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Editorial Independence
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Journalism Ethics
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United Nations (UN)
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Photojournalism
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Freedom of Expression Lobbying & Communication Rights Campaigning
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Emergency Medical Aid
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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UNESCO
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Human Rights Violations
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Police
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Advocacy
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Chilling Effects (Discouragement of Legitimate Exercise of Legal Rights)
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Indirect Censorship, Soft Censorship
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Feminism & Communication
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Transnational Journalism Cooperation & News Exchange
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Council of Europe
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Journalists
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Media Assistance
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Populism
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Open Data
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Government Communication Strategies
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Community Radios
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Iraq War (2003)
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Associations & Networks of Journalists
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Media Reporting, Reporting on Journalism & Communication Issues
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Television Journalism
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Media & Communication Policies
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Caruana Galizia, Daphne (1964-2017)
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Public Media, State Media
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User-Generated Contents
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Media Advocacy, Media Activism
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Political Cartoons & Comics
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Media / Communication Control
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Countering Press Freedom Violations by Legal Actions
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Crisis Communication
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Genocides
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Boko Haram
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Media Criticism
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Minority Journalists
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Bribery & Corruption in Journalism
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Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
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Indigenous Journalists & Communicators
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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European Union (EU)
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Reporters Sans Frontièrs
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Exiled Journalists
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Political Reporting
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Local Communication & Media
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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Conflict & War Photography
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Military
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Media & Information: Migrants, Refugees, Diasporas
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Editorial Independence: Influence of Advertisers
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Expectations & Satisfaction
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Transnational Repression
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Media
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media
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Government / State Advertising: Allocation Policies & Regulation
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Conflicts: Victims' Perspectives
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Terrorism
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Gaza War (2023-)
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Humanitarian Interventions
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Digital Political Communication
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Social Media
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Facebook
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Trolling (Social Media)
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AI in Journalism & Media
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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Diaspora Media
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Racism
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Religious Minorities & Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
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Election Campaigns: Disinformation & Misinformation
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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Gendered Disinformation
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Identifying & Researching Disinformation
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Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
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Media Commercialisation
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Media Concentration
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Media Ownership
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Political Economy of Media
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Public Goods, Commons
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Infotainment, Politainment
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Sports, Sports & Media, Sports Reporting
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Environmental Journalism
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Environmental & Land Conflicts Reporting & Media Representation
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Defamation, Libel, Slander
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Defamation: Effects on Victims
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Bias in News Media
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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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-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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Health Journalism
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Mental Health (General)
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History of Journalism
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History of the Press
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign News, International News
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International Media Associations / Organizations
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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OSCE
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International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
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Collaborative Journalism, Journalism Cooperation
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Journalism Studies: Research Projects
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Vox Pop Interviews
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Journalistic Skills
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Journalistic Style & Language
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Journalists: Trust in Public Institutions
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Labour Market for Journalists
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News Agencies
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Newsroom Management
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Service Journalism, Consumer Information, Lifestyle Journalism
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Metaphors
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Translations & Translating
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Local Television
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Media Assistance: Elections
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Media Assistance: Implementing Organizations
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International Media Support (IMS) (Media Development NGO, Denmark)
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Media Assistance: Journalists' Associations, Media Associations
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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 Development Indicators
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Media & Information Literacy
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Transition Countries: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Criminal Law & Criminal Prosecution
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Law, Legislation, Judiciary (General)
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Legal Protection
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Transitional Justice
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Contracts, Labour Agreements, Service Contracts
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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Cadwalladr, Carole (British Investigative Journalist)
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Ressa, Maria
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Photographers
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Hindu Nationalism
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Political Extremism
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Security
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Personal Safety
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Parliaments
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Independent & Oppositional Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Transition and Media
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Public Spheres
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Emotions in Communication & Media
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Persuasive Communication
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Memory, Memorizing
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Mental Stress
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Opinion, Opinion Formation, Opinion Change
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Communication & Media Research Associations & Networks
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Digital Sources
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Political Indicators
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Interviewing (Journalistic Genre)
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Assassination
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Human Security
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Rohingya
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Blockchain Technologies
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Open Source Software
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Al-Jazeera
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Fixers in corporate media: Pashtun journalists under threat in North Western Pakistan
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 9 pp.
"Local fixers are becoming increasingly important for international media due to escalating security threats to international journalists, budget cuts within international media organizations, and the disappearance of long-stay correspondents. Local fixers give local color and context to news storie
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The Awareness of Personal and Family Security in the Crisis Reporting and Performance of Journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Gomal University Journal of Research, volume 35, issue 2 (2019), pp. 13-22
"Pakistan has been declared as most dangerous country for media professionals all over the world, like, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the riskiest place due to militancy and insurgency. For this purpose, this research has been conducted to investigate the phenomenon. The research has been conducted thr
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Culture of impunity and safety of journalists: Is safe journalism a distant dream in Pakistan?
Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, issue 1 (2019), pp. 51-66
"Pakistan’s journalists confront fatal safety risks in the line of their duty and are at the mercy of various types of pressure and extremist groups that threaten, kidnap and even murder them with almost total impunity. Despite the growing violence against journalists in Pakistan, there is a deart
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Digital security awareness and practices of journalists in Turkey: A descriptive study
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), pp. 1-16
"This study aims to measure the level of digital security awareness of journalists in Turkey who use digital technology in the course of their work. In the study, research questions are answered using data collected by means of an online survey in relation to the digital security risks faced, the ex
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Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia: An Exploratory Study
International Affairs and Global Strategy, volume 78 (2019), pp. 33-46
"Safety of journalists has been studied as part of freedom of expression. However, there is scarce qualitative research on Colombian regional journalists’ safety. This chapter seeks to address issues surrounding journalists’ safety and censorship in Colombia shedding light on triple menace: the
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3rd International Press Freedom Seminar: Off/Online Intimidation of Journalists. Report
Ghent: Ghent University (2019), 6 pp.
"The annual International Press Freedom was, for the third time, organised by the Faculty of Law and Criminology and the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Ghent University, Belgium. The seminar gathered speakers from different backgrounds: journalists, academics, and civil society organisa
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Getting from the global to the local: Norms and systems for protecting journalists in the times of the Sustainable Development Goals
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 10 pp.
"In the wake of progress in underlining international norms for protection of journalists, UNESCO in 2017 initiated a global consultation on how to strengthen implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. The results of this consultation are relevant
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Journalism under pressure in conflict zones: A study of journalists and editors in seven countries
Media, War & Conflict, volume 12, issue 1 (2019), pp. 69-86
"Through interviews with 100 journalists and editors in seven countries, the authors examine safety as the main challenge for journalists covering war and conflict in both local and international contexts. The article places a particular focus on the situation for Filipino and Norwegian journalists.
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An Investigation into State Suppression of Freedom of Expression in Lesotho
IJCIRAS, volume 2, issue 2 (2019), pp. 75-82
"The constitution of Lesotho gives assurance to freedom of expression which is supposed to protect the rights of journalists in the day to day dispensation of their duties. The situation on the ground however shows the exact opposite. Recent history can show assassination attempts on practicing jour
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Elections and Media in Digital Times
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 67 pp.
"The central focus of this study is the dynamic and complex relationship between elections and (digital) media. This choice of focus is explained by the need to safeguard the integrity and credibility of electoral processes, as well as the role of the news media during election periods, in the face
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The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting
New York: Oxford University Press (2019), viii, 226 pp.
"Though news fixers are vital to the practice of international reporting-helping journalists to understand foreign languages, set up compelling interviews, and navigate unfamiliar terrain-their role is rarely made transparent to news audiences. Without news fixers, journalists would struggle to cove
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The Fight Against Impunity: Outcomes International Advocacy 2013-2018
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2019), 23 pp.
Coping with Audience Hostility. How Journalists’ Experiences of Audience Hostility Influence Their Editorial Decisions
Journalism Studies, volume 20, issue 16 (2019), pp. 2422-2421
"In digitalized media societies, many journalists encounter audience hostility in publicly visible channels. Scholars theorized on the spiral process of the influence of audience feedback on journalists’ editorial work. In this spiral, audience feedback on past news coverage influences ongoing new
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News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment
Acos Alliance (2019), 7 pp.
"The News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment provides a tool for news outlets to review and improve safety practices and protocols that affect the newsroom and journalists out in the field. The Self-Assessment should help news organizations to identify and better understand their own weaknesses an
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#journodefender: Turning Trolling Against Journalists on its Head
Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2019), 83 pp.
"This report describes and analyses how online propaganda against journalists across the world - through hate, harassment, threats and fabricated news – undermines independent reporting, sows doubt among the public and makes journalists, in particular female journalists, open for online attacks an
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Violence against Journalists
"This entry introduces the concept of violence against journalists and the press. It synthesizes multiple approaches to the phenomenon to create a comprehensive definition, reviews dimensions of violence and the occupational and individual domains in which they create harm, identifies key findings a
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Turkey: How to deal with threats to journalism?
In: Transnational Othering – Global Diversities: Media, Extremism and Free Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2019), pp. 171-190
"Journalism has always been an unsafe practice in modern Turkey. However, ties between the political system and democracy have been severed by the recent witch-hunt following the most recent failed coup, in 2016, and the subsequent societal collapse triggered by the administration of the state of em
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Safer Together: Considerations for Cooperation to Address Safety in the Media Support, Humanitarian and Human Rights Sectors
International Media Support (IMS) (2019), 31 pp.
"Every year, hundreds of human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and journalists and media workers are killed around the world – simply for doing their job. Hundreds more are threatened, sexually harassed, kidnapped, arrested, imprisoned or otherwise targeted. This briefing paper is the preli
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"This report specifically examines legal remedies for online attacks against journalists. It looks at three case studies, in Finland, France and Ireland, of female journalists who were viciously attacked online for their work and the ensuing attempts to hold the perpetrators accountable. From an ana
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On media censorship, freedom of expression and the risks of journalism in Mexico
Information Development, volume 35, issue 4 (2019), pp. 666-670
"We present a classification of the types of censorship of media to frame the various issues that journalism and freedom of expression face in Mexico, which mainly include the role of the State in preventing or enforcing censorship, the monopoly of a few corporate groups that control most of the mas
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