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Facebook
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Exiled Journalists
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Radio
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Muslim Media
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Television
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Media Use: Youth
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Female Film Actors, Directors & Producers
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Films
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Censorship
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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War Propaganda, Propaganda in Conflicts
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Journalistic Quality
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News Agencies
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Media, Mass Media
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Television Landscapes
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Popular Music
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Political Transition and Media
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Newspapers
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Islamic Cultures: Role of Media
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Muslim Digital Media & Online Communities
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Social Change
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Authoritarian Regimes: Transnational Repression
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Cinema in Authoritarian Regimes
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Book Markets & Industries
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Book Trade & Distribution
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Children's Books & Literature
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Church History
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
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Political Cartoons & Comics
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Puppetry
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Coptic Orthodox Church
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Evangelical Churches
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Hollywood
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Government Communication Strategies
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Government Propaganda
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Graffiti, Wall Paintings, Street Art
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Religion and Conflicts, Religious Conflicts, Religious Violence
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Collective Identities & Media
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Poetry
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Digital Research Methods
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Digital Political Communication
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Digital Media Markets
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Instagram
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YouTube
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Media Industries
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Educational Television
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Women (General)
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History of Communication: Islam
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Arab World / Middle East: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign News, International News
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Foreign Television Programmes
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Globalisation of Media
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World Information and Communication Order
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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USA: International Broadcasting & Public Diplomacy
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Journalism
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Election Reporting
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Media Assistance
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Radio Landscapes
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Diasporas
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Photography
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Politics
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Political Resistance
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Political Communication
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Press
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Buddhism and Communication
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Hinduism and Communication
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Islam
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Judaism and Communication
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Religion and Politics
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Telecommunications
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
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Advertising Markets & Industries
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
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Film & Video Advocacy / Activism
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Area & Regional Studies
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Geography
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Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Authoritarian Discourse
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Book Marketing, Branding & Promotion
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Book Publishing
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Christian Book Publishing
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Gender and Book Publishing
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History of Book Publishing
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Muslim Book Publishing
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Youth Literature & Books
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Campaigning: Experiences
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Church: Media Representation & Reporting
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Télé Lumière (Catholic Television Channel, Lebanon)
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Mary, Mariology
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Child Drawings
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Children & Religion
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Religious Contents & Meanings in Cartoons & Comics
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Christian Television
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Sat-7 (Television Channel)
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Christian Minorities
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Orthodox Churches and Communication
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Persecution of / Violence Against Christians
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Sects
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Arab Cinema, Middle Eastern Cinema
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Asian Cinema
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Film Censorship
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Film & Gender
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Film and Religion, Religion in Motion Pictures
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Bible Films, Movie Christs & Antichrists
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Religious Films
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Film Festivals
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Film Genres
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Black & White Films
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Comedies
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Crime Films
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Ethnic Films, Minority Films
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Science Fiction Films
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Silent Films
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War & Political Violence in Cinema
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Film Industries
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Foreign / Developing Countries: Film Representation
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History of Film & Cinema
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Communication Rights
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Copyright Law
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Plagiarism
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
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Killings of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Communication Strategies
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Press Releases & Press Conferences
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Community Radios
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Community Television
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Participatory Communication
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Storytelling
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Armed Conflicts
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Genocides
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Enemy Images
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Extremist Recruitment through Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Jamming
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Media Monitoring, Media Observatories
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Allegories
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Architecture
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Performing Arts
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Theatre
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Religious Art
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Cultural Domination, Media Imperialism, Cultural & Media Dependency
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Cultural Heritage
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Cultural Identity
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Cultural Resistance
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Cultural Studies
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Religious Literature & Religious Motifs in Literature
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Manuscripts, Scripture, Calligraphy
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National Character
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Religion and Culture
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Islamic Culture
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Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Development Theories
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Western Approaches
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Development and Media
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Poverty Reduction: Role of Media
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Inclusion
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Cyberfaith / Virtual Spirituality
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Religious Apps
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Digital Media Research, Digital Communication Research
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet and Development
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Internet Markets
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Online Services
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Netflix
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Telegram
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TikTok
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Digital Economies, Digital Societies
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Ecological Footprint & Sustainability of Digitalization, E-Waste & Recycling
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
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Mobile Phone Markets
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ICT Policies
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Albinism
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Ethnic Press, Minority Press
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Ethnic Television, Minority Television
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Ethnic / Minority Television Programmes
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Gendered Disinformation
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Archives
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Audio Archives, Visual Archives, Media Archives
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Digital & Online Archives
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Economics of Media
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Media Markets
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Entertainment Media Industries & Markets
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Media Ownership
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Economic Conditions
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Religion and Economics
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Curricula: School Education
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Journalism / Communication Training Centers
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Television Entertainment, Television Entertainment Programmes
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Docudrama
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Television Serials
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Climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Defamation of Religion (Blasphemy)
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Bias in News Media
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Press Councils
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Gender Relations
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Colonial Legacies
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Colonial Period
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History (General)
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History of Communication: Religion
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History of Photography
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Slavery, Slaves
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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Africa: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Image Abroad
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Media Law & Regulation: International Standards & Practices
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Transnational Communication
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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Transnational Television Co-Productions, International Television Co-Productions
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Foreign Policies
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Journalists
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking: Reporting & Media Representation
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Religious Journalism, Religion News
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Sexual Abuse Reporting, Sexual Violence Reporting
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Science Journalism
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Arabic Language
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Linguistic Diversity
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Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
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Minority Languages
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Media Assistance: Interaction with Foreign Policies
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Communication Systems
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Media System Analyses & Typologies
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Frequency Allocation, Radio Frequency & Spectrum Management
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Human Rights
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Human Rights Violations
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Media Law & Regulation: Constitutional Law
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Sharia, Fatwas
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Broadcasting Companies
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Emruz (Website, Iran)
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Radio Farda (Voice of America, Iran)
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Elections
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Islamization
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Political Change
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Political Extremism
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Failed States
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Propaganda
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Public Opinion
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Public Spheres
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Magazines
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Special-Interest Magazines
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Public & State Radios
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Public & State Television
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Radio Stations
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Media Effects
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Media Reception
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Personality
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Baha'i
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God
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Interreligious Dialogue
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Judaism
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Religion and Society
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Religion and State
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Religious History
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Religious Movements
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Religious Practice
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Secularization & Atheism
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Communication & Media Research Centres
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Research Methods
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Network Analysis
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Qualitative Analysis
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Systems Analysis
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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Empirical Studies
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Civil Society
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Nomades
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Industrial Society
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Mass Society
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Revolutions
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Traditional Society
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Digital Television
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Informatics
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Printing, Print Production, Print Technologies
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Satellite Communication Technologies
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Software Security
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Television Channels
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Al-Jazeera
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China Global Television Network, CGTN (formerly China Central Television, CCTV)
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HispanTV (Iranian International Broadcaster)
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RT (Russian International Broadcaster, formerly Russia Today)
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Urban Issues: Media Representation & Reporting
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Visual Communication
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Illustrations, Pictures, Images
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Visual Cultures
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Visual Representations
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Youth, Adolescents
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Reporting the Middle East: The Practice of News in the Twenty-First Century
Top Insights
London; New York: Tauris (2017), xii, 226 pp.
