Internet control and disinformation across regime types during and after the Covid‐19 crisis

The unprecedented scale of mitigation measures taken by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic raised concerns about if and to what extent democracy would be affected. Empirical accounts show that media freedom was the most vulnerable. This article concentrates on interference in digital media, as...

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Hauptverfasser: Kneuer, Marianne (VerfasserIn) , Schünemann, Wolf J. (VerfasserIn) , Bahms, Giulia (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 18 November 2024
In: Politics and governance
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 12, Pages: 1-21
ISSN:2183-2463
DOI:10.17645/pag.8580
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8580
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/8580
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Verfasserangaben:Marianne Kneuer, Wolf J. Schünemann, and Giulia Bahms

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