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Pressure & Polarisation: Powering Media Resistance in South Asia

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2023), 23 pp.
"In this report we explore the complex interface between power and the fundamental human rights of press freedom and freedom of expression. We also document the challenges for media and attacks to journalists in this time, including at least 140 violations, including killings, jailings, legal harass ... more
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The growing norm of sexual harassment in Pakistan’s mainstream and ethnic news media

Sadia Jamil
Media Asia, volume 50, issue 3 (2023), pp. 397-417
"Across time, in a variety of forms and spaces -from homes and workplaces to digital domains of social media- women have become victims of sexual harassment. Over the last couple of years, the world has witnessed appalling cases followed under the #MeToo campaign that has inspired an increasing numb ... more
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Women's Activism Online and the Global Struggle for Social Change

Carmit Wiesslitz (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 310 pp.
"This book showcases the online activism of women's groups around the world in the post-#MeToo era, and presents an overview of the diversity of its current expressions. The focus of this book extends beyond campaigns against rape culture to include women's struggles on other political and environme ... more
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Different Global Journalisms: Cultures and Contexts

Saba Bebawi, Oxana Onilov (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xvi, 205 pp.
"This edited collection seeks to better understand how journalism across cultures differs, presenting an in-depth exploration of global practices that departs from the typical Western-centric approach. Journalists across the world are trained, generally speaking, within Western models of reporting a ... more
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Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South

Margit van Wessel, Tiina Kontinen, Justice Nyigmah Bawole (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 348 pp.
"At a time when uneven power dynamics are high on development actors' agenda, this book will be an important contribution to researchers and practitioners working on innovation in development and civil society. While there is much discussion of localization, decolonization and 'shifting power' in ci ... more
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Communicative Justice in the Pluriverse: An International Dialogue

Joan Pedro-Carañana, Eliana Herrera-Huérfano, Juana Ochoa Almanza (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2023), xxiv, 176 pp.
"The book identifies and explains the unequal power relations in place that limit the possibilities of communication justice, the challenges and difficulties faced by activists and communities, the ways in which communities and movements have confronted power structures through discourse and materia ... more
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The Digital Transformation of Small and Micro-Businesses in Bangladesh

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) (2023), iii, 43 pp.
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Ranking Digital Rights in Central Asia

Public Fund Civil Internet Policy Initiative (CIPI) (2022), 74 pp.
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“I Really Wanted Them to Have My Back, but They Didn’t”—Structural Barriers to Addressing Gendered Online Violence against Journalists

Annina Claesson
Digital Journalism, volume 11, issue 10 (2022), pp. 1809-1828
"Despite rising scholarly interest in online violence as an “occupational hazard” for journalists, we know little about the dynamics that shape the often-limited support given by media organizations to media workers affected by online violence. In this study, I explore how the working environmen ... more
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Guidelines for Documenting & Confronting Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Karachi: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) (2022), 26 pp.
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Social Media and Hate

Shakuntala Banaji, Ramnath Bhat
London, New York: Routledge (2022), 130 pp.
"Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Social Media and Hate argues that these phenomena, and the extreme violence and discrimination they initiate against targete ... more
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Social and Behaviour Change Strategy. Volume I: Policy & Strategic Approach

Adrita Bagchi
New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2022), 127 pp.
"The Government of Madhya Pradesh is committed to ensure the overall development of all its residents, especially women and children. The Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) works to sustainably improve health and nutrition outcomes for women of reproductive age and children below 6 yea ... more
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Freire and the Perseverance of Hope: Exploring Communication and Social Change

Ana Cristina Suzina, Thomas Tufte (eds.)
Paulo Freire (honoured person)
Amsterdam; London: Institute of Network Cultures; Loughborough University (2022), 146 pp.
"The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most important thinkers of the 21st century, figuring among the most quoted authors in the fields of education and social sciences all over the world. He is also a core reference to an infinite number of grassroots and activist initiativ ... more
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The Working Conditions and Challenges of Afghan Female Journalists

Mohammad Yousaf Saddiqi, Elif Kucuk Durur
American Journal of Applied Psychology, volume 11, issue 3 (2022), pp. 90-100
"Journalism is a demanding profession in Afghanistan, where females are less encouraged to become journalists. Even recently, the people of Afghanistan still do not encourage females to work outside. But still, a significant number of females are engaged in journalism. It contributes to society for ... more
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Let the Net Work: Internet Shutdowns in India 2022

New Delhi: SFLC (2022), 48 pp.
"The observations made in this report make emphatically clear the failings of the current legal framework in defending human rights in the context of access to the internet. As seen in the report, the disruption of access to the internet is triggered at the most menial of instances, including for re ... more
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Craig T. Robertson, Kirsten Eddy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp.
"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr ... more
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FactShala Media Literacy Initiative in India: An Impact Evaluation

Annu Anand, Alok Srivastava
Center for Media Studies (2022), 103 pp.
"From September 2020 to January 2021, 253 trainers delivered the FactShala training program to 23,347 adults in communities across India. The FactShala media literacy training program launched by Internews […], is an effective mechanism for spreading media and information literacy and building res ... more
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Narratives and New Voices from India: Cases of Community Development for Social Change

Alankar Kaushik, Abir Suchiang (eds.)
Singapore: Springer (2022), xxi, 318 pp.
"This volume focuses on indigenous knowledge in analyzing the traditions and communication processes within various communities of Northeast India. It deals with the historical and theoretical trajectory of communication for social change as a discipline, bringing together a series of interesting ca ... more
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Media Literacy and Disinformation Perception Survey

Tamar Kintsurashvili
Tbilisi: Media Development Foundation (MDF) (2022), 37 pp.
"The aim of this research was to study media consumption habits among different age groups and geographical areas, as well as the public's vulnerability to various disinformation and manipulative narratives disseminated in Georgia. The first part of the research concerns media literacy competencies, ... more
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The Unfreedom Monitor: A Methodology for Tracking Digital Authoritarianism Around the World

Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2022), 71 pp.
"This briefing document provides an overview of key developments in digital authoritarianism in 11 countries and explains the theoretical framework and methodology behind The Unfreedom Monitor project. The document also provides a basis for expanding this research to other countries to deepen our un ... more