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De la "Radio banane" à La Voix de la révolution: L'expérience radiophonique en Guinée
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 132 pp.
"L’expérience radiophonique en Guinée a connu trois grandes périodes. Lors de la première, de 1950 à 1955, la radio était au service de la métropole, afin de servir les intérêts exclusifs des planteurs européens, franco-syriens et franco-libanais. Elle donnait des informations sur le mou
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Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict
Deep Insights
London: Hurst (2017), xxxvi, 376 pp.
"Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan Government and their allies? This book, based on years of field research and the assessment of hundreds of original source materials, examines the infor
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Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
Deep Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2017), 1060 pp.
"Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice
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The Fake News Machine: How Propagandists Abuse the Internet and Manipulate the Public
Trend Micro (2017), 80 pp.
"The term “fake news” became increasingly common during the past year. While this concept has many synonyms—disinformation campaigns, cyber propaganda, cognitive hacking, and information warfare—it’s just one facet of the bigger problem: the manipulation of public opinion to affect the rea
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Conflict Reporting in the Smartphone Era: From Budget Constraints to Information Warfare
Key Guides
Berlin; Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), 59 pp.
"The present book was inspired by the results of an international KAS conference on the theme of war reporting in Sofia in 2015. Beyond existing recommendations of international organisations, it presents new trends in reporting of warfare and provides additional guidance from the point of view of o
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The Islamic State's Global Propaganda Strategy
The Hague: International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) (2016), 83 pp.
"This Research Paper aims to analyse in depth the global propaganda strategy of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) by looking at the methods through which this grand strategy is carried out as well as the objectives that IS wants to achieve through it. The authors first discuss IS’ growth mode
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Media Propaganda and Human Rights Issues: What Can be Learnt from the Former Yugoslavia’s Experience in Relation to the Current Developments in the Arab Spring Countries?
Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 8, issue 1 (2015), pp. 21-36
"Recent history has proven that media propaganda can impact severely on human rights issues. This article aims at exploring what can be learnt from previous lessons in order to avoid the same mistakes happening again and/or to fight them more efficiently. It questions the experience of the former Yu
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Propaganda and Freedom of the Media
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2015), 78 pp.
"This non-paper aims to facilitate the OSCE participating states in formulating national and international law and policy toward the current spread of propaganda intertwined with the conflict in and around Ukraine. It distinguishes two sorts of propaganda in the contemporary world. The first is call
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NS-Propaganda im 21. Jahrhundert: Zwischen Verbot und öffentlicher Auseinandersetzung
Köln; Weimar; Wien: Böhlau (2014), 238 pp.
"Der Umgang mit den Relikten nationalsozialistischer Propaganda ist insbesondere in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland heftig umstritten; dies zeigen gerade die Diskussionen um eine wissenschaftliche Edition von Hitlers 'Mein Kampf'. Die Aufsätze des Bandes beschäftigen sich mit verschiedenen Propagan
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Visual Propaganda and Extremism in the Online Environment
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: U.S. Army War College Press; Strategic Studies Institute (2014), x, 242 pp.
"Visual images have been a central component of propaganda for as long as propaganda has been produced. But recent developments in communication and information technologies have given terrorist and extremist groups options and abilities they never would have been able to come close to even 5 or 10
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Egyptian Media Under Transition: In the Name of the Regime… in the Name of the People?
London: Polis, London School of Economics, Department of Media and Communications (media@LSE) (2014), 90 pp.
"Self-censorship habits are entrenched in the practices of Egyptian journalists, who largely perceive their role as servants of political masters. Even though the debate on reforming media was high on the agenda during the time of the revolution, this subservient perception did not change. Journalis
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Generation Girkin: Neosowjetischer Radikalismus im Populärradio
Osteuropa, volume 64, issue 7 (2014), pp. 13-19
"Das Radio galt in Russland lange als Biotop – ein Rückzugsraum für professionellen Journalismus. Die Berichterstattung über den Krieg in der „Volksrepublik Donec’k“ offenbart jedoch das Gegenteil. Manche Radiosender begreifen sich als Verlautbarungsorgane der Aufständischen, Moderatoren
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The Last Gasp of Empire: Russia’s Attempts to Control the Media in the Former Soviet Republics
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 36 pp.
"Russia still aspires to influence the news media in the former Soviet republics. The objective appears to be to manipulate their media environments in order to promote dependence on Russia and distrust of the West and to help Russia to pursue its political and commercial objectives–such as persua
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Sound des Jahrhunderts: Geräusche, Töne, Stimmen 1889 bis heute
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2013), 629 pp.
"Das Buch spürt all den akustischen Zeugnissen nach, die das 20. Jahrhundert prägten. Ein Großteil unserer Orientierung in der Welt gewinnen wir über das Hören. Das Ohr nimmt vor allem den emotionalen Aspekt einer Information auf. Manche Geräusche sind lebenslang im Unterbewusstsein gespeicher
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The Continued Relevance of the Concept of Propaganda: Propaganda as Ritual in Contemporary Hungary
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 219-237
"We will, in this paper, argue that the concept of propaganda is still relevant in the context of post-communist Hungary. More particularly, we will suggest that, in contrast to the period 1998-2010 when modern political marketing methods were applied widely, the political campaigns launched under V
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Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xiii, 322 pp.
"Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an
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The great Georgian/Russian media war
Media Development (WACC), volume 59, issue 1 (2012), pp. 51-56
The Nigerian Press and the Challenge of Private Newspaper Ownership: A Study of the Nigerian Tribune, 1949–2009
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 357-376
"As the oldest surviving privately owned newspaper in Nigeria, the Nigerian Tribune (NT) provides a classic example of how newspapers come to serve a common cause while at the same time projecting the personal ambitions and interests of their founders. This article examines the challenges of private
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Altering Courses in Unknown Waters: Interaction Between Traditional and New Media During the First Months of the Syrian Uprising
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 13 pp.
"This paper aims at investigating the relationship between traditional and social media during the first six months of the Syrian uprising. Thanks to direct testimony made available to the author by various cyber activists inside and outside Syria and through constant monitoring of the official prop
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Central and Eastern European Media Under Dictatorial Rule and in the Early Cold War
Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang (2011), 233 pp.
