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Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2020), 27 pp.
"We conducted a mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisting of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-structured interviews, to better understand the spread and impact of misinformation, and in particular of misinformation on mobile messaging apps (MIMs). One of our goal
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Women and TV Culture in Pakistan: Gender, Islam and National Identity
London: Tauris (2018), xii, 228 pp.
"The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homos
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The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Children’s Image Making. A Research Project to Understand How Contributors and Their Communities Experience and Perceive Save the Children’s Communications and its Image-Making Process
Deep Insights
Save the Children (2017), xi, 81 pp.
"Debates about the visual representations of global poverty have been going on for many years, yet the experiences and views of those featured have been notably absent. 'The People in the Pictures' addresses that gap. Save the Children commissioned research in the UK, Jordan, Bangladesh and Niger, t
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Família.com: Famílias, crianças (0-6) e tecnologias digitais
Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior (2017), 274 pp.
"Através deste estudo exploratório, onde foram entrevistadas 15 famílias portuguesas com filhos até 6 anos, pretendeu-se conhecer as atividades das crianças com os meios digita, perceber como as tecnologias são entendidas pelos diferentes membros das famílias e como é feita a gestão da util
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Compromising Connectivity: Information Dynamics Between the State and Society in a Digitizing North Korea
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2017), 97 pp.
"The information and media environment in North Korea continues to evolve quickly. This report demonstrates that the depth and diversity of information and media access channels have grown markedly since the release of A Quiet Opening in 2012. More North Koreans have greater access to a larger varie
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Voices of Refugees: Information and Communication Needs of Refugees in Greece and Germany
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 52 pp.
"This study provides a snapshot of refugees’ experiences regarding communication and information at different points on their journey. It examines the communication behaviours and priority information needs of refugees in three areas: on their journey, in “transit” camps in Greece, and in Germ
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Estereotipos de la mujer andina en los programas de humor de la TV peruana
Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2015), 56 pp.
"Los estereotipos que de la mujer andina se tienen a partir de los programas de humor de la TV peruana son negativos básicamente por la fisonomía física (en general, poco atractiva, descuidada y hasta sucia) y la fisonomía intelectual (habilidad y entendimiento limitados, instrucción baja o nul
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Social Media and E-Democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Savannah, Ga.: Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (2014), 9 pp.
"This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The stu
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What Do You See? Design of a Communication Strategy to Promote Positive Change for Unorganized Workers in Karnataka, India
Bangalore: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 61 pp.
"The specific objectives of this paper are to review and evaluate the print material used by the GIZ [in Karnataka] and examine if it can be read, understood and related to by the participants; to provide a channel for clear and understandable communication that supports and incorporates the visual
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A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2012), 88 pp.
"For more than half a century, North Korea’s leaders have relied on a domestic media monopoly to control what information North Koreans can access and how narratives around that information are presented. But the situation on the ground is changing, thanks in large part to North Koreans’ expandi
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MDG-Trendmonitor Religiöse Kommunikation 2010. Kommentarband 1: Erkenntnisse zur Situation von Kirche und Glaube sowie zur Nutzung medialer und personaler Informations- und Kommunikationsangebote der Kirche im Überblick
München: Medien-Dienstleistung GmbH (MDG); Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach; Sinus Sociovision (2010), 206 pp.
Media and Ethnic Identity: Hopi Views on Media, Identity, and Communication
New York: Routledge (2007), xvii, 243 pp.
"Media and Ethnic Identity carries a Native American perspective to media and its role in ethnic identity construction. This perspective is gained through a case study of the Hopis, who live in northeast Arizona and are known for their devotion to their indigenous culture. The research data is built
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Medien im Alltag: Qualitative Studien zu Nutzungsmotiven und zur Bedeutung von Medienangeboten
Münster: Lit (2006), 290 pp.
"Medien sind in den Alltag eingewoben, fungieren als Tagesbegleiter und werden meist beiläufig und ohne große Anstrengung genutzt. Doch was treibt Menschen dazu, ihre Zeit medialen Angeboten zu widmen? Von welchen Faktoren wird die Mediennutzung beeinflusst? Gibt es gruppenspezifische Nutzungsmust
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Estado de alerta continua: Noticieros y guerra en Colombia
Bogotá; Cali: Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP); Colciencias; Universidad ICESI; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali (2004), 230 pp.
"De acuerdo al estudio, cuando se trata de guerra, política y economía, los comunicadores no toman partido, sólo registran y presentan. Son, según la indagación, presentadores ventrílocuos: inexpresivos e imperturbables. En estos temas sólo hablan las fuentes: especialistas, testigos de los h
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Zur Ambivalenz des Populärjournalismus in Senegal: Strategische Aneignung und mediale Repräsentation der Hausmädchen
Afrika Spectrum, volume 38, issue 2 (2003), pp. 153-172
"In den letzten Jahren sind die Cultural Studies in den deutschsprachigen Humanwissenschaften verstärkt rezipiert worden. Es fällt jedoch auf, dass Forschungen in und über Afrika deutlich unterrepräsentiert sind. Dies kann zumindest nicht an mangelnder Relevanz oder am Fehlen geeigneter Untersuc
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New Role for the Press in Indonesia: A Study of the Newly Established Magazine Pantau
Malmö: Malmö University, Communication for Development, Thesis (2001), 50 pp.
"In Indonesia press freedom is still just a few years old. When president Suharto fell in May 1998 the democratisation process begun. Hundreds of new newspapers and magazines were established, but many of them had difficulties to survive for economic reasons. The well-established daily newspapers an
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