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India's Gender Digital Divide: Women and Politics on Twitter
New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (2015), 8 pp.
"This study explores the spatial politics of Othering and whether women are marginalized in political conversations online in India. It's methodology consists of an analysis of 23,350 tweets over an eight-day period. It shows a significant underrepresentation of women in Twitter's political conversa
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When the Marginalized Enter the National Spotlight: The Framing of Brazilian Favelas and Favelados
Global Media and Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2015), pp. 61-80
"How are marginalized peoples and places framed in their dominant national media? Framing theory applied through a comparative narrative analysis of 313 news articles, 291 photos and 1051 telenovela scenes allowed Brazilian media representations of a marginalized people, favelados, and marginalized,
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Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur
Oakland: University of California Press (2015), xix, 341 pp.
"How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the
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Aiding Journalism: Australian Journalism Educators and Their Work in Post-Conflict States
Deakin University, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xii, 341 pp.
"Using Bourdieu’s field theory, this thesis describes journalism education from the perspective of Australians who specialise in teaching outside Australia. It uses three data sources: a content analysis of media in Solomon Islands; a survey and in-depth interviews with Australian journalism educa
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Balochistan: Reaping the Benefits of Peace Journalism
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 14, issue 2 (2015), 12 pp.
"If the focus of peace journalism is to press for quality journalism during conflict reporting which will ultimately contribute to peace, then the findings of this study show that the available reporting on the Balochistan conflict passes the litmus test. The coverage is pro-people, and the reporter
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China im Spiegel der Printmedien: Wertende Berichterstattung und ihre Perzeption am Beispiel China
"Es lässt sich ein ausgesprochen breites Themenspektrum und eine hohe Kontinuität innerhalb der Berichterstattung feststellen. Dabei ist die journalistische Haltung keinesfalls einseitig negativ — vielmehr wird häufig ein ausgewogenes Chinabild vermittelt, das besonders dort kritisch ist, wo si
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"Mechachal is a collaborative project developed by the University of Oxford and Addis Ababa University to understand the nature and potential of online debates in Ethiopia. Mechachal can be translated from Amharic as “tolerance”, or as one’s awareness of their own social sphere and willingness
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Who Makes the News? Global Media Monitoring Project 2015
London; Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2015), v, 152 pp.
"Although in the decade 1995 to 2005 there was a slow but steady increase in women’s visibility in the news, the decade 2005 to 2015 has been one of stagnation. At 24% of the total, there has been no change in women’s share of news-making roles in the traditional media (newspapers, radio, televi
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Xenophobie und Medien in Südafrika: Eine Analyse über die Berichterstattung im April und Mai 2015
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2015), 12 pp.
"Die südafrikanischen Tageszeitungen Daily Sun, Sowetan, The Citizen und The Star repräsentieren die vier dominierenden Medienverlage in Südafrika und berichteten im April und Mai 2015 alle über Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Migration. Die meisten Artikel in der Stichprobe stammten von der Zeitung St
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Social Media and the #Occupy Nigeria Protests: Igniting or Damping a Harmattan Storm?
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2015), pp. 141-164
"This study compared social media (new media) and newspapers’ framing of the January 2012 #Occupy Nigeria Protest. Authors employed content analysis to investigate similarities and differences in the frames adopted by social media (Facebook page, blogs, conversations in Nairaland and Twitter) and
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Female Genital Cutting in the News Media: A Content Analysis
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 4 (2015), pp. 384-405
"Mass media play an important role in explaining the issue of female genital cutting and can influence discourse among the general public as well as policy makers. Understanding how news media present female genital cutting has strong implications for the global status of women. This study, a quanti
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Owning the issues of crime and immigration: The relation between immigration and crime news and anti-immigrant voting in 11 countries
Electoral Studies, volume 38 (2015), pp. 59-69
"It is still not well understood how the media affect anti-immigrant party voting. In this paper, we argue and demonstrate empirically that mere exposure to immigration- and crime-related news is positively related to the likelihood that a voter casts a vote for an anti-immigrant party. On the basis
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High Drama on the High Seas: Peace Versus War Journalism Framing of an Israeli/Palestinian-Related Incident
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 1 (2014), pp. 86-105
"A review of the literature indicates a plethora of studies examining the coverage of Middle Eastern conflicts, but hardly any research has been explicitly framed as being developed from a peace/war journalism perspective. The current study, therefore, represents a substantive effort to remedy this
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SAEF Report on Observation of Media Conduct During the 2014 Malawi Tripartite Elections
Southern African Editor's Forum (SAEF) (2014), 15 pp.
"SAEF’s major finding in Malawi was that although the media had covered the entire election process fairly well, it had failed to give equitable coverage to all three parts of the elections – presidential, parliamentary and local government. The press gave 40% coverage to the presidential race,
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Deconstructing Terror: Assessing Media’s Role in Religious Intolerance and Radicalisation
Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2014), xiii, 52 pp.
"The study examined various sampled media content and interviewed key informants to understand professional and ethical considerations informing media coverage of terror, religious extremism and radicalisation. From the findings, it is evident that the media somehow contributes to the propagation of
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Protecting the Rights of Children: The Role of the Media. Lessons from Brazil, India and Kenya
London: Internews Europe (2014), 79 pp.
"In Brazil, India and Kenya, a wide range of factors currently inhibit media from playing their full role in promoting awareness of child rights and in helping children realise their rights, says this report. Crucial issues identified in all three countries include lack of media coverage, inadequate
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