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Dealing with the Black Box: European Journalists and the Threats of Spyware
Digital Journalism (2024), 20 pp.
"Revelations from the 2021 “Pegasus Project” investigation into the use of spyware have confirmed long-held concerns about the proliferation of the technology as a surveillance solution to monitor the activities of journalists around the world. Spyware is a particularly malicious form of malware
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Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 20 pp.
"The far right is increasingly relying on visual and less extreme online communication, for instance by using memes, to strategically mainstream their ideology. The use of humor in particular renders their communication more relatable to a mainstream audience. However, little is known about the actu
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Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere
London; New York: Routledge (2024), 224 pp.
"This volume addresses the concept of “(in)nocent lies” in the media – beyond the concept of misleading information online, this extends to a deliberate effort to spread misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories – and proposes a critical approach to tackle the issue in related i
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Beyond victim and hero representations? A comparative analysis of UNHCR’s Instagram communication strategies for the Syrian and Ukrainian crises
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 37, issue 2 (2024), pp. 286-306
"The Ukrainian crisis has received substantial Global Northern policy support and favourable news coverage, contrasting sharply with Global Southern crises. Nevertheless, refugee organizations can influence public perceptions through social media. This study comparatively analyses UNHCR’s Instagra
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Mirrored Spaces: Social Inequality in the Digital Age
Wiesbaden: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii, 166 pp.
"Contrary to the prevailing narratives of "digital empowerment" and opportunities for every individual, this book argues that digitalisation massively curtails social advancement opportunities, consolidating existing social relations. From a spatial perspective, Scheffer demonstrates how socially di
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Threats to press freedom and journalists' safety: A comparative study of Greece, Slovakia, and Spain
"Free journalism is indispensable for monitoring the actions of political representation, holding it accountable, exposing the misuse of power, and defending public interests. Fulfilling these roles assumes that journalists can do their job and pursue public-interest stories to the best of their abi
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The Global E-Waste Monitor 2024
Deep Insights
Bonn; Geneva: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); ITU (2024), 148 pp.
In 2022, a record 62 billion kg of e-waste was generated globally (equivalent to an average of 7.8 kg per capita per year); 22.3 per cent of this e-waste mass was documented as formally collected and recycled in an environmentally sound manner. In 2010, the world generated 34 billion kg of e-waste,
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Pop-up-Propaganda: Epikrise der russischen Selbstvergiftung. Mit einem illustrierten "Ratgeber für das Überleben"
Berlin: Matthes & Seitz (2024), 337 pp.
"Während innerhalb Russlands das Verbot kritischer Medien und die Gleichschaltung der verstaatlichten Sender eine beinahe karikaturhafte Erzählung über traditionelle Werte und die Notwendigkeit der "Militärischen Spezialoperation" hervorbringen, arbeiten sorgfältig geplante Propagandaaktionen i
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Non-News Websites Expose People to More Political Content Than News Websites: Evidence from Browsing Data in Three Countries
Political Communication, volume 41, issue 1 (2024), pp. 129-151
"Most scholars focus on the prevalence and democratic effects of (partisan) news exposure. This focus misses large parts of online activities of a majority of politically disinterested citizens. Although political content also appears outside of news outlets and may profoundly shape public opinion,
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Trust in a Digital World: The Roles of Media Trust and Ordinary Citizen Cues in Online Disinformation’s Credibility
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 72, issue 3 (2024), pp. 297-312
"The perception of disinformation as societal risk has reached a troubling peak amid the COVID-19 pandemic, strategically targeting vulnerable audiences through digital media by mirroring characteristics of vox populi disinformation. This study investigates the conditions under which COVID-19-relate
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Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order: RT as Populist Pariah
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (2024), 342 pp.
"Through the prism of the first comprehensive account of RT, the Kremlin's primary tool of foreign propaganda, Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order sheds new light on the provenance and nature of disinformation's threat to democracy. Interrogating the communications strategies pursued by aut
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Microhistories of Memory: Remediating the Holocaust by Bullets in Postwar West Germany
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2024), xxxii, 244 pp.
"The West German novel, radio play, and television series, Through the Night (Am grünen Strand der Spree, 1955-1960), which depicts the mass shootings of Jews in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II, has been gradually regaining popularity in recent years. Originally circulated in post-war
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The Romanian Media System: Dynamics, Challenges, and Implications for Democracy
Media and Communication, volume 12, issue 7847 (2024), 17 pp.
"This article endeavors to delve into the recent transformation of the Romanian media landscape, aiming to offer a nuanced comprehension of the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced journalistic practices. The Romanian media environment has undergone swift changes, transitioning from
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Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation
Deep Insights
Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) (2024), 46 pp.
"This study examines 23 recently enacted or proposed legislative efforts from 2018 through 2024 aimed at providing revenue streams for journalism. We hope it offers a fulsome method for analyzing possible paths forward. There are two main parts of the report: Part One groups this legislation into se
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Tragische Einzelfälle? Trendreport zur Berichterstattung über Gewalt gegen Frauen
Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2024), 96 pp.
"Unser Trendreport zeigt zum einen, wie in regionalen und überregionalen Tageszeitungen, in Boulevardmedien sowie in den Meldungen der dpa und auf Spiegel Online über Gewalt gegen Frauen berichtet wird. Im Fokus der Analyse steht die Darstellung von Tat, Tätern und Opfern sowie die Verwendung von
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