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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Election Campaigns
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Facebook
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Election Reporting
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Digital Political Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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WhatsApp
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Election Monitoring
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Freedom of Expression
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Internet Shutdowns
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Social Media
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Participatory Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Ethnicity in Communication
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Governance
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Pentecostal Churches
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Censorship
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Countering Press Freedom Violations by Legal Actions
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Communication Strategies
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Local Government Communication Strategies
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Dealing With the Past
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
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Media Monitoring, Media Observatories
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Memes
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National Development Planning
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Digital & Social Media Effects
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet
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Microtargeting
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Political Blogging
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Political Microtargeting
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Gendered Disinformation
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Ownership
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Political Economy of Media
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Mobile Money Cash Transfer Programmes
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
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Political Parody and Satire
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Good Practice Examples
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Health Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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History of Media & Communication
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Journalism Education & Training
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Political Reporting
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Kiswahili
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Media Assistance: Youth Programmes & Media
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Ushahidi (Crowdsourcing Mapping Software)
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Media Law & Regulation
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Regulatory Bodies
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Anticommunism
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Populism
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Political Discourse
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Political Marketing
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Persuasive Communication
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Manipulation
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Religion and Politics
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Human Security
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Discrimination
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Civil Society
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Technologies: Impact Assessment
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Digital and Social Media in Africa
London: University of Westminster Press (2025), xi, 194 pp.
"This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression. Further, the book examines the human rights challenges posed by
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Internet: Smarte neue Welt
welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Digitale Medien verbreiten sich über die Welt: Auch in Madagaskar verwenden Kinder Handys. In Kenia nutzt die Regierungspartei in Wahlkämpfen bereits die gleichen Datenanalysen, die in den USA Donald Trump geholfen haben, Präsident zu werden. Und in der Wirtschaft bewirken Daten und Internet-Pla
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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media
Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) University of Oxford (2015), 103 pp.
"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015.
FINDING 1: Hate and d
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“Votes will not be counted”: Indian election disinformation ads and YouTube
Access Now; Global Witness (2024), 9 pp.
Mitigating the Risks of Political Microtargeting: Guidance for Policymakers, Civil Society, and Development Cooperation
Top Insights
Key Guidance
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2024), 63 pp.
"Digital technology has revolutionized how political ads are delivered and consumed, giving political campaigns increased possibilities to target and tailor their messaging to specific audiences—a practice known as political microtargeting (PMT). While PMT has potential benefits for society, it al
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Digital Threats to Elections: Learning From What Has Worked in Africa
Berlin: Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) (2024), 48 pp.
Just what is data-driven campaigning? A systematic review
Information, Communication & Society, volume 27, issue 1 (2024), 22 pp.
"Discussions of data-driven campaigning have gained increased prominence in recent years. Often associated with the practices of Cambridge Analytica and linked to debates about the health of modern democracy, scholars have devoted considerable attention to the rise of data-driven politics. However,
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Between Hagiography and Self-Trolling: Multimodal Analysis of Memes for Boric in the 2021 Chilean Presidential Election
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 4935-4961
"We use the concept of hagiography to analyze the absurd content found in the memes that circulated after the first round of Chile’s 2021 presidential election. We examined 201 video and image memes to elucidate how the supporters of the then-candidate Gabriel Boric created a narrative of the poli
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Social media and mis/disinformation in electoral context in the DRC
USAID; FHI 360; Internews (2024), 57 pp.
Checking verifications during the 2022 Brazilian run-off election: How fact-checking organizations exposed falsehoods and contributed to the accuracy of the public debate
Journalism, volume 25, issue 10 (2024), pp. 2022-2043
"This study observes content-related indicators of the editorial decisions made by factcheckers during the 2022 Brazilian run-off election. Specifically, it aims to investigate factcheckers’ outputs regarding verification genres, scrutinized actors, types of verified falsehoods, and inspected plat
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Digital Disinformation in Africa: Hashtag Politics, Power and Propaganda
London: Zed Books (2024), xiv, 242 pp.
"In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, politicians and corporations are now spending billions employing Cambridge Analytica-type consultancies to manufacture disinformation - employing trolls, cyborgs and bots to disrupt
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Strategic Communication Management for Development and Social Change: Perspectives from the African Region
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xix, 287 pp.
"This book is the first of its kind within the African region to combine scholarly perspectives from the fields of Strategic Communication Management and Communication for Development and Social Change. It draws insights from scholars across the African continent by unravelling the complementary nat
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Walking with Bourdieu into Twitter communities: An analysis of networked publics struggling on power in Iranian Twittersphere
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 8 (2023), pp. 1653-1674
"This paper offers some insights into Twitter as a political field, based on Bourdieu’s field theory. Networked publics, as agents of this field, are competing overpower by performing networked practices. To investigate this field, we focused on two networked practices: networked framing and narra
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Electoral news sharing: A study of changes in news coverage and Facebook sharing behaviour during the 2018 Mexican elections
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 6 (2023), pp. 1193-1209
"Patterns of news consumption are changing drastically. Citizens increasingly rely on social media such as Facebook to read and share political news. With the power of these platforms to expose citizens to political information, the implications for democracy are profound, making understanding what
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PubliElectoral: Elecciones 2022 Chile. Informe de Elección Plebiscito de Salida
Derechos Digitales; Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2023), 50 pp.
Eleições, direitos digitais e desinformação: Desafios e aprendizagens a partir da experiência brasileira em 2022
Derechos Digitales (2023), 128 pp.
Information Integrity to Sustain Peace during Electoral Processes. Sustaining Peace during Electoral Processes (SELECT) Project
New York: UNDP (2023), 48 pp.
"The purpose of this report is to gain a better understanding of the pertinent dynamics and to bolster the design of programming to support the information ecosystem around elections. In aid of this, UNDP sought information through a number of channels, in a review of the relevant literature, a seri
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State-Sponsored Online Disinformation: Impact on Electoral Integrity in Thailand
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2023), vii, 42 pp.
"[This publication] outlines how organised disinformation campaigns or Information Operations have become the latest variable to impact the quality of elections in the kingdom [...] Drawn from past evidence, the report identifies four forms of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns that are likely
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Harmful narratives during elections: Smear campaigns, gender stereotypes and hate narratives. 2022 General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo: Mediacentar (2023), 265 pp.
Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression
London et al.: Zed Books (2023), xxi, 234 pp.
"With contributions from scholars across the continent, Digital Citizenship in Africa illustrates how citizens have been using VPNs, encryption, and privacy-protecting browsers to resist limits on their rights to privacy and political speech. This book dramatically expands our understanding of the v
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