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"This publication updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). It includes four country case studies (Ghana, Tanzania, Moldova, and Nepal) and a regional analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean. It explores how the use of strategic communication has expanded beyo ... more
"Effective communication strategies will differ depending on whether you are communicating to influence change, engage or mobilise communities, share information, or raise profiles. Influencing change relies on engaging key audiences in dialogue that is relevant, context-specific and backed up by ro ... more
"Good reporting of science in the media is vital in drawing the attention of both policymakers and the public to the important role that science and technology can play in achieving sustainable development, and press officers can contribute significantly to helping science journalists ensure that th ... more

The Social Media Marketing Book

Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly (2010), vi, 232 pp.
"With easy-to-understand introductions to blogging, forums, opinion and review sites, and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, this book will help you choose the best -- and avoid the worst -- of the social web's unique marketing opportunities. The Social Media Marketing Book gui ... more
"This guide outlines important, basic steps to ensure that your advocacy is as effective as possible. It draws on learning within the Open Society Foundations’ network, especially the experiences of our advocacy colleagues, as well as resources from other organizations. Understanding of and engage ... more
"This report provides a timely review of what is currently known about road safety advertising design and evaluation. Australian and international advertising literature published from 2001 to 2009 was reviewed to determine best practice for road safety mass media campaigns in South Australia. Inste ... more
"Many professionals in health, education, and community service roles are caught in a particular bind of identity-they live in a complex social borderland of credibility and professional authority while experiencing or having experienced the same discrimination, violence or trauma that they are comm ... more
"Il a fallu 38 ans à la radio pour toucher 50 millions d'utilisateurs, 13 ans à la télévision, 4 ans à Internet... tandis que Facebook a conquis 100 millions de membres en moins de 9 mois ! D'abord destinés aux individus désireux de prolonger ou de nouer des relations, les réseaux sociaux ne ... more
"Antworten auf alle praktischen Fragen rund um Pressetexte bietet „Pressemitteilungen schreiben“. Es führt in die Standards zum Schreiben von Pressetexten ein, zeigt, wie wirkungsvolle Überschriften entwickelt und medienrelevante Themen gefunden werden, wie professionelle Texte beginnen und Z ... more
"Das Buch vermittelt als Leitfaden auf unkomplizierte Weise einen umfassenden Überblick darüber, was Pressearbeit ist und kann. Wie komme ich mit den „richtigen Storys" in die Medien? Kann ich auch verhindern, ungewollt präsent zu sein? Wie funktionieren Medien überhaupt? Von der Marke ICH bis ... more
"The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century. It focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspe ... more

Advertising Media Planning

New York: McGraw-Hill, 7th ed. (2010), xiv, 480 pp.
"This collection of seventeen contributions provides a small but significant window into some of the themes that, in our view, will define research on narrative in the coming years. Some of these themes have already started taking center stage— for example, the diversification of methodological to ... more
"El presente texto es una aproximación básica a distintas cuestiones de la producción de radio que son necesarias para comenzar. No aspira a ser un manual de uso, de esos que tienen pasos a seguir para lograr el éxito, sino todo lo contrario: aspira a ser un texto de guía basado en conocimiento ... more

Public Relations: Konzepte und Theorien

Köln; Weimar; Wien: Böhlau, 5., überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2010), 519 pp.
"Dieses Buch gibt einen möglichst vollständigen und aktuellen Überblick über 'Public Relations' in Theorie und Praxis. Nach einer Klärung des Begriffs erläutert es die Beziehung von PR zu anderen Konzepten wie Propaganda oder Marketing und diskutiert das Verhältnis von Kommunikationswissensch ... more