The Working Papers in the MeCoDEM series serve to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publication in order to encourage the exchange of ideas and academic debate.

• Christian Christensen and Walid Al-Saqaf:
  POLICY BRIEF: THE ROLE OF TWITTER DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
  October 2017
  At a glance: Introduction
  Full text (PDF): Christensen Al-Saqaf 2017_Policy Brief_The role of Twitter in times of crisis

• Ines Drefs and Barbara Thomass:
  POLICY BRIEF: COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT IN TRANSITIONAL SOCIETIES – INTEGRATING MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
  August 2017
  At a glance: Introduction
  Full text (PDF): Drefs Thomass 2017_Policy Brief Communication and conflict in transitional societies – Integrating media and communication in development cooperation

• Nicole Stremlau and Gianluca Iazzolino:
  COMMUNICATIONS, POWER AND GOVERNANCE IN DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS
  April 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Stremlau Iazzolino 2017_Communications, power and governance in democratisation conflicts

• Walid Al-Saqaf and Christian Christensen:
  MAINSTREAM MEDIA POWER AND LOST ORPHANS: THE FORMATION OF TWITTER NETWORKS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT
  March 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Al-Saqaf Christensen 2017_Mainstream Media Power and Lost Orphans_ The formation of Twitter networks in times of conflict

• Christian Christensen:
  THEORISING DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS: FROM LIBERATION TECHNOLOGY TO MEDIA ECOLOGY
  March 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Christensen 2017_Theorising democratisation conflicts_ from Liberation Technology to Media Ecology

• Gianluca Iazzolino and Nicole Stremlau:
  COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STRATEGIES IN CONFLICT
  March 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Iazzolino Stremlau 2017_Comparative analysis of political communication and media strategies in conflict

• Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla and Sandra Banjac:
  STRUCTURAL WORKING CONDITIONS OF JOURNALISM IN EGYPT, KENYA, SERBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS
  February 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Lohner Neverla Banjac 2017_Structural working conditions of journalism in Egypt Kenya Serbia and South Africa

• Nebojša Vladisavljević and Katrin Voltmer:
  MEDIA FRAMING OF DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS IN EGYPT, KENYA, SERBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: A CONTENT ANALYSIS
  February 2017
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Vladisavljević Voltmer 2017_Media framing of democratisation conflicts in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa_ a content analysis

• Walid Al-Saqaf:
  MECODIFY: A TOOL FOR BIG DATA ANALYSIS & VISUALISATION WITH TWITTER AS A CASE STUDY
  November 2016
  At a glance: Introduction
  Full text (PDF): Al-Saqaf 2016_Mecodify_ A tool for big data analysis and visualisation with Twitter as a case study

• Rebecca Pointer, Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma and Herman Wasserman:
  COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY, MEDIA AND CONFLICT
  October 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Pointer Bosch Chuma Wasserman 2016_Comparative analysis of civil society media and conflict

• Katrin Voltmer and Lone Sorensen:
  MEDIATISED TRANSITIONS: DEMOCRATISATION IN AN AGE OF MEDIA ABUNDANCE
  September 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Voltmer Sorensen 2016_Mediatised transitions

• Charlotte Elliott, Wallace Chuma, Yosra El Gendi, Davor Marko and Alisha Patel:
  HATE SPEECH
  August 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Elliot Chuma ElGendi Marko Patel 2016_Hate Speech

• Ines Drefs and Barbara Thomass:
  POLICY BRIEF: SUPPORTING JOURNALISM IN CONFLICT SOCIETIES
  August 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Drefs Thomass 2016_Policy Brief_Supporting Journalism in Conflict Societies

• Judith Lohner, Sandra Banjac and Irene Neverla
  JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES, ROLE PERCEPTIONS AND ETHICS IN DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH JOURNALISTS IN EGYPT, KENYA, SERBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
  August 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Lohner Banjac Neverla 2016_Journalistic practices, role perceptions and ethics in democratisation conflicts
  

• Judith Lohner, Sandra Banjac and Irene Neverla
  MAPPING STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS OF JOURNALISM IN EGYPT, KENYA, SERBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
  July 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Lohner Banjac Neverla 2016_Mapping structural conditions of journalism in Egypt Kenya Serbia and South Africa
  Single country reports (PDF):
  Lohner Banjac Neverla 2016_Mapping structural conditions of journalism in Egypt
  Lohner Banjac Neverla 2016_Mapping structural conditions of journalism in Kenya
  Banjac Lohner Neverla 2016_Mapping structural conditions of journalism in Serbia
  Banjac Lohner Neverla 2016_Mapping structural conditions of journalism in South Africa

• Rebecca Pointer, Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma and Herman Wasserman
  CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND COMMUNICATIONS IN DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS – A LITERATURE REVIEW
  April 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Pointer et al 2016_Civil society, political activism and communications in democratisation conflicts

• Tanja E. Bosch
  MEMORY STUDIES
  February 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Bosch 2016_Memory Studies

• Antje Glück
  DE-WESTERNISATION
  January 2016
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Glueck 2016_De-Westernisation

• Katy Parry and Giorgia Aiello
  CULTURE AND DEMOCRATISATION
  November 2015
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Parry Aiello 2015_Culture and Democratisation

• Irene Neverla, Judith Lohner, and Sandra Banjac
  REVIEW: JOURNALISTIC ETHICS AND PRACTICES IN CONFLICT SOCIETIES
  June 2015
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Neverla Lohner Banjac 2015_Journalistic ethics and practices in conflict societies

• Katrin Voltmer and Hendrik Kraetzschmar
  INVESTIGATING THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRATISATION CONFLICTS: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY OF MEDIA, CONFLICT AND DEMOCRATISATION (MECODEM)
  June 2015
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Voltmer Kraetzschmar 2015_Investigating the Media and Democratisation Conflicts

• Ines Drefs and Barbara Thomass
  LITERATURE REVIEW: RESEARCH FINDINGS ABOUT ORGANISATIONS ENGAGING IN MEDIA ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELDS OF JOURNALISM TRAINING, CIVIL SOCIETY SUPPORT, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
  June 2015
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Drefs Thomass 2015_ Research findings about media asisstance organisations

• Nebojša Vladisavljević
  MEDIA FRAMING OF POLITICAL CONFLICT: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
  May 2015
  At a glance: Executive Summary
  Full text (PDF): Vladisavljević 2015_Media framing of political conflict_ a review of the literature