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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Communication Rights
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Communication for Social Change
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Advocacy
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Solidarity
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Development Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Internet and Politics
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Online Dating
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICT Industries & Markets
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ICT Policies
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Information Society
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Gender Norms & Roles
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Gender Relations
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Marriage & Partnership
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Social Integration: Role of Media
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Inequalities
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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China and the Internet: Using New Media for development and Social change
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2024), 368 pp.
"Two oversimplified narratives have long dominated news reports and academic studies of China's Internet: one lauding its potentials to boost commerce, the other bemoaning state control and measures against the forces of political transformations. This bifurcation obscures the complexity of the dyna
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Assessing Internet Development in Germany: Using UNESCO's Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators
Paris; Hamburg: UNESCO; Hans-Bredow-Institut Leibniz Institute for Media Research (2023), 258 pp.
Assessing Internet Development in Thailand: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators
Bangkok: UNESCO (2021), 15 pp.
Assessing Internet Development in Kenya: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators
Paris: UNESCO; Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) (2020), 167 pp.
Media Solidarities: Emotions, Power and Justice in the Digital Age
Los Angeles: Sage (2019), viii, 199 pp.
"Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, 'Media Solidarities' explores the way in which media can both enable and obstruct meaningful bonds of solidarity and positive social change. Written in a highly approachable style, it ties theory to contemporary world events and medi
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Evaluando el desarrollo de Internet en Argentina: Utilizando los indicadores ROAM-X de Universalidad de Internet de la UNESCO
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO (2019), 275 pp.
Impact as Driving Force of Journalistic and Social Change
Journalism, volume 20, issue 4 (2019), pp. 552-567
"In this article, we explore how entrepreneurial journalists from a wide variety of national contexts present ‘impact’ as one of the aims in their work. By exploring the variety, incongruences, and strategic considerations in the discourse on impact of those at the forefront of journalistic inno
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Assessing Internet Development in Brazil: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators
Paris: UNESCO; Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br); Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) (2019), 197 pp.
"The development of the national environment of the Internet in Brazil is strong and positive, and in line with international standards when considering the regulatory framework. However, there are enforcement problems in some areas and significant shortcomings in access and connectivity for citizen
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Affekt Macht Netz: Auf dem Weg zu einer Sozialtheorie der Digitalen Gesellschaft
Bielefeld: transcript (2019), 356 pp.
"Shitstorms, Hate Speech oder virale Videos, die zum Klicken, Liken, Teilen bewegen: Die vernetzte Gesellschaft ist von Affekten getrieben. Die Beiträge des Bandes nehmen die medientechnologischen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit in den Blick und untersuchen sie aus der Perspektive einer kritischen Affek
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Beyond Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers: The Integrative Potential of the Internet
Berlin, Germany: Institute for Media and Communication Studies Freie Universität Berlin (2019), 246 pp.
"Are online audiences today fragmented into echo chambers or ilter bubbles? Do users only see what digital platforms (like search engines or social media) let them see? And if so, what are the consequences for the cohesion of a society? Concerns like these abound in recent years. They attest to wide
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Bolivia digital: 15 miradas acerca de internet y sociedad en Bolivia
La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Centro de Investigaciones Sociales (CIS) (2016), 536 pp.
The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.
Der indische Online-Heiratsmarkt: Medienpraktiken und Frauenbilder im Wandel
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2014), 337 pp.
"In Indien wirft das Thema Eheschließung Fragen individueller und kultureller Identität im Spannungsfeld von gesellschaftlichem Wandel und Kontinuität auf. Am rasant wachsenden indischen Online-Heiratsmarkt lassen sich diese Fragen besonders eindrücklich im Zusammenhang mit der Medienentwicklung
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Internet: Segen oder Fluch
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2012), 315 pp.
Social Transformation in an Information Society: Rethinking Access to You and the World
Paris: UNESCO (2004), 138 pp.
