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Regulation of Harmful Content Online in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Freedom of Expression and Harms to Democracy
Sarajevo: Mediacentar; UNESCO (2022), 108 pp.
"The study specifically focuses on five types of harmful content: a) hate speech and hate narratives; b) denials of war crimes and glorification of war criminals; c) ethno-nationally and/or politically biased media reporting; d) disinformation; and e) attacks, threats and smear campaigns against ind
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Digital Inequality Beyond the Digital Divide: Conceptualizing Adverse Digital Incorporation in the Global South
Information Technology for Development, volume 28, issue 4 (2022), pp. 688-704
"Digital systems are significantly associated with inequality in the global South. That association has traditionally been understood in terms of the digital divide or related terminologies whose core conceptualization is the exclusion of some groups from the benefits of digital systems. However, wi
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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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Why’s Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media
Social Media + Society, volume 8, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-11
"The video-sharing social media platform TikTok has experienced a rapid rise in use since its release in 2016. While its popularity is undeniable, at the first glance, it seems to offer features already available on previously existing and wellestablished platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and Fa
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Why addressing digital inequality should be a priority
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 89, issue 3: e12255 (2022), 12 pp.
"This article addresses the multifaceted and far-reaching implications of digital inequality (DI), drawing upon emerging trends and examples. The aim is to sensitize policymakers, practitioners, and academics to issues surrounding DI and foster a common and deeper understanding among relevant stakeh
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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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The Mobile Economy 2022
GSMA (2022), 44 pp.
"The mobile industry has been instrumental in extending connectivity to people around the world. In 2021, the number of mobile internet subscribers reached 4.2 billion people globally. Operators’ investments in network infrastructure over the last decade have helped to shrink the coverage gap for
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Social media and behaviour in Zimbabwe: A case of the Ruwa youths in Harare
Public Administration & Development Alternatives (JPADA), volume 7, issue 2 (2022), pp. 50-59
"Social media, with its generally reported adverse effects, has become prevalent in daily lives of young people in Zimbabwe. The aim of this article is to outline the effects of social media on youth behaviour in Zimbabwe, as described by the Ruwa youths in Harare. The article reports the results of
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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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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)
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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Weibo Feminism: Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China
London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic (2022), 215 pp.
"On China's biggest social media platform, Weibo, feminists are staying one step ahead of the censors. Weibo Feminism is the first book to explore in-depth the connections and forms of resistance that feminist activists in China are making in online spaces despite increasing crackdowns on free speec
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Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)
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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Mediennutzung in der Corona-Pandemie
Media Perspektiven, issue 2 (2022), pp. 81-88
"Während der Corona-Pandemie und der damit verbundenen Einschränkungen des öffentlichen Lebens hat sich der Medienkonsum in allen Bereichen signifikant erhöht. Um auf dem Laufenden und mit anderen in Kontakt zu bleiben, aber auch um sich zu unterhalten und abzulenken, nutzten (und nutzen) die Me
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp.
"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr
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Democracia e representatividade: Novas formas de representação diante da transformação digital 2022. Um estudo sobre grupos fragilizados e lideranças
São Paulo: Instituto Lula; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 143 pp.
"O presente estudo dialoga com lideranças e com grupos que se encontram na base das organizações sociais: os militantes e ativistas . A inclusão de ativistas e militantes na investigação, como ocorreu na 1ª Etapa da Pesquisa, em 2021, permitiu olhar os dois lados dos processos de representati
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Why Aren’t Women Part of the Conversation? A Study of the Gender Gap in Social Media Use in India, its Causes and the Implications for Women’s Empowerment
Deep Insights
BBC Media Action (2022), 12 pp.
"This report summarises learnings from BBC Media Action’s landscaping study of the gendered dimensions of social media access and use in India. It addresses 10 questions that have implications for designing digital solutions for women’s empowerment in India." (Page 2)
