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Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 4th ed. (2015), xl, 864 pp.
"The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs. Neatly integrating authoritative, high-level information with practicality and readability, this guide gives you the tools and process
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"In the end, impact assessment comes down to a dialogue—about goals; how news informs, connects and engages communities; and how best to maintain journalistic integrity in the process. That’s why we’ve created this guide, which features both conceptual perspectives for foundations and nuts-and
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Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change: A Guide for Facilitators
InsightShare; UNICEF (2015), 105 pp.
"This toolkit is for organisations planning to use 'participatory video and the most significant change' (PVMSC) to evaluate their social change projects. Part one gives an overview of the key stages and things to consider when preparing for a PVMSC process and includes perspectives and feedback fro
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Evaluating the Impacts of Media Assistance: Problems and Principles
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 21 pp.
"This paper suggests that the problem of impact evaluation of media assistance is understood to be more than a simple issue of methods, and outlines three underlying tensions and challenges that stifle implementation of effective practices in media assistance evaluation. First, there are serious con
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"The BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework prompts you to think about a series of key questions. It is important to consider all these issues, including reporting, at the beginning of an evaluation. The Framework can be used to plan an evaluation or to locate information about particular types of metho
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Evaluating Health Communication Interventions
In: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 352-367
Media Freedom Indices: What They Tell Us - and What They Don't. A Practical Guidebook
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 67 pp.
"This guidebook aims to give the reader an overview of the existing international media freedom measures and how they can be used. By introducing the methodology and pointing out the strengths and weaknesses, it allows the readers to better understand, judge and thus critically reflect the indices
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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for Child Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 190-215
"Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included, studies had to describe a mass media intervention; address a child survival health topic; present quantitative data fro
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"This thesis explores how the impacts of Australian media assistance on social change and governance can be most effectively evaluated and understood. It is based on a three-stage research design, using predominantly qualitative research methods. In doing so it contributes in-depth insights into the
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Assessing the Impact of TMF on the Tanzanian Media: A Practical Approach
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 11 pp.
"The Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) supports individual journalists and media institutions to produce quality public interest and investigative journalism content that better informs the public, contributes to debate and thereby increases public demand for greater accountability in Tanzania. TMF has used
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Results-Oriented Evaluations: Their Uses, Their Limits and How They Are Driving Implementers‘ Coping Strategies
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 19 pp.
"A results-oriented culture of performance and service has been enforced since the 1990s in the EU. Evaluation systems have been a powerful catalyst in driving the transition from media support to media development and in making the latter more independent from broadcasters and donors. In recent yea
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The Political and Ideological Dimension of the Measurement of Freedom of Information: Assessing the Interplay Between Neoliberalism and the Freedom of the Press Index
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 6 (2014), pp. 505-527
"By illustrating the rise of neoliberalism as a case in point, the study hypothesises a neoliberal influence on the measurement of freedom of information. To test such assumption, the work describes three ideal typical models of freedom of information – the liberal, egalitarian and neoliberal mode
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Content Analysis: Measuring the Success of Journalism Capacity Building
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 8 pp.
"In this paper we describe how quality in reporting could be measured through content analysis. We show that this approach, although somewhat technical, is feasible. It can help projects to become better and more successful. As a suggestion for practitioners in media development we present three opt
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Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit
Key Guides
New Delhi; Hyderabad: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA); UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad, version 2.0 (2014), vii, 64 pp.
Provides indicators of performance along 9 parameters: 1. Content Generation and Programming; 2. Policies and Guidelines; 3. Volunteers; 4. Technology: Access and Management; 5. On-Air Standards of Broadcasting; 6. Governance; 7. Feedback and Grievances; 8. Content Sharing and Networking; 9. Revenue
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ICTs for Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programmes
Search for Common Ground (2014), 43 pp.
"The paper focuses on exploring the application of the following ICTs: mobile technology, social media, big data, the digitization of surveys, and tools to better visualize data. Each section outlines a series of resources and some advantages and drawbacks to utilizing the new technology for M&E pur
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Field Guide for Data Quality Management
Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 57 pp.
"Data quality is a cornerstone of accountability in program reporting. In the international development sector, although we are often focused on reporting, ensuring the quality of the data that we report is critical for our partners, our donors, and our beneficiaries. In addition, Data Quality Manag
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Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
Florence: UNICEF (2014), 11 pp.
"A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a way of doing impact evaluation in which the population receiving the programme or policy intervention is chosen at random from the eligible population, and a control group is also chosen at random from the same eligible population. It tests the extent to whi
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Field Guide for Evaluation: How to Develop an Effective Terms of Reference
Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 96 pp.
"A practical guide to managing and leading evaluation efforts, this module is designed for use in evaluations within your organization and among your partners. Increasing local capacity to conduct and manage good program evaluation is a key goal of the Results and Measurement team at Pact ... Each c
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