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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).
Energy for development: ten years left to achieve SDG 7
The publication shows “it is possible to achieve SDG 7 well before 2030, and inform the next EU mandate on actions to take. The European Green Deal has a duty to go beyond Europe, and help nations around the world to transition towards sustainable economic and energy growth” (Islam 2020).
A Voice for Global Citizens: a UN World Citizens’ Initiative
This report recommends that the United Nations (UN) should develop its democratic legitimacy through the creation of the instrument of a World Citizens’ Initiative (WCI) by which global citizens can place proposals on the agenda of the UN General Assembly or the UN Security Council. (Organ and Murphy, 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).
Economic Crisis and Regime Transitions from Within
"Populism and its relationship with modern democracy has gained considerable attention in recent years. This paper aims at advancing our understanding of how populism affects different models of democracy and tests the proposed arguments empirically… We take stock of existing arguments and theorize which democratic models may be affected by populism" (Ruth-Lovell, Lührmann, and Grahn, 2018).
The Democracy Playbook: Preventing and Reversing Democratic Backsliding
“The Democracy Playbook sets forth strategies and actions that supporters of liberal democracy can implement to halt and reverse democratic backsliding and make democratic institutions work more effectively for citizens” (Eisen Et al., 2019).
"They Burn Through Everything” The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law
"This report aims to refocus the debate on incendiary weapons by highlighting the horrific human cost of their use. A humanitarian approach more appropriately frames the issue in terms of human suffering and underscores the urgent need to revisit and strengthen the existing international law governing these weapons" (HRW 2020).
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).
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