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Jung, digital, unkonventionell: Nachfrage der 'funk'-Angebote steigt. Wie das öffentlich-rechtliche Content-Netzwerk seine Zielgruppe erreicht
Media Perspektiven, issue 7-8 (2022), pp. 364-374
"Seit 2016 bietet das öffentlich-rechtliche Content-Netzwerk 'funk' konfektionierte Inhalte für die junge Zielgruppe. Bekanntheit und Reichweite des öffentlich-rechtlichen ContentNetzwerks nehmen seitdem stetig zu. YouTube und Instagram wurden 2021 als Primärplattformen bespielt, da sie von 14-
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Iranians on #SocialMedia
Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (2022), 40 pp.
"This report explores the social media habits of Iranian netizens and how the Islamic Republic is repressing the online space." (Publisher description)
TikTok/Douyin Use and its Influencer Video Use: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Chinese and US Users
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 2 (2022), pp. 339-368
"This cross-cultural comparison study between China and the US aimed to examine the short video-sharing social media platform, TikTok/Douyin, particularly its use in the two countries. Because China and the US have some evident differences in cultural values, they are ideal for cross-cultural compar
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Addressing Hate Speech: Educational Responses
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 14 pp.
"This paper will discuss the challenges and opportunities of addressing both online and offline hate speech through education and recommend comprehensive approaches for effective educational strategies. Incorporating context-based teaching and learning practices that promote responsible global citiz
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"Ofcom has identified three features not currently captured under the existing regulatory framework that may present a risk to media plurality: online intermediaries and their algorithms control the prominence they give to different news sources and stories; the basis on which online intermediaries
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Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not
Deep Insights
Afrobarometer (2022), 22 pp.
"Afrobarometer finds that most Africans own a mobile phone and have access to a mobile phone network. However, fewer than half own a mobile phone with Internet access, and even fewer have access to a computer. This translates to low levels of Internet use in many countries. Lack of Internet access a
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Identidad en la era digital: Construcción de perfiles en redes sociales en adolescentes chilenos/as
Convergencia: Revista de Ciencias Sociales, volume 29, issue e17430 (2022), 25 pp.
"Este artículo tiene como objetivo caracterizar las lógicas que moldean la construcción de perfiles e identidades digitales utilizadas por los y las adolescentes como parte de sus interacciones en redes sociales en Chile. Al usar una aproximación cuantitativa que incluyó la adaptación y valida
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Social media use, stress, and coping
Science Direct, volume 45, issue 101305 (2022), 7 pp.
"In this review, we systematize work on the relationship between social media use and stress by providing a functional perspective that distinguishes between three functions that social media can have in the stages of the stress-coping process: as stressors, as resources, and as coping tools. Curren
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Revisiting Digital Inclusion: A Survey of Theory, Measurement and Recent Research
Manchester: Centre for Digital Development (2022), 50 pp.
"Focusing on the internet as a foundational technology, this paper begins by summarising recent developments in digital inclusion theory, particularly as this relates to developing countries. It sets out a framework of core components of digital inclusion - including access/use, quality of access/us
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Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2022), xi, 218 pp.
"David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how those oppressed by
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Social Media Literacy: Fake News Consumption and Perception of COVID-19 in Nigeria
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 9, issue 2138011 (2022), 14 pp.
"The emergence of social media in the late 90s resulted in information dissemination and consumption transformation. Social networking sites have increasingly been popular and appealing to youths, who often spend much time navigating across the platforms, exploiting the communication affordances. Wh
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Digital 2022: Global Overview Report
We Are Social; Hootsuite (2022), 300 slides
"Double-digit annual growth has taken the global social media user figure to 4.62 billion, and current trends indicate that it will equal 60 percent of the world’s total population within the next few months. COVID-19 continues to hamper research into internet adoption though, resulting in reporti
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Media Literacy and Disinformation Perception Survey
Tbilisi: Media Development Foundation (MDF) (2022), 37 pp.
"The aim of this research was to study media consumption habits among different age groups and geographical areas, as well as the public's vulnerability to various disinformation and manipulative narratives disseminated in Georgia. The first part of the research concerns media literacy competencies,
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Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (And Adults Are Missing)
Deep Insights
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (2022), 229 pp.
"What are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults’ assumptions, they are not simply “addicted” to their screens, oblivious to the afterlife of what they post, or missing out on personal connection. They are just trying to navigate a networked world. In Behind Their S
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COVID-19, Digital Substitutional and Intersectional Inequality: The Case of South Africa
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 54 pp.
"This study analyses the impacts of COVID-19 and its associated public policy responses on digital and intersectional inequality in South Africa from a demand-side perspective. The overarching research question it seeks to address is: To what extent were people in South Africa able to mitigate the n
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Understanding RT’s Audiences: Exposure Not Endorsement for Twitter Followers of Russian State-Sponsored Media
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 27, issue 1 (2022), pp. 220-242
"The Russian state-funded international broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today) has attracted much attention as a purveyor of Russian propaganda. To date, most studies of RT have focused on its broadcast, website, and social media content, with little research on its audiences. Through a data-driven
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Snap Judgements: How Audiences Who Lack Trust in News Navigate Information on Digital Platforms
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 43 pp.
"In this report, we qualitatively examine how audiences who lack trust in most news organisations in their countries navigate the digital information environment, especially how they make sense of the news they encounter while using social media, messaging applications, or search engines. Drawing on
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