Media Landscape: Iran
European Journalism Centre (2017)
"Political parties do not exist in Iran. In this situation the media, particularly the newspapers, have assumed a central role in the political life of the country." (Publisher description)
Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication
New York; London: Routledge (2017), vii, 376 pp.
"What is intercultural communication? How does perspective shape a person’s definition of the key tenets of the term and the field? These are the core questions explored by this accessible global introduction to intercultural communication. Each chapter explores the topic from a different geograph
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Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic
London; New York: Tauris, new paperback ed. (2017), xiv, 287 pp.
"Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, that negotiate and resist a repressive system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of Iranian and international academics and activists to address dive
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Thirty Rising Media Markets 2016
London: ZenithOptimedia (2016), 51 pp.
"The markets we do include are a very diverse bunch, from the very closed and politically tightly controlled such as Laos; through a large number of nations on the African continent which have seen a sudden improvement in digital infrastructure thanks to the landing of several new submarine intercon
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Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
Top Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2016), 1021 pp.
"Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during antigovernment protests. Public-facing social media platforms like Fac
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Exit and Voice in a Digital Age: Iran's Exiled Activists and the Authoritarian State
Globalizations, volume 13 (2016), pp. 1-17
"This paper shows how digital communication technologies enable new and influence established tactics of state repression beyond borders. Based on interviews with Iranian activists and journalists who were forced to leave the country after the controversial elections of 2009, I analyze mechanisms an
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The psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists: A descriptive study
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 7, issue 12 (2016), pp. 1-5
"Iran ranks 173 out of 180 countries on an index of press freedom. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists and document the stressors encountered in their work. Design: A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identif
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Political Parody and Satire as Subversive Speech in the Global Digital Sphere
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 3 (2015), pp. 211-311
Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society After 2009
Albany: State University of New York Press (2015), 334 pp.
Freedom on the Net 2015: Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2015), 986 pp.
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh
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Free Expression, Globalism, and the New Strategic Communication
New York: Cambridge University Press (2015), ix, 275 pp.
"Vast changes in technologies and geopolitics have produced a wholesale shift in the way states and other powerful entities think about the production and retention of popular loyalties. Strategic communication has embraced these changes as stakes increase and the techniques of information managemen
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Chaos and Control: The Competing Tensions of Internet Governance in Iran
Philadelphia, PA: Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) Annenberg School for Communication; Small Media (2015), 52 pp.
"Some key findings from the report include: Iran's primary objective has been to challenge existing internet governance structures, most notably the United States' privileged position vis-Ã -vis the IANA and ICANN; it is too simplistic to say that Iran allies only with authoritarian countries on int
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Untold Stories: The Socio-Cultural Life of Images in Qajar Era Iran
Wien; Berlin: Lit (2015), 149 pp.
From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2015), lxviii, 651 pp.
"This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online formerly inaccessible and neglected archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical signifi cance of the collections ide
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Journalism, Audiences and Diaspora
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xix, 256 pp.
"This collection takes the study of diasporic communication beyond the level of simply praising its existence, to offering critical engagements and analysis with the systems of journalistic production, process and consumption practices as they relate to people who are living outside the borders of t
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Video Games Around the World
Top Insights
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2015), xiv, 697 pp.
"Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and cultur
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Filmbilder des Islam
Marburg: Schüren (2014), 250 pp.
"Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes steht die Thematisierung des Islam im zeitgenössischen Spielfilm: konkret das Aufeinanderprallen von islamischer und westlicher Kultur, sowohl im arabischen Raum, in der Türkei oder im Nahen Osten als auch in Westeuropa. Im Zentrum steht damit auch das Spannungsfeld z
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Internet in Chains: The Front Line of State Repression in Iran
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (2014), 49 pp.
"Censorship and state control over the Internet in Iran is changing: it is becoming more systemic and less detectable, posing an ever-greater threat to Iranian users. Increasingly, the state is focusing on developing the technological infrastructure to effectively control access to the Internet insi
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Puppetry for All Times: Papers Presented at the Bali Puppetry Seminar 2013
Singapore: Patridge (2014), 389 pp.
"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero
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