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Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method
London: Routledge (2026), xvii, 334 pp.
"Including original essays and contemporary case studies spanning Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, this book provides a nuanced double critique of both local and West‑centric approaches, pushing back against historically extractive audience research logics that have marginalised globa
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Putting ‘filter bubble’ effects to the test: Evidence on the polarizing impact of ideology-based news recommendation from two experiments in Germany and the U.S.
Information, Communication & Society (2025), 20 pp.
"Algorithmic news recommender systems (NRS) are present in many digital platforms. A decade after Eli Pariser introduced the infamous ‘filter bubble’ hypothesis, empirical evidence challenges the assumption that recommendation algorithms predominantly create homogeneous opinion environments. Stu
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Klassisches Radio ist gut in der Region verankert: Ergebnisse und Methodik der ma 2025 Audio I
Media Perspektiven, issue 9 (2025), 10 pp.
"Knapp 93 Prozent der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung ab 14 Jahren hören der ma 2025 Audio I zufolge regelmäßig Audioangebote. Fast drei Viertel schalten täglich mindestens ein Radioprogramm ein und dies über vier Stunden lang. Der Radiomarkt fragmentiert weiter – die Anzahl der genannten Send
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Mediennutzung und Nachrichtenvermeidung in Krisenzeiten
Media Perspektiven, issue 4 (2025), 11 pp.
"Die Vielzahl von Informationen und Nachrichten, die täglich über unterschiedlichste Kanäle verbreitet werden, können für Nutzerinnen und Nutzer eine Herausforderung darstellen. Nachrichtenvermeidung (News Avoidance) kann die Folge sein. Wie der Reuters Digital News Report 2024 zeigt, ist das I
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Exploring news gratifications across age groups: A European study in 23 countries
European Journal of Communication, volume 40, issue 1 (2025), pp. 70-86
"Research on motivations for news consumption has primarily focused on uses and gratifications (U&G) from both conventional and new media. However, there is a gap regarding age perspectives in this field. This study aims to address this gap by examining whether differences and similarities exist in
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Understanding News Avoidance in Social Media: A Systematic Literature Review
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 375-398
"In the age of digital media, news avoidance behaviour is continually increasing. This behaviour has brought new challenges for society and democracy. Research on news avoidance has recently experienced a surge, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are many uncertainties
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Info-Monitor 2025
Berlin: Die Medienanstalten (2025), 80 pp.
"Der Info-Monitor der Medienanstalten dokumentiert, wo und wie sich die Bevölkerung in Deutschland zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen informiert. Nutzung: Der Bedarf in der Bevölkerung an Informationen zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen ist groß. Mehr als 90 Prozent interessieren sich für aktuelle Themen und
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The podcast as the centre of young Colombians’ information consumption in the digital sonosphere
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 23, issue 1 (2025), pp. 59-81
"The relationship between the sound industry and its audience is influenced by the widespread use of smartphones as the primary means of accessing the internet. This has led to a transformation in media logics, particularly among young people in Colombia, as they adapt to an evolving ecosystem that
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Journalists, Social Media and News Consumption
Ukrainian Analytical Digest, issue 16 (2025), 32 pp.
"This issue focuses on journalism and social media in Ukraine. The first two articles examine the safety of journalists in Ukraine during the war based on the Worlds of Journalism Study and assess how the security situation during the war influences the practice of ‘patriotic journalism.’ The fo
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Challenges and choices: Afghan women's media use and preferences amidst restrictions
London: BBC Media Action (2024), 2 pp.
"While most adult Afghans have access to some form of media platform, only around one in three have access to internet, with less than half of mobile users owning a smartphone. Men exhibit higher usage of radio and internet compared to women (52% male vs 43% female for radio and 36% vs 29% for inter
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Africa’s shifting media landscapes: Digital media use grows, but so do demographic divides
Afrobarometer (2024), 19 pp.
"Afrobarometer data support the notion that the use of digital media is exploding across the continent, although rates of uptake may have slowed in recent years. However, these new media environments also pose challenges. Reduced barriers to access and the decline of gatekeepers can also mean that f
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Changes in Young People’s Media Repertoires: Longitudinal Insights from a Communicative Figurational Approach
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 72, issue 3 (2024), pp. 280-296
"Young people use digital media for various purposes, such as communication, entertainment, and information. As they grow up, their media repertoires become more complex and diverse. This article examines these media repertoires in more detail, considering the dynamic changes in individual developme
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¿Cómo son las prácticas lectoras de la población peruana? Un análisis interdisciplinario de los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Lectura
Lima: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (2024), 304 pp.
"La Encuesta Nacional de Lectura 2022 (ENL 2022) representa, hasta la fecha, la más ambiciosa operación estadística nacional para conocer el comportamiento lector de la población peruana. El objetivo principal fue identificar y caracterizar las brechas en el acceso y la práctica de la lectura,
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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information
Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.
"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu
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Mapping the Russian Media Field through Audience Networks and Agenda Choice
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1-26
"In light of the “gardening” of the public sphere in autocracies, the question of how power is distributed in the media field calls for empirical investigation. We use computational methods of network analysis, topic modeling, and semantic analysis to test if the Russian media landscape is organ
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"A large majority (71%) of Ethiopians "agree" or "strongly agree" that the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." About six in 10 citizens (59%) endorse the principle that the media "should have the right to publish any views and ideas without governm
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Afghanistan Media Audience Landscape
GeoPoll (2024), 3 pp.
"The GeoPoll Afghanistan Media Audience Landscape Establishment Survey comprised of 2,000 Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) with respondents across the country, conducted in from December 2023 to January 2024. Based on the survey data, approximately 67% of the adult Afghan population wat
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Einblicke in eine neue Mediennutzungstypologie: Medien und Lebenswelten als strategisches Instrument: Die Digital Media Types
Media Perspektiven, issue 4 (2024), 11 pp.
"Mit den Digital Media Types wurde die MedienNutzerTypologie für die digitale Welt weiterentwickelt. Sie bilden verschiedene Lebensstile und -welten ab, die Einfluss auf die Mediennutzung haben. Programmentwickler können sie als strategisches Instrument einsetzen, um spezifische Interessen und Bed
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