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Do Not Harm in Private Chat Apps: Ethical Issues for Research on and with WhatsApp 不伤害私人聊天应用:WhatsApp研究的伦理问题

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.16997/wpcc.313

Sérgio Barbosa, Stefania Milan

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The Deferred ‘Democracy Dividend’ of Citizen Journalism and Social Media: Perils, Promises and Prospects from the Zimbabwean Experience 公民新闻和社交媒体延迟的“民主红利”:来自津巴布韦经验的危险、承诺和前景

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.16997/wpcc.316

Tenford Chitanana,Bruce Mutsvairo

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Radio, Communities and Social Change 无线电、社区和社会变革

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture Pub Date : 2017-09-05 DOI: 10.16997/wpcc.269

WPCC Editorial Board

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