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Is Social Media a Threat to Democracy?
Omidyar Group (2017), 20 pp.
"It is becoming increasingly apparent that fundamental principles underlying democracy—trust, informed dialogue, a shared sense of reality, mutual consent, and participation—are being put to the test by certain features and attributes of social media. As technology companies increasingly achieve
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Media Development in the Digital Age: Five Ways to Engage in Internet Governance
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); Article 19 (2017), 29 pp.
"The digital convergence means that how the Internet develops going forward — both in terms of policy and technology — will shape the very environment in which all other media operate. This report makes the case to this community that they can, and must, engage in the decision-making bodies that
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A Changing Asian Media: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities for Evolving Media in South and Southeast Asia
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 51 pp.
"Countries in the regions despite extreme diversity share many of the same challenges with their media environments – particularly when it comes to quality content production and distribution, journalist safety and impunity, the enabling legal environment, gender and social inequality as well as m
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"This chapter has focussed attention on recognising the specifc category of diaspora journalism as one of the key dimensions of diaspora formations and their ability to intervene in international politics in general and in conficts relating to their countries of origin in particular. We contend that
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Communicating Development with Communities
London, New York: Routledge (2017), xii, 165 pp.
"Building on the work of Robert Chambers and Arturo Escobar, 'Communicating development with communities' is an empirically grounded critical reflection on how the development industry defines, imagines and constructs development at the implementation level. Unpacking the dominant syntax in the theo
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IGF Academy Transfer Guide: Sharing Learning and Experience from Year One
Berlin: iRights; IGF Academy (2017), 59 pp.
"This publication is what we call our Transfer Guide. It serves three different purposes. First, it documents the work done by the IGF Academy team and the eight fellows in 2016. Together, we mapped those stakeholders involved (or who should be involved) in Internet governance in the eight countries
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Tratamiento de la discapacidad en los medios de comunicación
Barcelona: Observatorio de la Discapacidad Física (ODF) (2017), 34 pp.
Neutralidad de red en América Latina: Reglamentación, aplicación de la ley y perspectivas: Los casos de Chile, Colombia, Brasil y México;Neutralidade de rede na América Latina: Regulamentação, aplicação da lei e perspectivas: Os casos do Chile, Colômbia, Brasil e México
São Paulo: Intervozes (2017), 177 pp.
"Sinteses de las recomendaciones: Incentivar la creación de tecnologías de evaluación del cumplimiento de la neutralidad de red en las capas lógica y de infraestructuras; Incentivar la creación de piezas procesuales de referencia para la creación de jurisprudencia, usando como base tanto el Ma
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The Future of Learning and Technology in Deprived Contexts
London: Save the Children (2017), 51 pp.
"This report has focused on predicting what basic education, the use of ICTs, and the ways that these technologies will contribute to education will look like by 2025, with a particular emphasis on the implication for those living in the most deprived locations. Three broad conclusions are appropria
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Pathways to Media Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections from a Regional Consultation
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 25 pp.
"To ensure that African media organizations remain viable players in this changing political and economic landscape, new coalitions need to be built and existing ones strengthened. The existing coalitions in the region display certain weaknesses: they tend to be unevenly spread across the region and
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Using Digital and Social Media to Monitor and Reduce Violence in Kenya’s Elections
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 4 pp.
"Social media and digital technology offer immense potential for citizens, policymakers and practitioners to raise awareness of, monitor, and respond to violence. With Kenya’s elections approaching, technology can help to raise awareness of insecurity, support early warning, combat incitement of v
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Digital Skills for Life and Work: What are the Educational Implications of the ‘Broadband Society’ for the Development of Digital Skills for Life and Work?
UNESCO; Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development (2017), iv, 124 pp.
"The term ‘digital skills’ refers to a range of different abilities, many of which are not only ‘skills’ per se, but a combination of behaviours, expertise, know-how, work habits, character traits, dispositions and critical understandings. These skills and competencies are interconnected and
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Communication and Conflict in Transitional Societies: Integrating Media and Communication in Development Cooperation
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2017), 17 pp.
"Effective development cooperation that is sensitive to conflict contexts has to integrate media and communication into their overall strategy by taking into account the communicative needs of societies faced with democratization conflicts. In view of this policy problem, empirical evidence gathered
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Hass im Internet: Zivilitätsverluste in der digitalen Kommunikation
Communicatio Socialis, volume 50, issue 3 (2017), pp. 318-333
"Menschenfeindliche und rassistische Äußerungen (Hate Speech) gegenüber religiösen und ethnischen Gruppen im Internet haben sich weltweit massiv ausgebreitet. Das Internet ist weniger ein Ort der multikulturellen Begegnung als des aggressiven Kulturkampfes mit weitreichenden Folgen für gesellsc
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Vibrant Information for Just, Prosperous, and Inclusive Societies
Washington, DC: IREX (2017), 31 pp.
"The purpose of this document is to define IREX’s new approach to information with vibrant information systems. This will enable IREX to help partners and people generate, disseminate, consume, and use content that matters and take positive transformative action. The document provides the foundati
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Online and on All Fronts: Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch (2017), 84 pp.
"Since 2012, Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on free expression, treating criticisms of the government as threats to state security and public stability and curbing privacy online. The government has introduced significant restrictions to online expression and invasive surveillance
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Hack the Future of Development Aid
Copenhagen: DANIDA (2017), 35 pp.
"This study opens by diving into what blockchain is and why it is a new tech tool for development. Thereafter, we explore four ways in which blockchain can be applied to hack the future of development aid and accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. Hack #1: Innovate (aid) money with cryptocurr
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Concentration of Media Ownership and Freedom of Expression: Global Standards and Implications for the Americas
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 33 pp.
"The idea of rules limiting concentration of media ownership is often cast by media owners as a restriction on their right to freedom of expression. Unfortunately, the behaviour of States in Latin America has often lent support to this perspective, especially when States abuse for political ends the
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Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
Deep Insights
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2017), 49 pp.
"This publication takes a look at current developments in the field of audience research in media development and presents three case studies testing innovative methods that can be of use for research, monitoring, and evaluation. They are meant as an orientation and inspirational source for future p
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