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2021-06-02

Spotting hoaxes: How young people in Africa use cues to spot misinformation online
Tatiana Repkova | https://www.niemanlab.org ... |
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa
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Africa
What Young Reader / Audience Wants / Does
Propaganda / Malinformation / Misinformation / Disinformation / Information Wars
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2019-12-02

VPNs aren't perfect, here are some alternatives
Tatiana Repkova | https://ijnet.org/en/stor ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa, International (2)
Civil Laws - Privacy - Personal Data
Journalist's Craft / Skills / Techniques / Tools
Anonymity Online - Online / Internet Identity - Surveillance / Eavesdropping Systems
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2019-07-31

How Zimbabwe's 263Chat distributes news on WhatsApp
Tatiana Repkova | https://blog.wan-ifra.org ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa
Distribution / Transmission Ways / Channels / Platforms - Distributed Content - Wholesale / Retail - Newsstands
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots
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2019-07-23

Is Mandarin Chinese the language of East Africa’s future? China exports language and culture via Confucius Institutes in Africa
Tatiana Repkova | https://globalvoices.org/ ... |
China, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Central Africa, Eastern Africa, North Asia, Southern Africa
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Africa, Asia
Cross-Border Distribution / Transmission / Reach
Culture & Language
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2019-07-19

What do Zimbabwe’s internet disruptions say about the state of digital rights in the country?
Tatiana Repkova | https://globalvoices.org/ ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa
Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
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2019-04-23

Struggling to survive: The story of media startups in the Global South
Tatiana Repkova | https://en.ejo.ch/media-e ... |
Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
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Arab World, Eastern Africa, Latin America, Middle America, Middle East, South Asia, South-East Asia, Southern Africa
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Africa, Africa / Asia, America North, America North / America South, Asia
Strategic / Business Planning - Business Models - Franchising
Launches of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media - Startups
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2019-03-13

“WhatsApp has come in to fill the void”: In Zimbabwe, the future of news is messaging
Tatiana Repkova | www.niemanlab.org/2019/03 ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa
Online / Digital / Mobile / Social Media Trends
Distribution / Transmission Ways / Channels / Platforms - Distributed Content - Wholesale / Retail - Newsstands
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots
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2019-02-07

How metrics are changing editorial decisions in African newsrooms
Tatiana Repkova | https://phys.org/news/201 ... |
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
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Africa
Print Circulation - Online / Engaged Users / Audience - Measurement / Metrics / Audit / Standards
Web Analytics - Metrics
Journalist's Craft / Skills / Techniques / Tools
Newsroom / Editorial Management / Workflow
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2018-06-18

Fact-checking around the world: Inside Zimbabwe’s ZimFact
Tatiana Repkova | ijnet.org/en/blog/fact-ch ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa
Fact-Checking / Verification - Accuracy - Fake/False News
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2018-06-01

How Zimbabwe’s Magamba TV produces political satire for a new social media-connected generation
Tatiana Repkova | www.niemanlab.org/2018/06 ... |
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
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Africa
Social Media Marketing / Advertising / Management / Optimization (SMO) - Social Reader
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Targeting / Engaging Children / Young Reader / Audience
Caricatures - Satire - Parody - Humor - Pranks - Hoaxes