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Building Digital Safety for Journalism: A Survey of Selected Issues
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 101 pp.
"This publication identifies at least 12 digital threats, including illegal or arbitrary digital surveillance, location tracking, and software and hardware exploits without the knowledge of the target. Further examples that are considered are: phishing, fake domain attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)
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Safety Guide for Journalists: A Handbook for Reporters in High-Risk Environments
Paris: Reporters Without Borders; UNESCO (2015), 143 pp.
"The Safety Guide for Journalists issued by Reporters Without Borders is aimed at providing guidelines and practical advice for all those who risk running into an enemy of press freedom on a street corner or on a deserted road. Such a situation can quickly test the difference between a happy-go-luck
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Journalists at risk: Looking beyond just physical safety
Future of Journalism Conference (2015), 12 pp.
"Hardly a day goes by when we are not reminded of the hazards of modern journalism. The already unacceptably high levels of intimidation, kidnapping and killing have escalated still further with the civil conflict in Iraq and Syria and the series of brutal beheadings carried out by ISIS. But while m
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The psychological effects of reporting extreme violence: A study of Kenyan journalists
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 6, issue 9 (2015), pp. 1-6
"Objective: To assess the psychological health of journalists in Kenya who have reported on, and been exposed to, extreme violence. Design: Descriptive. Psychological responses were elicited to two stressors, the ethnic violence surrounding the disputed 2007 general election and the Al-Shabab attack
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Risk and journalism in the digital age
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 129-134
"The shocking beheading of several Western journalists during 2014, including the Americans Steven Sotloff and James Foley and the Briton David Haines, and the wide dissemination of their murder videos on the Internet, is a graphic, gruesome signal that something has changed in the relationship betw
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Safety Net Manual: Guidelines for Journalists in Extraordinary or Emergency Situations
Vienna: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2015), 78 pp.
"This manual contains definitions, advice and practical examples connected to the regular activities of media workers and media outlets in extraordinary situations, like reporting from conflict areas, during demonstrations and social unrest, about natural and other disasters, and reporting under int
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Terms of Choice: Uncertainty, Journalism, and Crisis
Journal of Communication, volume 65 (2015), pp. 888-908
"This article considers whether thinking about journalism's present set of challenges is best served by the notion of “crisis.” It argues that adopting such a notion to explain a diverse set of technological, political, economic, social, occupational, moral, and legal circumstances misses an opp
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Bravery or Bravado? The Protection of News Providers in Armed Conflict
Brill (2015), xviii, 450 pp.
"During the last decade, the image of war correspondents in the news has shifted dramatically. Reports are no longer full of cheerleading stories of embedded journalists. Instead, stories of war reporters being attacked, kidnapped or injured prevail. Sadly, the former heroic witnesses to war have be
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Shooting the Messengers
British Journalism Review, volume 26, issue 3 (2015), pp. 49-54
"It's going to be hard, but we must keep fighting the gangsters and governments that attack journalists, says a seasoned campaigner." (Abstract)
Violencia y periodismo regional en México
México: Juan Pablos Editor (2015), 458 pp.
"La temporalidad del presente estudio comprende el periodo 2006-2015, que corresponde a los sexenios de Felipe Calderón Hinojosa y una parte del de Enrique Peña Nieto, periodo en el que, según muestran los informes de agencias nacionales e internacionales, la violencia contra los periodistas en e
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Outsourcing Authority in the Digital Age: Television News Networks and Freelance War Correspondents
Critical Studies in Media Communication, volume 32, issue 4 (2015), pp. 225-239
"This article examines the unique ways in which the figure of the freelance war correspondent is entangled within both the material and discursive logic of the digital in the age of the “war on terror.” Because freelancers increasingly work across media platforms and without large crews, these m
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The Cyberspace War: Propaganda and Trolling as Warfare Tools
European View, volume 15, issue 1 (2015), pp. 121-132
"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has taken control of the traditional media in Russia: TV, radio and newspapers. As Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has stated, the Kremlin sees the mass media as a ‘weapon’. Now Russia’s leadership is trying to take control of social media to
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Making Secondary Trauma a Primary Issue: A Study of Eyewitness Media and Vicarious Trauma on the Digital Frontline
Istanbul: Eyewitness Media Hub (2015), 69 pp.
"The rapid and incredible growth of eyewitness media (also known as user-generated content or UGC) has led to the emergence of a new cadre of journalists, humanitarian and human rights professionals whose job it is to seek out, verify and edit the most disturbing and traumatic raw images captured by
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"This short booklet aims to provide some pointers and practical advice on how to stay safe while getting closer to the heart of what is going on. It is not an exhaustive guide to reporting conflict but a short introduction to some of the challenges reporters face in a bitterly divided area. Expect t
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Journalism at Risk: Threats, Challenges and Perspectives
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2015), 272 pp.
"Is journalism under threat? The image of journalists, as helmeted war correspondents protected by bullet-proof vests and armed only with cameras and microphones, springs to mind. Physical threats are only the most visible dangers, however. Journalists and journalism itself are facing other threats
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Medio siglo de agresiones a periodistas: Síntesis estadística de asesinatos y desapariciones en América Latina (1970-2015)
Contratexto (Universidad de Lima), issue 24 (2015), pp. 171-201
"Desde 1970, hay constancia en América Latina de más de mil periodistas asesinados o desaparecidos forzados, por razones que han variado a lo largo del tiempo. Desde las medidas represivas propias del terrorismo de Estado, en los años de las dictaduras militares, a la conjunción actual de circun
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Civil War in Syria: The psychological effects on journalists
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, volume 7, issue 1 (2015), pp. 57-64
"Purpose: More journalists died in Syria during 2013 than in any other country experiencing conflict. This statistic raises concerns about the psychological wellbeing of journalists covering the internecine violence. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample
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