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E-Participation in Africa: Literature Review
Bonn; Addis Ababa: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); DataCipation Project (2022), 28 pp.
"E-participation is the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) or digital technologies to involve citizens in public decision-making with the goal of empowering citizens and for the benefit of society as a whole. It is part of e-governance, a term that refers to the use of ICTs in
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Understanding the Infodemic of Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
Russia in Global Affairs, volume 20, issue 2 (2022), pp. 83-104
"The article analyzes the QAnon phenomenon and the anti-vaxxer movement of COVID-19 deniers as typological manifestations of conspiratorial “alternative rationality.” A number of hypotheses have been proposed: during a pandemic and a parallel infodemic, conspiracy thinking quickly becomes transb
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The Sputnik V vaccine: An international success for Russia? An analysis of the way Russian state-owned media RT and Sputnik/SNA present information and use methods of disinformation in the examples of Germany, France, Great Britain, Serbia, Slovakia and Kazakhstan
Berlin: The Greens-EFA in the European Parliament (2021), 41 pp.
"This analysis examines the methods of disinformation being used to prove Russia's scientific lead, while portraying Western compet-itors in a very negative light. Sputnik V is an instrument of "soft power" through which Russia is trying to gain influence worldwide. In order to evaluate how successf
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Antisemitism and Anti-Vax Discourse in Europe: A Report on Conspiracy Ideologies and Anti-Jewish Hatred on Facebook and Twitter
Media Diversity Institute (2021), 57 pp.
"[...] we tried to identify the connection between anti-vax conspiracy theories and antisemitism, and the way they spread on social media. Eight media monitors from Get The Trolls Out! partner organisations in Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and the
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A Freelancers’ Guide for Reporting on Vaccines
Freelance Journalism Assembly; European Journalism Centre (2021), 4 pp.
"How we report on vaccines and vaccination programmes can affect public perceptions of vaccines and vaccine acceptance. In this field, our choice of words, narrative decisions, presentation of data and selection of sources are all crucial - not just journalistically, but from a public health perspec
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Online Spaces: A Scoping Review of the Research Literature, 2000-2020
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 2, issue 5 (2021), 18 pp.
"We review 100 articles published from 2000 to early 2020 that research aspects of vaccine hesitancy in online communication spaces and identify several gaps in the literature prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. These gaps relate to five areas: disciplinary focus; specific vaccine, condition, or disease
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Wielding Influence in the Age of Coronavirus: How the Chinese Communist Party Shapes Narratives and Builds Influence in Africa
Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), 125 pp.
"The geopolitical implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has dislocated global life, shaken economies and caused over 4 million deaths, continue to play out. For China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP), China’s status as the virus’ origin posed political risks, heightened by international s
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MENA Monitor: Arabic COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Online
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 19 pp.
"Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the subsequent development and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines are rampant across Arabic-language Facebook pages and groups. They are also linked to a larger network of anti-vaccination websites, Twitter accounts and YouTube channels across the web. Researchers f
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What Works: Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation. Lessons from the Frontlines in 100 Countries
Internews (2021), 14 pp.
"A global COVID-19 vaccine rollout must be coupled with funding and strategies to support trusted local media worldwide. The experience of communities in countries across the world demonstrates an urgent need to support groups at the local level if misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effect
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Pacific Crises: COVID, Climate Emergency and West Papua
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 27, issue 1-2 (2021), pp. 1-174
Covid-19 Vaccines: Guidance for Church Leaders
Tearfund: Teddington (UK) (2021), 14 pp.
"This resource helps church leaders and Christian organisations consider how they can apply their faith in a practical way and use their influence in society to: œ reduce misinformation and confusion œ build a good understanding of, and trust in, the Covid-19 vaccines œ help shape and su
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“Fake News”, Religion, and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Media Asia, volume 48, issue 4 (2021), pp. 313-321
"Salali and Uysal (2020) found in their study that vaccine acceptance significantly increased when people believe in the natural origin of the virus. Therefore, mis/disinformation and conspiracy theories about how the virus started need to be debunked, especially in countries having high vaccine hes
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"This quick start guide was developed to support FHI 360 programs and its partners to design and implement demand creation and advocacy activities as part of national COVID-19 vaccine introduction efforts. The guide draws primarily on FHI 360’s experience designing and implementing SBC programs to
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Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part Two)
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2021), pp. 305-490
"Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people become even more vulnerable in emergencies. This is due to factors such as
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Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away
Deep Insights
New York: Oxford University Press (2020), xli, 157 pp.
"A clear-eyed, expert examination of the state of vaccine confidence globally -- and what it means for the future of life on earth. Considers the widening gulf between messages of medical authority and those on everyman platforms of our digital world, especially as it influences individual choice. C
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COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment: Behaviour, Ethics, Misinformation and Policy Strategies
London: Royal Society; British Academy (2020), 35 pp.
"COVID-19 vaccine deployment faces an unprecedented degree of uncertainty and complexity, which is difficult to communicate, such as immune response, duration of immunity, repeated vaccination, transmission dynamics, microbiological and clinical characteristics and multiple vaccines. Priority groups
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