Courtney Radsch

UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Los Angeles, CA

United States

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

57 Erb Street West

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2

Canada

  • UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

  • Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

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“  Currently working on exploring the nexus of media, technology and rights in critical debates around disinformation and "fake news", countering violent extremism, algorithmic design and journalist safety.  ”

  • UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

  • Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Scholarly Papers (17)

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Unveiling the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprisings

Rice University James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Research Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 May 2013
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Middle East, gender, Arab Spring, citizen journalism, technology, cyberactivism, Arab world, women

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Adapting Concepts of Media Freedom to a Changing Media Environment: Incorporating New Media and Citizen Journalism into the Freedom of the Press Index

ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Oct 2012
Karin Deutsch Karlekar and Courtney Radsch
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citizen journalist, Press methodology, new media, Freedom of the Press Index

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Digital Dissidence & Political Change: Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt

Radsch, Courtney C. Digital Dissidence & Political Change: Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt. Doctoral Dissertation, American University, School of International Service. December 2013.
Number of pages: 459 Posted: 16 Jan 2014
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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AI and Disinformation: State-Aligned Information Operations and the Distortion of the Public Sphere

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, July 2022
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Oct 2022
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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AI, disinformation, journalism, media, artificial intelligence, information operations, propaganda, gendered disinformation, technology

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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development. Ed. Courtney C. Radsch. UNESCO: Paris, France. 2014.
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 15 Apr 2014
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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press freedom, UNESCO, safety, gender, journalist, journalism, media, media development

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Platformization and Media Capture: a Framework for Regulatory Analysis of Media-Related Platform Regulations

Radsch, Courtney C. 'Platformization and Media Capture: A Framework for Regulatory Analysis of Media-Related Platform Regulations.' UCLA Journal of Law & Technology, Platforms and the Press, 28, no. 2 (Winter 2023): 175–223.
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Apr 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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journalism, media, Big Tech, technology policy, regulation, news media bargaining code, taxation, subsidies, Australia, Canada, Facebook, Meta, Google, competition law

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Weaponizing Privacy and Copyright Law for Censorship

CIGI Papers No. 276 — May 2023
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Jun 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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technology policy, copyright, censorship, press freedom, journalism, media, public service media, investigative reporting, EU, US, GDPR, DMCA

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URGENT: Understanding and Responding to Global Emerging News Threats

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 17 Apr 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Media assistance, media development, journalism, exile, platformazation, content moderation, safety, press freedom, media freedom

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Blogosphere and Social Media

Seismic Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East. Ed. Ellen Laipson. Washington D.C: Stimson Center. 25 May 2011.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Dec 2013
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Arab Spring, social media, blog, blogs, blogosphere, cyberactivism, cyber activism, Middle East, Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain

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Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Journalism, media, Bigt Tech, technology policy

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Laws, Norms and Block Bots: A Multiaceted Approach to Combatting Online Abuse

OSCE New Challenges to Freedom of Expression: Countering Online Abuse Against Female Journalists, 2016
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Mar 2016
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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women, journalism, freedom of expression, gender, journalist, online, abuse, cyber, algorithmic censorship, Facebook, Twitter, harassment, online violence, communication, citizen journalism, blogging, OSCE

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Panopticons and Closing Civic Space: The Building Blocks of Digital Authoritarianism

Decoding Digital Authoritarianism. eds Ziyaad Bhorat and Martin Rauchbauer. Berggruen Institute, 2023
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Jun 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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digital authoritarianism, digital democracy, politics, cyber, AI, generative AI, political science, media, information

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The Politics of Labels: How Tech Platforms Regulate State Media

Radsch, Courtney C. “The Politics of Labels: How Tech Platforms Regulate State Media.” In 2020 Annual Report: Dynamic Coalition on the Sustainability of Journalism and News Media, edited by Edited Daniel O’Maley, Hesbon Hansen Owilla, and Courtney C. Radsch, 37–49, 2020. https://gfmd.info/h-content/
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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platforms, platformatization, state-media, labeling, AI, journalism, news media

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Speaking Truth to Power: How Al Jazeera is Challenging and Improving Egyptian Journalism

U.C.S.B. CMES Conference, 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jun 2013
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Arab media, Al Jazeera, journalism, news, communication, Middle East

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Transparency Reporting: Good Practices and Lessons from Global Assessment Frameworks

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) Working Group Paper Series 2022.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Apr 2023
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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transparency, transparency reporting, countering violent extremism, terrorism, corporate social responsibility, GIFCT

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Media Development and Countering Violent Extremism: An Uneasy Relationship, a Need For Dialogue

Center for International Media Assistance. National Endowment for Democracy (2016)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Nov 2020
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, media, media development, journalism, terrorism

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Catch and Release: Evaluating the Free Kareem Campaign

Arab Media & Society, Issue 12, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 24 Jun 2013
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Arab blogs, blogging, cyberactivism, Arab media, cyber activism, campaigning, freedom of expression

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Assessing the Economic Impact of the Egyptian Uprising

Arab Media & Society, Issue 14, Summer 2011
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 24 Jun 2013
Courtney Radsch
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Egypt, Arab Spring, Internet, censorship, revolution