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Wild paroxysms of the turbulent 90s: How 'The Traitors' documentary exposed the Russian liberal milieu
Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2024), 13 pp.
"The story which The Traitors tells is pretty simple and well known to academic scholars who deal with the modern Russian state: it was corrupt from its inception and Putin’s regime is in no way an aberration, but smooth continuity of the Yeltsin system. The documentary precipitated a wave of slan
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Journalists' safety before the 2024 elections
Tbilisi: Center for Media Information and Social Research; DW Akademie (2024), 21 pp.
Mitigating the Risks of Political Microtargeting: Guidance for Policymakers, Civil Society, and Development Cooperation
Deep Insights
Key Guides
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2024), 63 pp.
"Digital technology has revolutionized how political ads are delivered and consumed, giving political campaigns increased possibilities to target and tailor their messaging to specific audiences—a practice known as political microtargeting (PMT). While PMT has potential benefits for society, it al
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Trends in political communication on air: Implications for democratic consolidation in Ghana
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 11, issue 1 24338505 (2024), 14 pp.
"The role of media in democratic governance is pivotal, yet its impact on democratic consolidation remains debated. This study investigates the relationship between radio activism and democratic consolidation in Ghana, focusing on the influence of political news production and communication strategi
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Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian Democracy: Humor and the Mexican Media
London; New York: Routledge (2024), 202 pp.
"Centered around Mexico as a case study, the book explores the production of political entertainment in post-authoritarian legacy media and how political and economic conditions constrain the range and edge of discourse; how political entertainment in social media is shaped by the structure of platf
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Radio Free Afghanistan: A twenty-year odyssey for an independent voice in Kabul
New York: Harper Collins (2024), 307 pp.
"This book recounts the founding and growth of the Moby Group—an Afghan media company that owns Tolo, Tolo News, Lemar, Arman FM, and Arakozia, among others. As both an intimate personal journey and an exploration of the Moby Group and the Afghan media landscape, Mohseni’s memoir delves into the
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"This paper aimed to address some of the gaps in knowledge about the nature of mis/disinformation and hate speech in WhatsApp groups, as well as the mechanisms through which those messages are identified, perceived, and relayed by users. Through quantitative and qualitative study of activities in 15
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Why media freedom matters: Evidence for the value of media freedom to health, the economy, democracy, peace and the environment
Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) (2024), 33 pp.
"[...] Why and how does media freedom matter against the backdrop of these political, technological and economic upheavals? How has the role of free media evolved and what are we learning about its impact? The following scan of the empirical literature seeks to make a contribution to answering these
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Georgian Election Observatory (#GEObservatory24): Debunking pre-election propaganda narratives
University of Georgia; Fojo Media Institute (2024), 69 pp.
"The “Georgian Elections Observatory (#GEObservatory24)” was a short-term initiative aimed at fact-checking pre-election narratives leading up to the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024, together with a few immediate post-election analyses. Unlike traditional fact-checking platforms, thi
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Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xxiii, 257 pp.
"Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the volume considers what constitutes communication rights in Africa, who should protect them, against whom, and how communication rights relate to broader human rights. While the case studies highlight the variation in communicative ri
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Non-News Websites Expose People to More Political Content Than News Websites: Evidence from Browsing Data in Three Countries
Political Communication, volume 41, issue 1 (2024), pp. 129-151
"Most scholars focus on the prevalence and democratic effects of (partisan) news exposure. This focus misses large parts of online activities of a majority of politically disinterested citizens. Although political content also appears outside of news outlets and may profoundly shape public opinion,
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Discourses on Electoral Law Reform in Tanzania’s Social Media: A Case of Two Selected Twitter(X) Accounts, JamiiForums and Maria Sarungi
Nyegezi-Malimbe: St Augustine University of Tanzania, Master Thesis (2024), vii, v, 185 pp.
"This research examines the political discourse surrounding electoral law and constitutional reforms in Tanzania, utilizing Jürgen Habermas's Public Sphere Theory as the theoretical lens. Employing critical discourse analysis (CDA), the study analyzes social media discussions, particularly on Twitt
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Jair Bolsonaro’s Populist Communication on Brazilian Television: An Analysis of Television Newscasts on Globo and Record during the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1830-1850
"News media continue to play a central role in promoting public debate and the visibility of populist messages. This study discusses how Brazilian television journalism reacted to the populism of Jair Bolsonaro during the COVID-19 crisis. We adopted a content analysis and a framing analysis to ident
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Alternative Media, Repression and the Crisis State: Towards a Political Economy of Alternative Media in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 59, issue 1 (2024), pp. 172-186
"Zimbabwe has a tainted media history under Mugabe replete with examples of state orchestrated repression, draconian legislation, harassment of journalists and violation of their work premises. The post-November 2017 coup period is a critical reference point to understand the political economy of al
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