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"Periphery-Centric" Approach as a Tactic for Everyday Digital In- and Exclusion of Indonesian Villages
Media and Communication, volume 12, issue 8162 (2024), 20 pp.
"Much has been said about the importance of digital inclusion in reducing the digital divide and ensuring equal access and use of ICTs for all. Generally, inclusivity has a positive connotation, meaning that no one should be left behind by digitalization processes. However, the inclusion of marginal
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Knowledge Workers of the Digital World, Unite! Knowledge Workers’ Workplace Surveillance and Hidden Transcripts in China
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 3163-3184
"In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the purposes of labor control and surveillance. This trend significantly affects the knowledge workers who are deeply connected with ICT. However, there is a lack of studies tackl
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Social Media, Youth, and the Global South: Comparative Perspectives
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xix, 292 pp.
This book illuminates the complex relationship between social media, identity, and youth in the Global South. By examining the profound impact on the psychosocial well-being and economic prospects of young people across diverse regions, the collection present empirical evidence from scholars spannin
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China and the Internet: Using New Media for development and Social change
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2024), 368 pp.
"Two oversimplified narratives have long dominated news reports and academic studies of China's Internet: one lauding its potentials to boost commerce, the other bemoaning state control and measures against the forces of political transformations. This bifurcation obscures the complexity of the dyna
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A return of dominant paradigm in China: Making Alibaba a development solution for rural China and the globe
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 21 pp.
"In 2011, Alibaba launched the Taobao Villages initiative, which enables rural e-commerce and connects rural sellers with urban buyers, highlighting the role of e-commerce platforms in reducing rural poverty. This approach was later integrated into national rural development policies. As the Digital
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar: The Evolution of the Digital Fight Against Authoritarian State Repression
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 2224-2244
"This study examines #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar and attempts to understand the practice of hashtags in the struggle against digital repression. By using descriptive analysis methods and qualitative content analysis, this study argues that #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar is categorized into 4 distinct narrati
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Behind the Screen: How Successful Multi-Platform Journalist Jacque Manabat Uses TikTok to Reach a New Audience
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), September 24 (2024)
"[...] TikTok is much more than just a social network. Increasingly, it serves as a search engine, connecting its users with trends, music, and news—the latter in a significant way. Various studies indicate that TikTok has now become the primary news source for Gen Z, with this trend on the rise.
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A Review of Policy Options and Scenarios on Philippine Platform Work
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2024), 38 pp.
"The Policy Brief covers pathways for reform of government regulation or public policy with respect to areas applicable to platform workers. These include: a) Laws and statutes enacted by the legislative branch or Congress; and b) Administrative issuances made by the executive branch [...] Further,
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Funny Enough: Incorporating Humor Into Health Messages to Promote Breast Self-Examination Behavior
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 4441-4467
"Using the extended parallel process model (PPM), this research examines whether and how humor functions to influence women’s breast self-examination (BSE) intention. We conducted a 2 (humor: present vs. absent) × 2 (threat: high vs. low) × 2 (efficacy: high vs. low) between-subjects experiment
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Press Freedom in the Time of COVID-19: The Philippine Experience Under the Duterte Administration
Advances in Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS), volume 17, issue 1 (2024), pp. 63-84
"The media plays an important role in disseminating vital information and being ‘watchdogs’ of government misconduct. Press freedom is constitutionally guaranteed in the Philippines, but the space for journalists and media companies continues to shrink. This is because constant attempts have bee
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Chinese Media Engagement with Africa and the Role of African Agency: The Cases of Kenya and Ethiopia
"This policy brief reveals the complexity of Chinese media engagement with African countries, highlighting involvement from both state and private actors through a variety of forms. At its core, China aims to champion its development paradigm as a viable alternative to Western models, augment its so
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‘Living in a post-truth era’? Online misinformation in everyday life in rural and urban China
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 21 pp.
"This paper investigates everyday information seeking and misinformation among Internet users in rural and urban China. The research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify user demographics and categories of misinformation encountered on mobile devices online. The paper makes
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Privacy cynicism and diminishing utility of state surveillance: A natural experiment of mandatory location disclosure on China’s Weibo
Big Data & Society, issue April–June (2024), 17 pp.
"This article examines the public response to mandatory location disclosure (MLD), a new surveillance technology implemented on China’s Sina Weibo. Initially introduced to geo-tag posts related to the Ukraine War, the MLD eventually expanded to encompass all posts and comments on the platform. Dra
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Strong or thin digital democracy? The democratic implications of Taiwan’s open government data policy in the 2010s
Big Data & Society, issue October–December (2024), 12 pp.
"What kind of “democracy” do new government-led digital initiatives facilitate? This paper discusses the issue by investigating the open government data policy in Taiwan in the 2010s, asking whether the policy encouraged “strong democracy.” Using interviews, written records, and an analysis
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China’s digital expansion in the Global South: Systematic literature review and future research agenda
Information Society, volume 40, issue 2 (2024), pp. 69-95
"At the intersection of China’s growing global presence and growing digital power lies its digital expansion in the low- and middle-income countries of the Global South. Worth billions of US$ annually in trade and investment, and having a significant impact on these countries’social and economic
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The Routledge companion to freedom of expression and censorship
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvi, 420 pp.
"This volume addresses the various historical, philosophical, political and cultural parameters of censorship and freedom of expression as well as current debates involving technology, journalism and media regulation. Geographically, temporally and culturally diverse accounts of censorship and freed
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Intercultural communication competence and classroom interaction among teachers and students in a tertiary institution in Timor Leste: Building an enhanced model and policy framenwork
Los Baños: University of the Philippines Los Baños, Doctoral Thesis (2024), xiii, 391 pp.
"This study examined the Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) of teachers and students at a Catholic school in Timor Leste using Zhong et al.'s (2013) developmental model. Employing a mixed-methods design, data were collected via the ICC Self-Rating Scale (ICCRS) survey, focus group discussi
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Die Frau, die Frauen eine Stimme gibt
welt-sichten, issue 3 (2024), pp. 64-65
"Sie stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen vom Land, doch heute ist die gerade mal 24 Jahre alte Noeun Sreynoch Moderatorin und Programmmacherin beim Sender „Women‘s Radio“ in Phnom Penh. In ihren Sendungen geht es vor allem um die Anliegen von Frauen und soziale Themen." (Einleitung)
The Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion
Deep Insights
New York: Oxford University Press (2024), xiii, 661 pp.
"Digital Religion refers to the contemporary practice and understanding that religion takes place in both online and offline contexts, and how these contexts intersect with each other. Scholars in this growing field of Digital Religion studies recognize that religion has been influenced by its engag
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Analysis of Peruvian Newspaper Portrayal of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments From 2001 to 2020: An Exploration of Factors Influencing International Economic News Reporting
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 2598-2625
"In recent years, the economic exchanges between China and Latin American countries have been further deepened, and news about Chinese foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the region responds to economic reality and the different stages of changing international relations and media characteristics.
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