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Social Media in Political Communication
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Religião e política: Medos sociais, extremismo religioso e as eleições 2014
Rio de Janeiro: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2017), 196 pp.
Using Digital and Social Media to Monitor and Reduce Violence in Kenya’s Elections
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 4 pp.
"Social media and digital technology offer immense potential for citizens, policymakers and practitioners to raise awareness of, monitor, and respond to violence. With Kenya’s elections approaching, technology can help to raise awareness of insecurity, support early warning, combat incitement of v
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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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Mobile Media, Political Participation, and Civic Activism in Asia: Private Chat to Public Communication
Dordrecht: Springer (2016), xv, 236 pp.
"This book explores how personalized content and the inherent networked nature of the mobile media could and do lead to positive externalities in social progress in Asian societies. Empirical studies that examine uses of the mobile phone and apps (voice mailing, SMS, mobile social media, mobile Weib
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Assessing the Impact of Social Media on Political Communication and Civic Engagement in Uganda
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), vii, 88 pp.
The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics
London; New York: Routledge (2016), xxii, 536 pp.
"Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge researc
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Kenya Decides: Kiswahili, Social Media and Politics in Kenya’s 2013 General Elections
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2015), pp. 165-183
"In contrast to most recent studies focusing on how ICT and new media were catalysts for the 2007/08 post-election violence, this article will shed light on the role of Kiswahili and social media in the process of fostering participation in the 2013 general election campaigns. It takes a closer look
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Guidelines for the Development of a Social Media Code of Conduct for Elections
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (2015), 18 pp.
"This document provides general guidelines for electoral management bodies (EMBs) and other stakeholders, including political parties, candidates, citizen journalists and other social media commentators, who wish to agree on a code of etiquette for the publication and dissemination of election-relat
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Studying Political Microblogging: Parliamentary Candidates on Twitter During the February 2012 Election in Kuwait
International Journal of Communication, volume 9 (2015), pp. 2933-2953
"Kuwait boasts high levels of political and media freedoms compared to many countries in the Middle East, and it enjoys a vibrant social media scene. The Kuwaiti parliamentary election in February 2012 was the first election in which candidates widely utilized Twitter during their campaigns. This ar
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Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process
Lanham et al.: University Press of America (2014), xix, 229 pp.
Political Criticism from the Soviet Kitchen to the Russian Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Russian Media Coverage of the December 2011 Election Protests
Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 38, issue 2 (2014), pp. 95-112
"The election protests in Moscow in December 2011 signified an important moment for Russian society. Political dissent, historically reserved for the private domain of Soviet kitchens and in recent years to the regulation-free space of the Russian Internet (RuNet), entered the public space of Moscow
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Communications, Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014), 68 pp.
"The articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier. All are written by those observing, experiencing and attempting to respond to the challenges created by the digital revolution and the very real threats it is creating for hu
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Social Media and Elections in Asia-Pacific: The Growing Power of the Youth Vote
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 164 pp.
"Undoubtedly, politicians have awoken to the political power of social media and it will be increasingly adopted as a mainstream means of information distribution and communications as voters and young people are becoming more politically active in a number of the jurisdictions surveyed in this book
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¿Cómo diseñar campañas políticas exitosas? Una mirada estratégica a las campañas ganadoras de los últimos tiempos
Quito: CIESPAL (2012), 249 pp.
"Tres son los principales objetivos de la presente obra: 1. El primero consiste en poner al alcance de los ciudadanos de América Latin a los conocimientos y herramientas indispensables para que comprendan de mejor manera la forma en que la Comunicación Política incide, en mayor o menor medida, en
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The Birth of Social Election in South Korea, 2010-2012
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"By getting connected with each other again, social media users seem to have more incentive to vote because approval by friends becomes an integral part of benefits from voting. In South Korea this phenomenon came at the dusk of the 1987 regime, which is a conservative representation system where yo
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A Buzz in Cyberspace, But no Net-Revolution: The Role of the Internet in Singapore’s 2011 Elections
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"The May 2011 general election has been the most contested and most discussed in Singapore’s history. Prior to the polls, the government relaxed the rules on election campaigning in the Internet. For the first time in the highly wired city-state with its tech-savvy population of 5 million people,
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Mucho ciberactivismo ... pocos votos: Antanas Mockus y el Partido Verde colombiano
Nueva Sociedad, issue 235 (2011), pp. 74-89
"El ex-alcalde de Bogotá Antanas Mockus y su «ola verde» constituyeron un auténtico caso de ciberactivismo en la campaña presidencial colombiana de 2010. Una ilusión democrática creada en internet convocó a jóvenes y ciudadanos sofisticados a cambiar un país sobre la base de la promesa de
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The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 7 pp.
Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship
Bangkok; Hong Kong: Friedrich Naumann Foundation; University of Hong Kong (2004), 644 pp.
"This book aims to record political activism on the Internet and "take stock of some of the successes and failures of cyberactivists as they try to beat the various censorship regimes in Asia." The sections of this 664-page book comprise of 'Political Frameworks & New Technology', 'Regulations and C
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The Victory of the Imaginary Left: The Relationship of the Media and Politics in the 2000 Parliamentary Elections in Slovenia
Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2001), 118 pp.
