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Social Media and Elections in Africa. Vol. 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xv, 237 pp.
"This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the variou
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"This Information Ecosystem Assessment includes the thoughts and opinions of 48 migrant community leaders and migrant workers in Thailand. The information was collected through a series of qualitative and quantitative techniques, using remote data collection methodologies to ensure the safety of par
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Comunicación, información y lenguajes de la memoria: XXV Cátedra Unesco de Comunicación
Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2020), 263 pp.
"La Cátedra Unesco de Comunicación en su XXV edición se diseñó como un espacio para reflexionar sobre comunicación, información y lenguajes de la memoria. Con esa perspectiva, se consideró fundamental analizar el papel de la ciencia de la información en los procesos de recuperación, preser
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Searching for a New Kenya: Politics and Social Media on the Streets of Mombasa
Cambridge: University of Cambridge (2020), xi, 270 pp.
"Searching for a New Kenya analyses public discussion in urban Kenya, focusing on the gatherings of citizens, both in-person and online, where people discuss issues of common concern to shed light on the role public discussion plays in politics and how social media affects political movements. Throu
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Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2020), v, 338 pp.
"Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change advances applied theoretical research on 21st century media imperialism. The volume includes established and emerging researchers in international communications who examine the geopolitical, economic, technological and cultural dimensions of 21st century me
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‘Let Us Breathe!' Censorship and Criminalization of Online Expression in Viet Nam
London: Amnesty International (2020), 77 pp.
"On 21 April 2020, Facebook announced a major shift in its content moderation policy in Viet Nam. Under this policy, it has increasingly complied with the Vietnamese authorities’ repressive censorship of online expression deemed critical of the state.3 Facebook has disclosed that it agreed to “s
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Online Audience Engagement with Legacy and Digital-Born News Media in the 2019 Indian Elections
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 16 pp.
"In this factsheet, we study online audience engagement with legacy and digital-born news media across social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter) and the open web during the 2019 Indian General Election on the basis of data collected between 11 April and 19 May. We analyse cross-platform online a
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Facebooking in Myanmar: From Hate Speech to Fake News to Partisan Political Communication
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), 10 pp.
"Facebook is the Internet in Myanmar, and it presents both opportunities for and challenges to the government, the opposition, and the people in a country that is in transition. Facebook has gained notoriety as a platform for hate speech and fake news in Myanmar over the past seven years. Facebook h
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"Privacy is Not a Concept, But a Way of Dealing with Life": Localization of Transnational Technology Platforms and Liminal Privacy Practices in Cambodia
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
New York: Association for Computing Machinery (2019), 19 pp.
"This paper describes findings from a qualitative research study that examines practices and perceptions of privacy in Cambodia as the population rapidly moves into an online environment (specifically Facebook, the most popular Internet tool in Cambodia today). We empirically demonstrate how the con
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L'internet au Maroc: Militantismes, sociabilités et solidarités numériques
Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 211 pp.
"Cet ouvrage questionne trois dimensions de l'usage d'Internet au Maroc constituant un enjeu majeur, pour toute société et pour la société marocaine en particulier : la dimension militante, la dimension relationnelle et la dimension solidaire. Les contributions s'articulent autour des trois axes
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“Privacy is not a concept, but a way of dealing with life”: Localization of Transnational Technology Platforms and Liminal Privacy Practices in Cambodia
ACM Journals, volume 3, issue 128 (2019), 19 pp.
"Privacy scholarship has shown how norms of appropriate information flow and information regulatory processes vary according to environment, which change as the environment changes, including through the introduction of new technologies. This paper describes findings from a qualitative research stud
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Publics in Africa in a Digital Age
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 13, issue 1 (2019), pp. 1-213
Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
Deep Insights
London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp.
"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra
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Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies: Publics See Mobile Phones and Social Media Bringing Certain Benefits to Them and Their Societies. But These Views Are Paired with Widespread Concerns About Their Impact on Children
Pew Research Center (2019), 92 pp.
"Surveys conducted in 11 emerging and developing countries across four global regions [Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; South Africa and Kenya; India, Vietnam and the Philippines; and Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon] find that the vast majority of adults in these countries own – or have access to – a
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Doing Digital Methods
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2019), xviii, 308 pp.
"Teaching the concrete methods needed to use digital devices, search engines and social media platforms to study some of the most urgent social issues of our time, this is the essential guide to the state of the art in researching the natively digital. With explanation of context and techniques and
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Mediatized Religion in Asia: Studies on Digital Media and Religion
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xv, 231 pp.
"This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia, examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia, critically discussing the
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Glasnost! Nine Ways Facebook Can Make Itself a Better Forum for Free Speech and Democracy
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 27 pp.
"Following multiple controversies in the past two years, Facebook is seeking to implement much needed processes for self-regulation and governance to help regain the trust of the public, politicians, and regulatory authorities. Facebook has thus entered a new era of cautious glasnost, inviting resea
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Exploring Digital and Mobile Cultures in Myanmar 2019
Phandeeyar (2019), 41 pp.
A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders
Key Guides
Amsterdam: Public Data Lab (2018), 212 pp.
"The guide explores the notion that fake news is not just another type of content that circulates online, but that it is precisely the character of this online circulation and reception that makes something into fake news. In this sense fake news may be considered not just in terms of the form or co
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