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Strategies for Internet Technology
and Digital Rights Reporting

News about ICT, internet or technology tends to 46peak during special events (e.g. International Day
for Universal Access to Information) or during short periods of intense debates, (e.g. when debates
on legal bills that relate to internet are underway).
Most of the respondents indicated that they had an average understanding of concepts such as digital
rights and access to information. This is a gap because journalists must have relevant expertise to
process, analyze, interpret and present the internet and technology themes so as to improve the
digital rights literacy of citizens.
When asked to elaborate on whether they felt an understanding of such concepts was relevant to
their audiences, respondents commented that:

46 Paraphrasing Nguyen, A., & Tran, M. (2019). Science journalism for development in the Global South: A systematic literature review
of issues and challenges. Public Understanding of Science, 28(8), 973-990.

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