Meghan Sobel Cohen
@msobelcohen
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Associate Prof at Regis U, global media researcher, lover of cupcakes. #tarheels
Denver, CO
Joined December 2008
RT @claumellado: Getting ready for the third wave of the @JRPproject project at our @icahdq Annual General Meeting! It was wonderful to rec….
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RT @claumellado: With a full heart—filled with inspiration and appreciation—after finishing our second @JRPproject training session in Denv….
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RT @KareemRifai: "When it was Assad's Syria, we were threatened, chased, and expelled.". Heart-wrenching video of Syrian journalist Dima Iz….
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Wrapped up a meaningful and thought-provoking few days in Accra discussing media freedom in Africa and decolonizing media studies.
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RT @jayrosen_nyu: I did my doctoral dissertation (1986) on the idea of a public informed by the press. I'm not sure that idea survives t….
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Vanessa Higgins Joyce, @kmcintyre3 and I are co-editing a book on the methodological challenges of conducting media research in the global south. We're looking for personal narratives. Please consider submitting an abstract by Sept. 15.@ICD_AEJMC.@gcsc2020.@ISAICOMM.@AEJMC.#IAMCR
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Vanessa Higgins Joyce, @kmcintyre3 and I are co-editing a book on the methodological challenges of conducting media research in the global south. We're looking for personal narratives. Please consider submitting an abstract by Sept. 15.@ICD_AEJMC.@gcsc2020.@ISAICOMM.@AEJMC.#IAMCR
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"It's a total admission that the young people of Kenya were right".
MY instant reaction: President William Ruto could have withdrawn the Finance Bill a few days ago and saved lives. But he was obstinate, and I watched police shoot protesters dead for no reason at all
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RT @CPJAfrica: #Uganda-n journalist Juliet Kyarisiima beaten and robbed while covering land dispute. Ugandan autho….
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Important collection of work.
To commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, AJS has pulled together a special curation of 14 articles that provide a flavour of research insights into ‘press freedom’ published by AJS btw 2011 & 2021. Freely accessible until the end of June: .
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RT @JobMwaura: @msobelcohen and I have had our chapter published in a recent edited collection on Harassment of journalists in Africa. The….
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RT @GovofCO: This tough new law increases penalties for human trafficking and will make Colorado safer. This bipartisan bill brought togeth….
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RT @kmcintyre3: Does ginger cure COVID? We surveyed the public in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to evaluate misinformation literacy surrounding….
tandfonline.com
Amid a rise of misinformation worldwide, this paper examines digital misinformation literacy as it relates to COVID-19 news in East Africa. The study is grounded in inoculation theory and contribut...
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RT @hwasser: There are still a few days left to enrol for our exciting new online course on African media and the digital policy landscape….
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RT @HRNJUganda: At least 14 journalists were arrested while covering the return of @NUP_Ug Party President @HEBobiwine and detained for hou….
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RT @hwasser: Yes, this is the point. It's not only a victory for an individual journalist or organisation - the judgment reiterates the imp….
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Wednesday's High Court dismissal of former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and News24 journalist Karyn Maughan is a victory for the rule of law, for media freedom...
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RT @patpichatan: Thailand is holding an election that could tilt the balance of power, which for almost 9 years has been held by the milita….
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RT @hwasser: If global news reported the #coronation as they would Africa: "And before we move to the sports and weather, here is a story f….
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RT @matnashed: Western diplomats (and their governments) left hundreds -- maybe 1000s -- of Sudanese visa applicants stranded in a warzone….
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Sudanese visa applicants trapped in a war zone after Western diplomats evacuated Khartoum without returning passports.
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"will Rwanda’s allies and donors let Ntwali’s name quietly join the growing list of critics and opponents who have died in murky, unexplained circumstances? Because if this silence over Ntwali’s death continues, the list will likely grow further.".
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Three weeks after the suspicious death of John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda’s last remaining independent investigative journalists, Rwandan authorities have failed to ensure a credible, transparent...
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