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Fake news: Acceptance by demographics and culture on social media

Giselle Rampersad, Turki Althiyabi

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, volume 17, issue 1 (2020), pp. 1-11

"Fake news has trumped up attention across cultures from the United States Elections to the Arab Spring. While political marketers have long used the language of fear and persuasion in their messaging, social media has intensified its impact. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence ... more

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Publics in Africa in a Digital Age

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 13, issue 1 (2019), pp. 1-213

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Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
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Maggie Dwyer, Thomas Molony (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp.

"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra ... more

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Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies: Publics See Mobile Phones and Social Media Bringing Certain Benefits to Them and Their Societies. But These Views Are Paired with Widespread Concerns About Their Impact on Children

Laura Silver, Aaron Smith, Courtney Johnson, Kyle Taylor, Jingjing Jinag, Monica Anderson, Lee Rainie

Pew Research Center (2019), 92 pp.

"Surveys conducted in 11 emerging and developing countries across four global regions [Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; South Africa and Kenya; India, Vietnam and the Philippines; and Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon] find that the vast majority of adults in these countries own – or have access to – a ... more

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Using WhatsApp for Radio
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Clémence Petit-Perrot, Linda Daniels

Cape Town: Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF); Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2019), 43 pp.

"This toolkit is structured around providing practical examples and tips for integrating the WhatsApp platform into four key areas of a radio station’s life: listener engagement, community journalism, research and data collection, and extending or replacing the FM broadcast. It is geared towards r ... more

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Secretos y mentiras: WhatsApp y las redes sociales en las elecciones presidenciales de Brasil en 2018

Esther Solano, Francisco Brito Cruz, Helena Martins, João Brant, Mariana Valente, Rafael Zanatta

Buenos Aires: Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE) Universidad de Palermo (2019), 19 pp.

"Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir y analizar el uso de las redes sociales, en especial de WhatsApp, en el reciente proceso electoral brasileño, a partir de las siguientes estrategias: Caracterizar el escenario político y el telón de fondo sobre el que se dieron las elecciones, con el ... more

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Digital News Report 2019
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Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 153 pp.

"Despite the efforts of the news industry, we find only a small increase in the numbers paying for any online news – whether by subscription, membership, or donation. Growth is limited to a handful of countries mainly in the Nordic region (Norway 34%, Sweden 27%) while the number paying in the US ... (16%) remains stable after a big jump in 2017. • Even in countries with higher levels of payment, the vast majority only have ONE online subscription – suggesting that ‘winner takes all’ dynamics are likely to be important. One encouraging development though is that most payments are now ‘ongoing’, rather than one-offs. In some countries, subscription fatigue may also be setting in, with the majority preferring to spend their limited budget on entertainment (Netflix/Spotify) rather than news. With many seeing news as a ‘chore’, publishers may struggle to substantially increase the market for high-priced ‘single title’ subscriptions. As more publishers launch pay models, over two-thirds (70%) of our sample in Norway and half (50%) in the United States now come across one or more barriers each week when trying to read online news. In many countries, people are spending less time with Facebook and more time with WhatsApp and Instagram than this time last year. Few users are abandoning Facebook entirely, though, and it remains by far the most important social network for news. Social communication around news is becoming more private as messaging apps continue to grow everywhere. WhatsApp has become a primary network for discussing and sharing news in non-Western countries like Brazil (53%) Malaysia (50%), and South Africa (49%). People in these countries are also far more likely than in the West to be part of large WhatsApp groups with people they don’t know – a trend that reflects how messaging applications can be used to easily share information at scale, potentially encouraging the spread of misinformation. Public and private Facebook Groups discussing news and politics have become popular in Turkey (29%) and Brazil (22%) but are much less used in Western countries such as Canada (7%) or Australia (7%). Concern about misinformation and disinformation remains high despite efforts by platforms and publishers to build public confidence. In Brazil 85% agree with a statement that they are worried about what is real and fake on the internet." (Summary, page 9) more

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Media effects: Ensaios sobre teorias da comunicação e do jornalismo. Vol. 3: Espiral do silêncio, enquadramento e contemporaneidade

Gilson Pôrto Jr., Nelson Russo de Moraes, Daniela Barbosa de Oliveira, Vilso Junior Santi, Leila Adriana Baptaglin (eds.)

Porto Alegre, Boa Vista: Universidade Federal de Roraima Editora Fi (2018), 231 pp.

"Com um trabalho rigoroso, o volume 3: Espiral do silêncio, enquadramento e contemporaneidade nos proporciona uma viagem por temáticas desenvolvidas por pesquisadores das distintas regiões brasileiras. Articulando investigações que pautam significativas contribuições teóricas, os oito capít ... more

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Politics of Fake News: How WhatsApp Became a Potent Propaganda Tool in India

Gowhar Farooq

Media Watch, volume 9, issue 1 (2018), pp. 106-117

"While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses. With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp's reach and features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not ... more

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The Role and Usage of Apps and Instant Messaging in Religious Mass Events

Juan Narbona, Daniel Arasa

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, volume 4, issue 3 (2016), pp. 29-42

"In the religious sector, for centuries, pilgrimages have been a clear example of mass events of a spiritual nature. Due to globalization and increased mobility, recent times have seen the multiplication of international events without a fixed location: Taizé encounters, Kumbh Mela (India), and Wor ... more