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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Online Dating
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YouTube
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WhatsApp
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ICTs and Development
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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LGBT & Communication / Media
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Audio Archives, Visual Archives, Media Archives
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Digital & Online Archives
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Political Economy of Media
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Gaming, Video Games
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Environmental Activism
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Islam: Media Representation & Reporting
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Sexual Abuse Reporting, Sexual Violence Reporting
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Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Media Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Cinema
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Digital Rights
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Crisis Communication
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Human Security Reporting
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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War Propaganda, Propaganda in Conflicts
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Aesthetics in Media & Communication
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Cultural Diversity
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World Bank
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Convergence of Media
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Data
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Religious Digital & Social Media Practices
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digital Research Methods
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Hackers & Hacking
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Interactive Media
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Internet
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WeChat (Messaging, Social Media & Mobile Payment App, China)
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Online Public Relations
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Hashtags
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Yala-Young Leaders (Social Networking Website)
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NGO Websites
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT Industries & Markets
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Albinism
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Diaspora Media
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Deepfakes (Realistic-Looking Media Content that has been Modified, Generated or Falsified Using AI)
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Archives
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Media Industries
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Media Ownership
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Television Dramas
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Environmental Communication
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Environmental Journalism
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Ethics & Data Protection in Research
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Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
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Image Ethics, Ethics in Photojournalism
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Bias in News Media
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Social Norms
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Success Factors
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Gender & Religious Communication
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender in Health Communication
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Gender Norms & Roles
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Women's Magazines, Women's Press
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Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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Colonial Legacies
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Indigenous Languages
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Satellite Television
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Amnesty International
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United Nations (UN)
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Collaborative Journalism, Journalism Cooperation
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Local Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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News Agencies
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Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
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Election Reporting
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Kiswahili
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Arabic Language
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Slavic Languages
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Informal Communication Channels, Networks & Structures
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Media Literacy: Teacher Training
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Social Media Landscapes
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Economic / Social / Cultural Rights
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Blind & Visually Impaired People
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Documentary Photography
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Selfies, Self-Portrait Photographs
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Political Participation
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Democratization
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Public Interest
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Police
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Agenda Setting
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Framing
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Politics
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Radicalisation: Influence of Media
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Media Effects
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Persuasive Communication
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Self-Representation
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Islamism
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Islamic Cultures: Role of Media
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Network Analysis
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Participatory Action Research
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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State Violence
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Nomades
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Revolutions
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Theories of Change
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Social Justice
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Inequalities
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Dalits
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Television Channels
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Al-Jazeera
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Emblems, Pictograms, GIFs
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"The growth of the Internet in the last two decades has helped increase political and civic en-gagement and scrutiny. The growth of a digital economy in Kenya has led to the emergence of a vibrant online community with 89.7 % of the population having access to the Internet. This paper examines how K ... more

Contagious Protests

World Bank Group (2020), 25 pp.
"This paper explores the spillover of protests across countries using data on nonviolent and spontaneous demonstrations for 200 countries from 2000 to 2020. Using an autoregressive spatial model, the analysis finds strong evidence of “contagious protests,” with a catalyzing role of social media. ... more
"This study explores the challenges of archiving the Egyptian revolution from 2011, and basically any archive consisting of digital media, specifically in contexts of ongoing political contestation. The text proposes a media-archaeological approach in both theory and practice: The media artist Kaya ... more

Digital Citizenship Toolkit

MinorMatters; National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (2020), xiv, 185 pp.
"This Digital Citizenship Toolkit (DCT) is an attempt to introduce key concepts related to digital citizenship while taking into account the local socio-economic realities, technology adoption patterns, societal actions and other considerations. For young people, in particular, the demarcation betwe ... more
"This paper argues for the reexamination of hashtag activism from the theoretical frameworks of liveness and appropriation. Scholarly discussions of online activism have, for the most part, focused on if and how technology revolutionizes social and political movements. Going in a different direction ... more
"This book explores in detail new protest organisation and mobilisation strategies of young activists in the digital age with the aim to identify the tactics that worked well against those creating high risks in the context of digitally supported protests. Focusing on Egyptian protests as well as pe ... more
"Esta es una obra miscelánea que se adentra, desde múltiples perspectivas, en las interacciones entre educación y comunicación por medio de la influencia global de las redes sociales. En un contexto hiperconectado, pero no necesariamente ‘empoderado,’ resulta esencial la formación en compet ... more
"This book maps complex ethical dilemmas in social justice research practices in media and communication. Contributors critically analyse power dynamics that arise when building equitable research relations with media activists, social movements, and cultural producers, considering issues of access, ... more

Activismo mediático híbrido: Ecologías, imaginarios, algoritmos

Bogotá: Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 245 pp.
"[Esta publicación] investiga y reflexiona sobre las complejidades, ambigüedades y vacíos del activismo digital. Partiendo de un trabajo de campo sobre movimientos sociales, colectivos y partidos políticos en España, Italia y Méijco, Emiliano Treré desentraña la naturaleza híbrida del activ ... more
"This guide categorises data-driven campaigning methods to loosely reflect how value is created along the data pipeline, from acquisition (asset), to analysis (intelligence) to application (influence)." (Page 3)
"WhatsApp und Facebook werden auch in Lateinamerika massiv genutzt, vor allem aufgrund ihres vermeintlich kostenlosen Charakters. Auch dort wird das Problem der rechten Meinungsmache und der Fake News diskutiert, denn die Tatsache, dass sich die Leute heute vor allem über Werbeplattformen informier ... more

Brazil’s Digital Resistance Against Corruption

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 13 pp.
"From 2008 to 2010, 3.6 million Brazilians took part in the “Ficha Limpa” movement to impact political corruption by ensuring that anyone who runs for office has a “clean record.” This case study on the combination of a grassroots social movement paired with the Avaaz global web movement’s ... more
"Throughout this policy brief, we vet the use of social media in a major Middle Eastern country - Egypt - where the youth took to the streets to express frustrations that lasted almost a lifetime. While social media helped topple autocratic dictator, Hosni Mubarak, it played the role of Pandora’s ... more
"This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawing on case studies fro ... more

The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web

Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: Harvard University Press (2019), 312 pp.
"A scholar and activist tells the story of change makers operating within the Chinese Communist system, whose ideas of social action necessarily differ from those dominant in Western, liberal societies." (Publisher description)
"This introductory essay sets the stage for this special issue, which explores how online media has changed the Arabian Gulf region's politics, economies, and social norms. It provides an overview of the most important themes, arguments, and findings tackled in the four essays in this issue, as well ... more
"As an introduction to this special issue of CyberOrient, this text provides an insight into ongoing research in studies of digital layers of revolutions, digital communication, and dissidence in the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region. Providing a short overview of the latest development ... more

Online Activism in Latin America

New York; London: Routledge (2019), ix, 317 pp.