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Farmer Field Schools: From Agricultural Extension to Adult Education

Hugh Waddington, Howard White

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) (2014), 38 pp.

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Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication

Ezra Markowitz, Caroline Hodge, Gabriel Harp

New York: Columbia University, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED);ecoAmerica (2014), 89 pp.

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Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media

David Lewsi, Dennis Rodgers, Michael Woolcock (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2014), xiv, 264 pp.

"Through its accessible and provocative chapters, Popular Representations of Development introduces the idea that while the issue of 'development' - defined broadly as problems of poverty and social deprivation, and the various agencies and processes seeking to address these - is normally one that i ... more

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Radio and Audio Strategies for External Cultural Relations: Conference Report, Berlin, 24–25 October 2013

Frank Kaspar

Berlin, Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2014), 30 pp.

"Radio and online audio-formats are valuable instruments for international cultural work, and for education and development programmes. However, political developments following the end of the Cold War and the rise of satellite TV and online media have brought with them far-reaching cuts in the radi ... more

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Barriers to Coverage of Transborder Environmental Issues in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia

Eric Freedman

Applied Environmental Education & Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2014), pp. 48-55

"Three former Soviet republics occupy Central Asia's Ferghana Valley, a region of serious transborder environmental problems, especially ones that involve water and energy. Most news organizations in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan provide little in-depth coverage of these issues. Journalists ... more

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Communicating with Communities: A Case Study and Guide from Pakistan and Elsewhere

Brian Kelly, Ariane Quentier

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM);Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) (2014), xix, 109 pp.

"The purpose of this handbook is to highlight achievements, as well as ongoing efforts and future plans, in improving information delivery to and communication with affected communities. This guide highlights the lack of critical information in emergency response and what needs to be done to ensure ... more

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A Participatory Framework for Researching and Evaluating Communication for Development and Social Change

Jo Tacchi, June Lennie

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change

Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 298-320

"This chapter first discusses evaluation of communication for development in relation to ideas around participation and social change, before presenting the framework for evaluating communication for development and social change, and the key principles that underpin it. It then describes some of th ... more

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Sentipensamientos: De la comunicación-desarrollo a la comunicación para el vivir bién

Adalid Contreras Baspineiro

Quito: Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar (UASB);Ediciones La Tierra (2014), 190 pp.

"Este libro demuestra cómo desde su cosmovisión —que entiende la espléndida existencia en la armonía de los hombres consigo mismos, en sociedad y con la naturaleza—, el suma qamaña/sumak kausay es una propuesta profundamente comunicacional sustentada en valores y prácticas comunitarias com ... more

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Drama for Conflict Transformation Toolkit: Youth Theater for Peace

Washington, DC: IREX;USAID (2014), 73 pp.

"This toolkit is designed to introduce young people to an innovative theater methodology that creatively examines and transforms conflict. After working through the exercises in this manual, youth will be equipped to lead community dialogue as agents of positive change. The facilitation guide and th ... more

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Understanding the Information and Communication Needs Among IDPs in Northern Iraq

Jacobo Quintanilla, Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque, Madara Hettiarachchi

Internews;United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);World Vision International (2014), 30 pp.

"The key finding of this rapid assessment is that displaced people in northern Iraq live in an information vacuum which is hindering their ability to cope with the catastrophe in which they find themselves. This vacuum has two main origins: lack of access to reliable news and information from the lo ... more

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Videos That Speak for Themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences

Jeffery Bentley, Paul Van Mele, Florent Okry, Espérance Zossou

Development in Practice, volume 24, issue 7 (2014), pp. 921-929

"In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, w ... more

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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Literacy Teaching and Learning: Effective Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Computers

Ulrike Hanemann

Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2014), 195 pp.

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"Wegsehen darf man nicht - aber auch nicht alles zeigen": Bildethik aus Sicht des katholischen Hilfswerks Adveniat. Ein Gespräch mit Nicola von Bonn

Nicola van Bonn, Petra Hemmelmann

Communicatio Socialis, volume 47, issue 4 (2014), pp. 438-447

"Natürlich ist Grundlage unserer Arbeit auch der Pressekodex. Darüber hinaus haben wir überlegt, was ist das Besondere von uns als katholisches Lateinamerika-Hilfswerk, als „Adveniat“. Wie spielt das mit rein in unsere Bildethik, unsere Ethik in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, die Ethik unserer B ... more

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Rethinking Entertainment-Education for Development and Social Change

Rafael Obregón, Thomas Tufte

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change

Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 168-188

"The story of entertainment-education (EE) is that of a highly successful communication strategy that has achieved global recognition as a useful and effective approach to tackling contemporary development challenges. This chapter discusses the observed diversification of the science produced around ... more

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The Central African Republic: Media in a Complex Emergency

Michelle Betz, Suzanne Moll

International Media Support (IMS) (2014), 25 pp.

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Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage
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Craig Silverman

Maastricht: European Journalism Centre (2014), 121 pp.

"In a crisis situation, social networks are overloaded with situational updates, calls for relief, reports of new developments, and rescue information. Reporting the right information is often critical in shaping responses from the public and relief workers; it can literally be a matter of life or d ... more

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Navigating Distant Worlds: International Development and Social Change in Interactive Web Documentary

Charlotte Jenner

Glocal Times, issue 20 (2014), 15 pp.

"At present, INGOs, development agencies and media producers who attempt to engage audiences in issues of international development and social change operate in an increasingly saturated media environment, which is content rich but time poor. This leads to a search for innovative, web 2.0-native way ... more

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Humanitarianism in the Age of Cyber-Warfare: Towards the Principled and Secure Use of Information in Humanitarian Emergencies

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2014), 19 pp.

"A more connected, data-driven humanitarian system creates an opportunity to save lives and reduce suffering, even as it raises concerns for privacy and security. On one hand, in a humanitarian crisis, in which any delay can cost lives, privacy concerns and consent may be justifiably ignored in the ... more

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Locating Disaster Communication in Changing Communicative Ecologies Across the Pacific

Jessica Noske-Turner, Jo Tacchi, Heather Horst, Evangelia Papoutsaki

Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy (AJTDE), volume 2, issue 4 (2014), 16 pp.

"According to ITU statistics, around 60 percent of Pacific Islanders had access to a mobile in 2012, compared to just 10 percent in 2006. In many Pacific countries mobile phones are, therefore, emerging as a key element of the local communication systems, and are being be built into disaster managem ... more

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What Drives Media Attention for Climate Change? Explaining Issue Attention in Australian, German and Indian Print Media from 1996 to 2010

Mike S. Schäfer, Ana Ivanova, Andreas Schmidt

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 2 (2014), pp. 152-176

"The article identifies the drivers of media attention for climate change in three countries: Australia, Germany and India. It calculates the monthly amount of climate change-related coverage in two leading newspapers for each country in relation to all articles published in the respective newspaper ... more

Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage Key Guidance

Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage
Key Guidance