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Connected world: An evolution in connectivity beyond the 5G revolution
"Connectivity is undergoing evolutionary change in most parts of the world—and, in select areas, a genuine leap into the frontier" (Grijpink et. al., 2020).
Decoding Media Impact: Insights, Advice & Recommendations
This report “includes examples of successful media impact evaluation, tools and frameworks for assessment, and the challenges of defining and measuring impact in a rapidly-shifting media landscape” (Donnelly 2020).
Integrated Advocacy: Paths Forward For Digital Civil Society
“This report investigates how digital public policy implicates civil society in democracies and how to strengthen, expand and diversify the practical connections between civil society support organizations and digital policy experts” and covers “the current landscape and the possibilities for building broad civil society coalitions” for digital policy (Stanford PACS, 2020).
Tweeting Left, Right & Center: How Users And Attention Are Distributed Across Twitter
"More than 48 million Americans use Twitter, one of the most popular social networking platforms, and one used extensively by media and political junkies. This study analyzed more than 86 million tweets posted in 2017 to reveal how users from across the political spectrum engage differently with news issues and major media outlets on Twitter" (Freelon, 2019).
Europe's Authoritarian Challenge
The authors claim Europe is centered in “renewed great power competition and the resurgence of global authoritarianism”, and that “Migration, the rise of extreme nationalism, Brexit, and fractured ties with the United States all increasingly make European countries more vulnerable to Russian and Chinese authoritarian influence” (Taussig and Brandt, 2019).
Surveillance Giants: How The Business Model Of Google And Facebook Threatens Human Rights
"To participate meaningfully in today’s economy and society, and to realize their human rights, people rely on access to the internet...companies' surveillance-based business model is inherently incompatible with the right to privacy and poses a threat to a range of other rights and freedoms." (Amnesty International, 2019)
Local Journalism in Crisis: Why America Must Revive Its Local Newsrooms
This report examines how “thousands of local newspapers have closed” and “left millions of Americans without a vital source of local news and deprived communities of an institution essential for exposing wrongdoing” where “those still surviving...have laid off reporters, reduced coverage, and pulled back circulation” (Brookings Institution, 2019).
State Of Public Trust In Local News
"This study — part of Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy initiative with Gallup — probes Americans’ perceptions and assessments of local media in depth. It finds that Americans mostly believe local news media are doing a good job performing many of their democratic roles and responsibilities" (Knight Foundation, 2019).
The Echo Chamber and the Agora
The dangers of social media have become obvious in spreading hatred, lies, and delusions, as well as privacy invasion. But it has also become an integral and beneficial part of our lives. How do we manage this dilemma?
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