Tag: United Nations
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Who Remembers WSIS: New Technologies, Old Problems
A decade ago, the UN set up a slew of goals for better usage of information and communication technologies. Now, they have started to assess…
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Media in Figures
2022-03-25 Media in Figures. 70% of Journalists Expect Fall in Ad Revenues Triggered By War in Ukraine 2022-03-07 Media in Figures. US$ 458m: Total Philanthropic Funding Spent in the Media in 2020 2022-02-22 Media in Figures: TikTok To Grow To Almost One Billion Users by 2025 2022-02-14 Media in Figures: Highest Number of State Controlled Media in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
Smart Views
State Media: Move Fast and Label Things
Dominant thanks to their privileged status and special funding arrangements, state media play a disproportionately high role in shaping narratives, especially in times of crisis,...
Great Reads
The Sorry, Sorry State of State Media
In a study released recently, Marius Dragomir introduces a new tool to assess the editorial independence of the world’s state media and finds that nearly 80% of...
Idiot of the week
Idiot of the Week: Gianni Infantino
When the world is mad at Russia for invading Ukraine, bombing its buildings and killing its people, companies leave Russia in droves, and sanctions are...