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"Connecting the Last Mile explores how communities in the most devastated areas of the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima got their information. It identifies which communications channels were used before, during and after the earthquake and tsunami, and it attempts to answer a central ques ... more

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Health on the Move: Can Mobile Phones Save Lives?

Yvonne MacPherson, Sara Chamberlain

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 24 pp.

"With its rapidly expanding penetration within the developing world, mobile telephony offers major new opportunities to build upon and augment existing health communication efforts. As Usha Kiran Tarigopula of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India Programmes put it: “It is increasingly… clea ... more

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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Contexts

Global Protection Cluster (2013), 8 pp.

"The guidelines are intended to ensure that all actors who play a role in facilitating or engaging in media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) are aware of and able to prioritize the ethical and safety considerations that preserve the safety, confidentiality and dignity of survivors, their fam ... more

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ICTs and Development: A Study of Telecentres in Rural India

Maitrayee Mukerji

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 264 pp.

"This volume juxtaposes the global discourse on ICT-D and telecentres with in-depth empirical case studies on the pattern of access and use of telecenters in rural India to draw implications for policy and practice. It suggest that access and use of telecentres and their services are mediated by the ... more

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What Do You See? Design of a Communication Strategy to Promote Positive Change for Unorganized Workers in Karnataka, India

Sabina von Kessel

Bangalore: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 61 pp.

"The specific objectives of this paper are to review and evaluate the print material used by the GIZ [in Karnataka] and examine if it can be read, understood and related to by the participants; to provide a channel for clear and understandable communication that supports and incorporates the visual ... more

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ICWE (2013), 61 pp.

"The report highlights the views of 413 eLearning practitioners on priorities for the post-2015 development agenda. Not only can we now take stock of our collective endeavour to reach the Education for All objectives and the Millennium Development Goals, but it is also our moment in Namibia to consi ... more

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Evaluation of International and Non-Governmental Organizations’ Communication Activities: A 15 Year Systematic Review

Glenn O'Neil

Public Relations Review, volume 39, issue 5 (2013), pp. 572-574

"The purpose of this paper is to understand how intergovernmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations have evaluated their communication activities and adhered to principles of evaluation methodology from 1995–2010 based on a systematic review of available evaluation rep ... more

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The Celebritization of Human Trafficking

Dina Francesca Haynes

Boston: New Englanf Law (2013), 38 pp.

"Celebrities now regularly engage with human trafficking policy and practice. A “sexy” topic, human trafficking is not only susceptible to alluring, fetishistic, and voyeuristic narratives, but plays into the celebrity-as-rescuer-of-the-victim ideal that receives a huge amount of attention from ... more

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Health Communication: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2013), vii, 383 pp.

"Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represen ... more

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Reflexiones sobre una comunicación que transforma

Raquel Martínez-Gómez, Mario Lubetkin (eds.)

Inter Press Service (IPS);Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP);Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (2013), 291 pp.

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UNICEF Communication for Development Support to Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction in East Asia and the Pacific: A Review

Bangkok: UNICEF (2013), 28 pp.

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Oxfam's Grow Campaign: Mid Point External Evaluation

Glenn O'Neill, Patricia Goldschmid

Owl RE (2013), 87 pp.

"On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle food injustice and build a better food system. The GROW campaign is broad and diverse, operating at national, regional and international levels, across 4 thematic areas – land, investment in small-scale agriculture, climate change and foo ... more

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Village Voices for Development: A Study in the Use of Radio to Promote Human Rights and Enable Citizens to Act on Their Rights to Information and Freedom of Speech in Southern Madagascar

Yvonne Orengo, Nicola Harford

Tolagnaro (RM); London: Andry-Lalana-Tohana (ALT);Andrew Lees Trust (2013), 62 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to share the key findings of the VVD radio project in Southern Madagascar after six months of broadcasts in 2012, in particular to document the design and evolution of the pilot project; feedback the outcomes to participating stakeholders; inform the donor community ab ... more

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Testing a Media Intervention in Kenya: Vioja Mahakamani, Dangerous Speech, and the Benesch Guidelines

Lauren Kogen

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2013), 29 pp.

"Susan Benesch, human rights scholar, genocide prevention fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, has, over the last several years, developed an analytical framework for identifying ‘dangerous speech’ ... more

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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Tanzania

Demetrius Kweka

Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2013), vii, 20 pp.

"The report concluded there was low climate change coverage in Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, but that coverage increased just after 2009; this was mainly due to international negotiations and agreements around the world that played a major role in shaping the REDD+ discourse, including in Tanzania. Mo ... more

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La comunicación del desarrollo: Construcción de un imaginario perverso

Manuel Chaparro Escudero

Telos (Cuademos de Comunicación e Innovación), issue 94 (2013), pp. 31-42

"Los medios de información son responsables de la propagación de una idea noble y salvadora del desarrollo, sin que los análisis que lo cuestionan hayan sido sometidos a debate público. En este sentido, comunicación y desarrollo son parte de un binomio sobre el que se ha venido trabajando en la ... more

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Baseline Media Content Analyses. Under Project: Raise Media Awareness and Understanding of Nutrition Issues in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2013), 17 pp.

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Climate Change in the Media: Reporting Risk and Uncertainty

James Painter

London; New York: Tauris;Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xvi, 173 pp.

"Scientists and politicians are increasingly using the language of risk to describe the climate change challenge. Some researchers have argued that stressing the ‘risks‘ posed by climate change rather than the ‘uncertainties‘ can create a more helpful context for policy makers and a stronger ... more

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Developing Behavior Change Communication Interventions for Population, Health and Environment Projects: Facilitator Guide

Narragansett, RI: University of Rhode Island;USAID (2013), vi, 105 pp.

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