Filter
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Featured
Free Access
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Inspiring Practice
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Key Guidance
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Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
36
Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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COVID-19 Communication
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Facebook
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Countering Defamation & Harassment
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Propaganda
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Radicalisation: Influence of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
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Extremist Recruitment through Media
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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War Propaganda, Propaganda in Conflicts
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Countering Misinformation & Rumours
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Deepfakes (Realistic-Looking Media Content that has been Modified, Generated or Falsified Using AI)
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Gendered Disinformation
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Good Practice Examples
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Antisemitism
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Disinformation Consumption & Perception
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Freedom of Expression
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Crisis Communication
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Storytelling
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Narratives, Narrative Structures
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Internet Shutdowns
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
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Artificial Intelligence
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Gaming, Video Games
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Digital Literacy: Youth
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Human Rights
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Populism
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Election Monitoring
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Gaming: Uses & Effects
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Campaigning: Experiences
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Campaigning: Message Design
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Campaigning: Planning & Implementation
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Election Campaigns
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Communication Rights
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Foreign Government Communication Interventions
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Conflicts, Conflict Prevention & Management, Mediation, Peacebuilding
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Rumours & Rumour Management
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Memes
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Entertainment Education, Edutainment
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Edutainment Television Programmes
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Bots
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Telegram
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YouTube
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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Environmental Disinformation & Misinformation
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Identifying & Researching Disinformation
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Reporting on Disinformation & Misinformation
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Educational Games, Serious Games
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
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Gender-Sensitive Journalism
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Gender-Sensitive Language
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Nazism
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European Union (EU)
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United Nations (UN)
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Election Reporting
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Social Media Landscapes
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Media Law & Regulation
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Religious Freedom
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Political Extremism
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Public Media, State Media
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Persuasive Communication
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Interreligious Dialogue
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Jihad
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Research Methods
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User-Generated Contents
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Advocacy Campaigns
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Media Use: Conflict Areas
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Authoritarian Discourse
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Campaigning
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Campaign Strategies
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Digital Media Campaigns
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Digital Literacy: Children
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School Radios
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Digital Rights
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Censorship
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Government Communication Strategies
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Viral Spots & Viral Online Communication
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Community Communication
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Media Assistance: Community Radios
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Perpetrators
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Boko Haram
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Early Warning: Conflicts & Crises
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Enemy Images
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Military: Online & Social Media Communication Strategies
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Violence in the Media: Video Games
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Content Analysis (Research Method)
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Media Quality
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Media Monitoring, Media Observatories
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Development Assistance
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Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
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Funding Criteria & Priorities
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Edutainment Health Programmes
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Digital Political Communication
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Political Blogging
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Political Microtargeting
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Digital Media Markets
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Influencers (Social Media)
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TikTok
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WhatsApp
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Trolling (Social Media)
1
Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
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Romani People
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Stop.Fake.org (Internet Portal, Kiev)
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Effects of Disinformation on Democracy
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Educational Policies
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Environmental Education
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Infotainment, Politainment
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Environmental Communication
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Biodiversity Communication
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Environmental Communication in Social Media, User-Generated Contents
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Environmental Journalism
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Media Assistance: Environmental Communication
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Defamation, Libel, Slander
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Evaluation Methods: Using Communication Tools
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender Relations
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Collaboration
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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UNESCO
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UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Skills
1
Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Photojournalism
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
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Media Assistance: Media & Information Literacy
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Media Assistance: Religious Diversity, Religious Media
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Crowdsourcing
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Mindfulness, Mindful Communication
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Judiciary & Penal System
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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Popular Music
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Photography
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Hindu Nationalism
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
1
Political Communication
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Political Transition and Media
1
Public Opinion Manipulation
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Religious Radio Programmes
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Muslim Radio Broadcasting
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Cyberpsychology
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Media Effects
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Parasocial Interaction
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Manipulation
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Religion and Communication
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Taliban
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Islam and Communication
1
Yazidism, Yazidis, Yezidis
1
Randomised Control Trials & (Quasi-) Experimental Designs
1
Research Report Writing
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Youth Violence & Violence Prevention
1
Civic Coalitions
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
1
Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Robots, Robotics
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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SMS
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Visual Communication
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth, Adolescents
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Disinformation and freedom of opinion and expression: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Quick Overview
General Assembly United Nations (2021), 20 pp.
"In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the threats posed by disinformation to human rights, democratic institutions and development processes. While acknowledging the complexities and challenges posed
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Authoritarianism and Gendered Disinformation: A Case Study of the Philippines
Washington, DC: Elliott School of International Affairs Global Capstone; #ShePersisted (2021), 39 pp.
"First, disinformation is enabled by the Philippines' history of colonialism and martial law, high social media usage and low digital literacy, compounding crises, strongman governance, and sexist and misogynist rhetoric from elected leaders. While the first three factors create conditions that gene
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Review of social science research on the impact of countermeasures against influence operations
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 2, issue 5 (2021), 17 pp.
