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Building Peace Through Social Change Communication: Participatory Video in Conflict-Affected Communities

Valentina Baú
Community Development Journal, volume 50, issue 1 (2015), pp. 121-137
"This paper draws on the experience of conducting participatory video in the Rift Valley of Kenya after the 2007–2008 post-election crisis, when the country underwent a period of intense ethnic violence. By linking development communication to conflict transformation theory, this article offers a ... more
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Participatory Film-Making for Social Change: Dilemmas in Balancing Participatory and Artistic Qualities

Margriet Goris, Loes Witteveen, Rico Lie
Journal of Arts & Communities, volume 7, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 63-85
"This study contributes to the field of films for social change by exploring the production process of participatory film-making for social change, whereby explicit claims of community empowerment, participation and social change are the very justification of the production. To do so, it investigate ... more
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Mapping Information Ecosystems to Support Resilience

Internews (2015), 2 pp.
"This tool is designed to support decision makers in understanding how information contributes to a more connected and resilient community. Whether your community is defined by place, population, issue, or a mix of these, a good understanding of a community's information needs and use are essential ... more
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Rádio regional e desenvolvimento territorial: As emissoras de rádio de São Raimundo Nonato-PI no desenvolvimento do território Serra da Capivara

Maria Morais Malaquias de (ed.)
Recife: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 70 pp.
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Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Addressing the High Cost and Low Availability Problem

Birger Fredriksen, Sukhdeep Brar, Michael Trucano
Washington, DC: World Bank (2015), xv, 106 pp.
"The objective of the study is to identify the cost and financing constraints to text book provision and thereby help countries remove constraints on timely provision of affordable textbooks to all students in primary and secondary education. To this end, the study focuses exclusively on cost and fi ... more
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From Pictures to Policy: How Does Humanitarian Reporting Have an Influence?

Suzanne Franks
In: Humanitarianism, Communications and Change. Global Crises and the Media
Simon Cottle, Glenda. Cooper (eds.)
Peter Lang (2015), pp. 153-166
"In contrast to the contemporary media perception the government aid provided to Ethiopia was pretty much existing money that was reconfigured and, despite appearances, there was no ‘new money’. The UK Government rejected any longer term ongoing engagement and was just concerned with short-term ... more
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East Meets West: Innovative Literacy Learning Concepts

Karin Plötz, Holger Volland (eds.)
Frankfurt am Main: Litcam; Frankfurt Book Fair (2015), 37 pp.
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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29
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Covering Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases: A Guide to Better Journalism. Lessons Learned from Global Coverage of the Ebola Virus Crisis

African Media Initiative (AMI) (2015), 23 pp.
"For journalists, coverage of the Ebola epidemic offers vital lessons that could help the media industry deliver a more public-interest oriented service geared towards combating the spread the disease. It is these lessons that have helped shape the following guidelines. The guidelines have been glea ... more
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Rádios comunitárias e desenvolvimento sustentável: Mapa digital como prospecção de cenário da comunicação comunitária em áreas de conflito socioambiental na Amazônia

Rosane Maria Albino Steinbrenner, Brunella Lago Velloso, Larissa Carreira da Cunha
XXXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação (Intercom) (2015), 15 pp.
"O presente trabalho apresenta o mapeamento digital de rádios comunitárias na Amazônia Legal, realizado no âmbito do projeto de pesquisa intitulado “Mídia Cidadã e Desenvolvimento Sustentável: mapeamento e estudo das rádios comunitárias em áreas de potencial conflito socioambiental na Am ... more
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Stories of Change: Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development

London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2015), 25 pp.
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The Role of Celebrities in Mediating Distant Suffering

Martin Scott
International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 18, issue 4 (2015), pp. 449-466
"How effective are celebrities, not just in helping to draw attention to distant suffering, but in actually regulating spectators’ mediated experiences of the lives of distant strangers? What function does the perceived authenticity of a celebrity play in their role as mediator? This article seeks ... more
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A Handbook for African Journalists on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Nairobi: Environmental Compliance Institute; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2015), 100 pp.
"This Handbook provides African journalists and other environmental practitioners with a user- friendly compilation of the key environmental issues affecting the African continent together with the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) that address these issues. It is a quick, yet detailed, r ... more
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Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa

Chima E. Onuekwe (ed.)
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), xix, 271 pp.
"Entertainment-education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa is a collection of essays from some of the leading scholars in entertainment-education, including writers from South Africa, Nigeria, and the United States. Chapters cover a wide range of application and strategi ... more
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Comunicación, conflictos y cambio social = Comunicação, conflitos e transformação social

Alex Iván Arévalo Salinas, Ivanzo Amador, Raquel Cabral (eds.)
Bauru (SP); Temuco; Madrid: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Universitat Jaume I de Castellón; Universidad de la Frontera; Coordinadora de ONG para el Desarrollo (2015), 345 pp.
"Este libro nace como una propuesta que busca dar visibilidad a una serie de iniciativas sociales e investigaciones enmarcadas en el ámbito de la comunicación, los conflictos y el cambio social, que en ocasiones no tienen los espacios ni la cobertura necesaria en los contextos académicos. Su obje ... more
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State of Social Media Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in Asia Pacific Region

Ying-Chia Hsu, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Nguyen Thi Hoan
Singapore: Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information; American Red Cross, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (2015), 28 pp.
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Empowering HIV Positive Youths for Treatment Adherence Through Entertainment-Education

Eliza M. Govender, Sertanya Reddy
In: Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa
Chima E. Onuekwe (ed.)
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), pp. 243-261
"Through an action media methodology, various participatory, grassroots, and traditional media methods, such as role plays, movie screenings, and drawing, were used with eight HIV-positive children to empower them to collectively respond to better treatment adherence. The paper demonstrates how, thr ... more
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Metodologias participativas: Os media e a educação

Maria José Brites, Ana Jorge, Sílvio Corrella Santos (eds.)
Covilhã: Livros LabCom (2015), iv, 311 pp.
"Este livro reúne experiências e reflexões de académicos e não académicos sobre as potencialidades dos media para envolver e capacitar comunidades. Ao longo destas páginas, encontram-se textos que documentam propostas educativas e cívicas em torno dos media ou refletem sobre as capacidades d ... more
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Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change: A Guide for Facilitators

Sara Asadullah, Soledad Muñiz
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 ... more
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The Uncertainty Handbook: A Practical Guide for Climate Change Communicators

Adam Corner, Stephan Lewandowsky, Mary Philips, Olga Roberts
Bristol: University of Bristol (2015), 18 pp.