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Communications, media and internet concentration in Mexico, 2019-2021
Global Media & Internet Concentration Project (GMIC) (2024), 55 pp.
"The analysis in this report relies on a detailed and comprehensive analysis across 22 distinct markets within three broad sets of industries: (a) Telecommunications and internet access, (b) Online and traditional media services, and (c) Core internet sectors. Through this structured approach, the r
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Fairwork Chile Ratings 2024: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy.
Santiago; Oxford: Fairwork (2024), 35 pp.
Communications, media and internet concentration in India 2019-2021
Deep Insights
Global Media & Internet Concentration Project (GMIC) (2024), iii, 88 pp.
"During the survey period of 2019-2021, the Indian media economy grew by 21% to reach gross revenues of $US 66.52bn (excluding publishing). The overall pattern of growth was unevenly distributed across four component divisions: telecoms and internet infrastructure with growth of 23% (2021 revenues o
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Introduction to Digital Humanism: A Textbook
Deep Insights
Cham: Springer Nature (2024), 637 pp.
"This open access textbook introduces and defines digital humanism from a diverse range of disciplines. Following the 2019 Vienna Manifesto, the book calls for a digital humanism that describes, analyzes, and, most importantly, influences the complex interplay of technology and humankind, for a bett
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An Urgent Call for Fair Working Conditions in Africa
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork; African Platform Workers Representatives (APWR) (2024), 10 pp.
"The APWR calls on regional institutions and national government agencies to consider the following recommendations: 1. Standardise commission rates [...]
2. Mandate platforms to provide risk mitigation strategies and safety nets [...]
3. The contracts and/or terms and conditions must be subject to
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Fairwork India Ratings 2024: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy.
Bangalore; Oxford: Fairwork (2024), 39 pp.
"1. Only bigbasket and Urban Company were awarded the first point under Fair Pay for instituting a minimum wage policy that guaranteed all their workers earn at least the hourly local minimum wage after factoring in work-related costs. No platform earned the second point under Fair Pay, which requir
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The digital covenant: Non-centralized platform governance on the Mastodon social network
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 16 (2024), pp. 3275-3291
"The majority of scholarship on platform governance focuses on for-profit, corporate social media with highly centralized network structures. Instead, we show how non-centralized platform governance functions in the Mastodon social network. Through an analysis of survey data, Github and Discourse de
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News Can Help! The Impact of News Media and Digital Platforms on Awareness of and Belief in Misinformation
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 2 (2024), pp. 459-484
"Does the news media exacerbate or reduce misinformation problems? Although some news media deliberately try to counter misinformation, it has been suggested that they might also inadvertently, and sometimes purposefully, amplify it. We conducted a two-wave panel survey in Brazil, India, and the UK
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Contesting personalized recommender systems: A cross-country analysis of user preferences
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 20 pp.
"Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) such as Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube wield substantial influence over digital information flows using sophisticated algorithmic recommender systems (RS). As these systems curate personalized content, concerns have emerged about their propensity to amplify polar
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Digital Platforms and the Global South: Reconfiguring Power Relations in the Cultural Industries
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 239 pp.
"This book addresses the issues raised by digital platforms in the Global South, with an emphasis on the cultural stakes involved. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers - including political economists, socio-economists, geographers, media sociologists or anthropologists - who
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Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Telegram, Discord and Odysee
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2023), 59 pp.
"Harmful actors use an ever-expanding range of digital spaces to spread harmful ideologies and undermine human rights and democracy online. Understanding their evolving ideas, online networks and activities is critical to the development of a more comprehensive evidence base to inform effective and
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Der Kampf um das Internet: Wie Wikipedia, Mastodon und Co. die Tech-Giganten herausfordern
München: Beck (2023), 236 pp.
"Mehr Freiheit und mehr Demokratie waren die großen Versprechen des Internets. Doch inzwischen konzentriert sich die Macht bei einigen wenigen Tech-Giganten. Dabei bietet das Netz selbst eine Lösung, um sein ursprüngliches Freiheitsversprechen zu bewahren: die nichtkommerzielle digitale Gegenwelt
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The New Screen Ecology in India: Digital Transformation of Media
London: Bloomsbury; British Film Institute (bfi) (2023), ix, 174 pp.
"New Screen Ecology in India is an open access book that provides an in depth exploration of the digital transformation of the Indian media industry. Smith Mehta takes a deep dive into the world of social media platforms and their impact on contemporary film and television production, arguing that t
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 167 pp.
"In many countries, especially outside Europe and the United States, we find a significant further decline in the use of Facebook for news and a growing reliance on a range of alternatives including private messaging apps and video networks. Facebook news consumption is down 4 percentage points, acr
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Fairwork Colombia Ratings 2023: The Mobilities of Gig Work in Colombia
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 39 pp.
Comparing the Platformization of News Media Systems: A Cross-Country Analysis
European Journal of Communication, volume 38, issue 5 (2023), pp. 484-499
"Platformization has been used to describe how platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, WhatsApp and TikTok have become increasingly important for how people communicate and access information, including news. But to what extent have news media systems in different countries become platformized?
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Fairwork Morocco Ratings 2023: Assessing Working Conditions in the Moroccan Platform Economy
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 35 pp.
Fairwork Brazil Ratings 2023: Still Pursuing Decent Work in the Platform Economy
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 47 pp.
‘Push-and-pull’ for visibility: How do fans as users negotiate over algorithms with Chinese digital platforms?
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2023), pp. 321-339
"In the algorithmic era, both users and the platform battle for visibility. Chinese fans are savvy users who explore the hidden algorithms behind platform functions. With the collectively developed algorithmic imaginary, digital fandom communities negotiate with the platform over algorithms to optim
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Fairwork Ecuador Ratings 2023: Working Conditions in Unsafe Contexts
Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 39 pp.