"Based on key term searches and forward and backward citation mapping, we constructed a review of 223 studies published since 1972 related to countermeasures designed to combat influence operations. Each identified study included: (1) a source of variation in exposure to countermeasures; (2) a clear
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Adapting Security Warnings to Counter Online Disinformation
USENIX Security Symposium (2021), 18 pp.
"Disinformation is proliferating on the internet, and platforms are responding by attaching warnings to content. There is little evidence, however, that these warnings help users identify or avoid disinformation. In this work, we adapt methods and results from the information security warning litera
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Effective state practices against disinformation: Four country case studies
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
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How Journalists Can Address Misinformation on Telegram
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 35 pp.
"As of July 2021, Telegram had 550 million active users worldwide – more than the individual user bases of Twitter, Snapchat or Discord. It is the fifth most-popular messaging app after Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Messenger, and WeChat and QQ which dominate the Chinese market [...] For this paper,
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Countering Russian & Chinese Influence Activities: Examining Democratic Vulnerabilities & Building Resiliency
Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (2020), v, 31 pp.
"With their heavily censored and restricted civil societies at home, China and Russia exploit the asymmetry of democratic systems by targeting open information environments, freedom of expression, participatory civic discourse, and pluralistic and fluid politics. Democracies have unique vulnerabilit
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Misinformation Review
Top Insights
"The HKS Misinformation Review is a new format of peer-reviewed, scholarly publication. Content is produced and “fast-reviewed” by misinformation scientists and scholars, released under open access licensing, and geared towards emphasizing real-world implications. All content is targeted towards
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"Internews, Translators without Borders, and BBC Media Action collaborated to track and analyse rumours and misinformation circulating on social media in a range of languages. At the same time, Evidence Aid produced plain-language summaries of existing high-quality research to inform the decisions o
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Demand for Deceit: How the Way We Think Drives Disinformation
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2020), 38 pp.
"Just because the effectiveness of disinformation may be tied to innate aspects of human psychology does not mean that democratic societies are powerless to respond. Rather, civil society, journalists, and other stakeholders invested in the freedom and openness of the global information space should
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Talking Back: Journalists Defending Attacks Against Their Profession in the Trump Era
Journalism Studies, volume 21, issue 11 (2020), pp. 1496–1513
"According to neo-institutional theory, the survival of institutions in society is predicated on a cultural discourse. Dubbed “the institutional myth,” this discourse reflects the core values, practices and aspirations of an institution and legitimizes its existence to internal and external stak
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Online Hate Speech: Introduction Into Motivational Causes, Effects and Regulatory Contexts
Key Guidance
DeTACT; Media Diversity Institute (2020), 71 pp.
Bookmarks: A Manual for Combating Hate Speech Online Through Human Rights Education
Strasbourg: Council of Europe, revised ed. (2020), 213 pp.
"Hate speech is one of the most worrying forms of racism and discrimination prevailing across Europe and amplified by the Internet and social media. Hate speech online is the visible tip of the iceberg of intolerance and ethnocentrism. Young people are directly concerned as agents and victims of onl
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Models of Governance of Online Hate Speech
Council of Europe (2020), 198 pp.
"For some users the current Internet epoch can be considered the Internet of Hate which poses serious human rights concerns. Reflecting the scale and seriousness of the problem, innovations in governance tools for online hate have been initiated by national governments, intergovernmental organisatio
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Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives
New Haven; London: Yale University Press (2020), xviii, 221 pp.
"Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies that misdirect our
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Voices of Pakistani Youth: Lessons for Civil Society in the Development of Effective Counter-Narrative Campaigns
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2020), 33 pp.
"This report ties together young Pakistani people’s experiences of hate and extremism – with contextual research and questions put to young people in Pakistan, centred around their views on identity, media consumption patterns and perceptions of the state and national news media. This research h
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ISIS Propaganda: A Full-Spectrum Extremist Message
New York: Oxford University Press (2020), xii, 287 pp.
"This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State's use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, and using rigorous methods, the authors trace the origins of the Islamic State's message, laying bare the strateg
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Regulación para combatir la desinformación: Estudio de ocho casos internacionales y recomendaciones para un enfoque democrático
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 32 pp.
"El análisis revela los desafíos al proceso de construcción de soluciones reguladoras que protejan derechos y sean efectivas para promover el acceso a información confiable. La desinformación está profundamente entrelazada con los procesos políticos y sociales, y no es posible pensar en soluc
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Combating Misinformation in Bangladesh: Roles and Responsibilities as Perceived by Journalists, Fact-checkers, and Users
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, volume 4, issue CSCW2, Article 130 (2020), 32 pp.
"The spread of misinformation on Facebook in Bangladesh, a country with a population of over 163 million, has resulted in chaos, hate attacks, and killings. By interviewing journalists, fact-checkers, in addition to surveying the general public, we analyzed the current state of verifying misinformat
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"Video Unavailable": Social Media Platforms Remove Evidence of War Crimes
New York: Human Rights Watch (2020), 94 pp.
"Social media platforms are taking down “terrorist and violent extremist content” more and more quickly, often in response to the demands of governments, but in a way that prevents the content from being used to support investigations into serious crimes, including war crimes. “Video Unavailab
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