reporting on Refugees and Migration

Freelance Journalism Assembly;European Journalism Centre (2021), 4 pp.

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The Global Smartphone: Beyond a Youth Technology

Daniel Miller, Laila Abed Rabho, Patrick Awondo et al.

London: UCL Press (2021), xxiv; 295 pp.

"The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose, so you would think we would know what it is. But do we? To find out, 11 anthropologists each spent 16 months living in communities in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, focusing on the take up of smartphones by older people. Their r ... more

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Gendered disinformation: 6 reasons why liberal democracies need to respond to this threat. Policy brief

Ellen Judson

Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2021)

"Gendered disinformation is a form of identity-based disinformation that threatens human rightsworldwide. It undermines the digital and political rights, as well as the safety and security, of itstargets. Its effects are far-reaching: gendered disi ... more

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Media and Information Literate Citizens: Think Critically, Click Wisely!
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Alton Grizzle, Carolyn Wilson, Dorothy Gordon (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed. (2021), 403 pp.

"This pioneering curriculum presents a comprehensive competency framework of media and information literacy and offers educators and leraners structured pedagogical suggestions. It features various detailed modules covering the range of competencie ... more

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Instruction on the Use of Distance Learning in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties

Vatican City: Congregation for Catholic Education (2021), 14 pp.

"The aim of this Instruction – the result of a wide-ranging consultation of all Ecclesiastical Faculties and Universities (q.v. Circular Letter n. 1, of 8 December 2018), expert contributions from international specialists in the field, as well a ... more

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Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación
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Sylvia Braesel, Thorsten Karg

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie, 3rd ed. (2021), 241 pp.

"Hay una variedad de estrategias y enfoques que se pueden aplicar para enseñar a la Alfabetización mediática e informacional (AMI), los cuales se centran en el conocimiento, la actitud y las habilidades. Por supuesto, las y los capacitadores est ... more

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The Road Ahead: Mapping Civil Society Responses to Disinformation

Samantha Bradshaw, Lisa-Maria Neudert

Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2021), 27 pp.

"Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) bring a wide range of skill sets to the problem of digital disinformation. Some organizations focus on digital media literacy and education; others engage in advocacy and policy work. Another segment has develope ... d expertise in fact-checking and verification. Other organizations have developed refined technical skills for extracting and analyzing data from social media platforms. This research yielded several clear observations about the state of CSO responses to disinformation and, in turn, suggests several recommendations for paths forward. • Prioritize Skill Diffusion and Knowledge Transfer. Civil society organizations seeking funding for counter-disinformation initiatives should emphasize the importance of skill diffusion and knowledge-transfer initiatives. The siloed nature of disinformation research points to a growing need to blend technical expertise with deep cultural and political knowledge. • CSO researchers lack sufficient access to social media data. Survey respondents identified insufficient access to data as a challenge. Sometimes data are not made available to CSOs; in other instances, data are made available in formats that are not workable for meaningful research purposes. Unequal access to the data that private companies do provide can exacerbate regional inequities, and the nature of data sharing by social media platforms can unduly shape the space for inquiry by civil society and other researchers. Funders, platforms, and other key actors should develop approaches that provide more consistent, inclusive data access to CSOs. • Duplicative programming hampers innovation. CSOs drawing on similar tools, approaches, and techniques to meet similar goals pointed to three main factors preventing more specialized, innovative initiatives: lack of coordination, lack of specific expertise, and lack of flexible funding. Community building and collaboration among relevant organizations deserve more investment, as do initiatives that partner larger, established organizations with smaller or growing ones, or pool efforts, skill sets, and expertise to encourage diverse research by design rather than by coincidence. • Relationships with tech platforms vary across regions. Surveyed CSOs often held simultaneously skeptical and positive opinions about their relationships with social media companies. Some receive preferential access to data and even funding for their work (raising concerns about independence), while others report a lack of responsiveness from company representatives. In the Global South and Eastern Europe, many CSOs expressed concern that platforms failed to meaningfully engage with them on issues of critical concern. • More flexible funding and more diverse research are both necessary. To encourage greater platform accountability across varied geographic contexts, CSOs and their funders should draw on the perspectives of specific, under-analyzed communities." (Executive summary, page 3-4) more

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The "Hate Speech" Policies of Major Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ana Laura Pérez

Montevideo: UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021), 32 pp.

"This document reports an increase in so-called “hate speech” posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although dissimilar, such an increase can be observed in the transparency reports of the different platforms and the surge in content moderation since M ... more

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African Media Barometer: Mali 2021

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 55 pp.

"[...] the exercise of freedom of expression remains relatively practised and differs from one region to the next. It is easier to exercise freedom of expression in big cities than in small towns or rural areas. Since 2012, Mali has been plagued by terrorist groups’ attacks from the north. The det ... more

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African Media Barometer: Benin 2021

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 57 pp.

"Trade unionists, human rights activists, journalists, dignitaries of endogenous religions, and even ordinary citizens feel threatened when exercising their right to freedom of expression. Generally, they fear prosecution cases against them being mounted by the authorities. Business people and entre ... more

Routledge Handbook on Arab Media Top Insights

A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Speech in the Central African Republic Quick Overview

Media and Information Literate Citizens: Think Critically, Click Wisely! Key Guidance

Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación Key Guidance

Routledge Handbook on Arab Media
Top Insights

A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Speech in the Central African Republic
Quick Overview

Media and Information Literate Citizens: Think Critically, Click Wisely!
Key Guidance

Alfabetización mediática e informacional: Una guía práctica de capacitación
Key Guidance