Our paper focuses on the role of e-government in relation to economic development within
the post-COVID era. Nowadays, e-government represents the service which utilizes digital …

In authoritarian or semi-authoritarian countries where the news media and the society are
under tight political control, media self-censorship cannot be understood in isolation from …

On 1 January 2017, a Russian federal law (№ 208-FZ) came into force that holds news
aggregators liable for spreading fake news. Links to news items that originate from …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a stress test for science journalism
worldwide. In this paper, we explore the under-researched topic of the perceived role …

The special issue focuses on the roles of socially mediated communication in expressing,
aggregating, and sha** political dissent and discontent in Russia and Belarus at the …

Journalism research has shown that while attacks on journalists persist and intensify,
countermeasures have largely been at the individual level, meaning that the burden of …

Automated decision making (ADM) is increasingly prominent in our experiences with
communication technologies and more broadly in our society. Understanding what drives …

Research on modern 'Russian propaganda'has been rapidly growing in recent years. It has
examined information disorder activities organised, allegedly, by actors formally or …

Online harassment of professionals with public visibility has many potentially harmful
societal consequences, including its probable silencing effect. Targeted individuals may …

There is a growing trend of social backlash and ostracism for thoughts and opinions shared
online. Coupled with the rise of strict content moderation or digital nudges discouraging …