UNESCO is the lead UN Agency for promoting freedom of expression and safety of journalists as part of its mandate to “promote the free flow of ideas by word and image”.
Dr Diana Maynard
Senior Research Fellow at University of Sheffield , United Kingdom
Natural Language Processing safety of journalists online abuse social media analysis
Dr. Diana Maynard has a PhD in Natural Language Processing (NLP), publishes extensively, and has more than 30 years of experience in the field. Her research involves multidisciplinary approaches to text and social media analysis, particularly concerning issues around the safety of journalists, online hate speech, and misinformation. She is currently working on the development of tools for analysis of online abuse and its escalation to offline abuse, as well as monitoring violations against journalists in relation to SDG16.10.1.
- Research focuses:
- Physical, Psychological, Digital, Financial, Legal
- Methods used in research:
- Qualitative content analysis, Quantitative content analysis
- Countries of research focus:
- worldwide