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Civic Media Practice: Identification and Evaluation of Media and Technology That Facilitates Democratic Process
MaxArthur Foundation (2018), 34 pp.
"Based on over 40 interviews with practitioners, this report identifies “civic media practice” as media and technology used to facilitate democratic process. It focuses specifically on those practitioners using media tools to form relationships and build trust - a practice that sometimes runs co
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The Digital Natives Are Coming! How Social Media Are Changing Political Discourse in Kenya
KAS International Reports, issue 1 (2018), pp. 38-47
"Many factors seem to be coming together in Kenya that can pave the way towards a free, dynamic internet as a space for social and democratic freedoms. On the other hand, the newly re-elected government already exhibited authoritarian tendencies in the last legislative period and indicated – immed
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African Digital Media Review (3)
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-128
Engagement im digitalen Zeitalter: Trends, Chancen und Herausforderungen
Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Akademie Management und Politik (2018), 34 pp.
"Was gibt es in punkto Datenschutz und Datensicherheit für Non-Profits zu beachten und wie können sie Hass, Hetze und Parolen im Netz aktiv begegnen? Wie können zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen digitale Technik für Beratungsangebote oder NPO-Kampagnen erfolgreich einsetzen und offene Daten
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Media Practices, Social Movements, and Performativity: Transdisciplinary Approaches
New York; London: Routledge (2018), vi, 220 pp.
"As individuals incorporate new forms of media into their daily routines, these media transform individuals’ engagement with networks of heterogeneous actors. Using the concept of media practices, this volume looks at processes of social and political transformation in diverse regions of the world
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Protest Public Relations: Communicating Dissent and Activism
Boca Raton, FL: Routledge (2018), xvii, 300 pp.
"This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores how different theoretical paradigms speak of activism in relation to public relations. It focuses on the tactics employed in Turkey during the second-wave feminism. The bo
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Der politische Mythos von sozialen Medien als liberalem Cyberspace und freier Online-Meinungsäußerung in Vietnam
In: Vietnam: Mythen und Wirklichkeiten
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2018), pp. 212-234
"Während viele Bürgerinnen und Bürger sowie Beobachter große Hoffnungen hegen, die sozialen Medien könnten ein wirksames Instrument sein, um soziale Bewegungen zu Themen wie Ungleichheit, Ungerechtigkeit und Umwelt in Gang zu setzen, ist es zuweilen schwierig, die massenhaften Reaktionen in den
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Digital Activism Survey on Palestinian Civil Society Organizations: A Questionnaire on Performance, Challenges and Needs
Haifa: 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (2018), 67 pp.
"The results of the questionnaire showed that most Palestinian organizations do think about and deal with media work in general. Since ninety-three percent of the organizations surveyed were already dealing with media, while 58% employed at least one person in a specialist position. Only 32% had a s
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Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), vi, 189 pp.
"In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They inquire into the ways processes of
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Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age
New York; Qatar: Oxford University Press; Georgetown University (2018), xii, 335 pp.
"Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the MENA region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are p
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Les civic tech en Afrique: Citoyens et technologies pour dynamiser la démocratie. Premier bilan au Bénin, au Kenya, au Sénégal et en Tunisie
CFI (2018), 62, 25 pp.
"Dans ces quatre pays africains (Bénin, Kenya, Sénégal, Tunisie) où l’étude a été réalisée, il apparaît qu’à l’origine des civic tech se trouvent le plus souvent des citoyens et des citoyennes engagés, désireux de traduire leur frustration, et parfois leur colère, devant le déca
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Human Rights, Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xi, 265 pp.
"[This book] reflects on the extent to which films can play an active role in denouncing human rights abuses and exposing the struggle for visibility of different social movements and minorities. This collection explores Latin American cinema’s representations of human rights violators and oppress
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Appropriating Technology for Accountability: Messages from 'Making All Voices Count'
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2018), 30 pp.
"The most important messages on the roles technologies can play in enabling citizen voice and accountable and responsive governance are: 1. Not all voices can be expressed via technologies. 2. Technologies can play decisive roles in improving services where the problem is a lack of planning data or
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The Audience-Centred Approach to Media Policymaking: A Critical Analysis of the South African Press Freedom Commission as a Participatory Process of Review
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 74-99
"This article presents and makes a case for the audience-Centred approach to media policymaking and research, and situates this discussion within the South African revision of the regulatory mechanism for the press. In South Africa the press accountability mechanism, the Press Council of South Afric
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Voice or Chatter? Country Overview South Africa
IT for Change (2017), 22 pp.
Activismo en red y multitudes conectadas: Comunicación y acción en la era de Internet
Barcelona; México, DF: Icaria; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco (2017), 254 pp.
"El uso lúdico y libertario de las tecnologías digitales, iniciado por los primeros programadores y hacktivistas, se ha profundizado en las últimas décadas a partir de experiencias concretas que sorprenden en su irrupción y que contrastan con el desarrollo de estrategias tecnológicas para el c
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Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-Appropriating Social Media Among Alternative Media Projects
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xvii, 214 pp.
"This ethnographic study explores how four alternative media projects in El Salvador integrated digital technologies-particularly social media-into their practices, and whether incorporating these technologies affected citizen participation not only in the media production process, but in a broader
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Small Steps, Big Difference: Grassroots Participation Handbook
Brussels: Caritas Europa (2017), 54 pp.
