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How Big Tech’s Content Moderation Policies Cou...
By Gideon Sarpong Social media advocates have historically lauded its ability to facilitate democratic progress by connecting people over space and time, enabling faster and wider mobilization than ever before. However, in recent years, this optimism has faded, and platforms have also become effecti... |
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Saving Journalism: New Report Examines Global In...
By Anya Schiffrin Dozens of plans to help save journalism have emerged since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated media outlets around the world, the arrival of the pandemic adding urgency to an already perilous situation. The economic effects have helped to create what some are calling a “media extinc... |
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Algorithms, Labels, and Regulation: How Internet...
By Daryna Sterina Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube: for many people, these platforms are an important gateway to news and information. And as access to the internet continues to grow exponentially in countries around the world, these platforms, and the internet more broadly, have become vital tools i... |
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Independent Media and the Pandemic: Lessons from...
This post is the first of a two-part series recapping CIMA-moderated panels held as part of Carleton University’s “Journalism in the Time of Crisis” conference. As the pandemic continues to upend the daily lives of people around the world, journalists face new constraints in their efforts ... |
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Women Producing the News: Workplace inequality a...
This is the first in a series of posts on women and media development. When you imagine a journalist or news anchor what comes to mind? Likely you imagine a well-dressed man in a suit behind a large desk with sweeping views of city skyscrapers discussing economic principles, not a woman in rural S... |
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Global media organizations can build resilience ...
By Cristi Hegranes and Laxmi Parthasarathy In late January, the government of Mongolia imposed a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus. Although it was a farsighted move by public officials, its sudden execution took us by surprise. Two reporters from Global Press, the international ... |
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A red flag for democracy as press freedom worldw...
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spike across the world, news consumption has accelerated at unprecedented rates. Audiences are all too aware of the need for rapid, quality information in this race against time. In response, journalists are working around the clock to provide critical updates and co... |
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Information Laundering and Globalized Media R...
By Noah Arjomand Money laundering is a familiar story: “dirty money” generated through illicit means must be “cleaned” through a series of phony transactions that make its sourcing appear legitimate before that money enters into a financial system undetected. The complexity, interconnectedne... |
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Drawing the Lines: The Growing Debate Over How t...
Over the past two years, governments, news outlets, platforms, and audiences across the world have come to recognize the overwhelming scale of disinformation. From October 2017 to March 2018, Facebook reportedly deleted an astounding 1.3 billion fake accounts. Reducing disinformation—what Facebook... |
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Brokering Local-International Knowledge: An inte...
Noah Arjomand is a sociologist and is currently the Mark Helmke Postdoctoral Scholar on Global Media, Development, and Democracy which is sponsored by Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Center for International Media Assistance. The following ... |