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Communication for Social Mobilization: An Evaluative Study of the National Immunization Campaign in Nigeria

Grade O. Imoh

IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), volume 13, issue 6 (2013), pp. 78-88

"This study critically evaluates the communication strategies used in the campaign for social mobilization for the National Programme on Immunization in Nigeria. Its objective is to determine the communication factors that contributed to the participation of individuals and groups in the programme a ... more

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Integrating Information and Communication Technologies into Communication for Development Strategies to Support and Empower Marginalized Adolescent Girls

Linda Raftree, Keshet Bachan

New York: UNICEF (2013), 36 pp.

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Using Participatory Theatre in International Community Development

Annie Sloman

Community Development Journal, volume 47, issue 1 (2012), pp. 42-57

"International community development is increasingly using theatre as a tool. This article analyses this use, arguing that for theatre to be successful to support social change and development, participatory practice must be at its core. In exploring this, it looks at what affects theatre’s succes ... more

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Developing countries in the e-learning era

Christian Depover, François Orivel

Paris: UNESCO;International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) (2012), 97 pp.

"In addition to reducing geographical isolation,distance education, thanks to its more favourable cost structure, allows the monitoring of social and economic remoteness.It may thus have much to offer for developing countries. Digital technologies not only bring remote populations closer, they also ... more

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Towards a framework of sustainability indicators for ‘communication for development and social change’ projects

Jan Servaes, Emily Polk, Song Shi, Danielle Reilly, Thanu Yakupitijage

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 2 (2012), pp. 99-123

"This article presents an overview of the emergence of sustainability themes in communication for development and argues that there is an urgent need for a framework of sustainability indicators for communication for development and social change projects around the world. It fills a crucial gap in ... more

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Approaches to Development Research Communication

Tessa Lewin, Zachary Patterson

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp 38-44

"This article traces the co-evolution between models of research communication and development. It looks at how creative and visual methods fit into this trajectory. It argues that the current growth in the accessibility of communication technologies has emerged alongside a strong revival of more li ... more

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Communication for Development in Good and Difficult Times: The FAO Experience

Silvia Balit

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 105-120

"The article tells the story of the evolution of communication for development within the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), describing the good times in the past as well as the difficult times in the last decade as an example of how the discipline continues to be margin ... more

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Aplicación de la tecnología digital en la educación pública: Programa "One Laptop per Child" en el Perú

Ana María Cano

In: Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización

Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL);Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM);RIIAL (2012), pp. 218-249

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Behaviour Change Communication Targeting Four Health Behaviours in Developing Countries: A Review of Change Techniques

Ciara Briscoe, Frances Aboud

Social Science & Medicine, volume 75 (2012), pp. 612-621

"Behaviour change communication is vital for increasing the enactment of particular behaviours known to promote health and growth. The techniques used to change behaviour are important for determining how successful the intervention is. In order to integrate findings from different interventions, we ... more

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Development Communication Primer

Nora Cruz Quebral

Penang (MY): Southbound (2012), 18 pp.

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Understanding Context in Learning-centred Approaches to Climate Change Communication

Blane Harvey, Liz Carlile, Jonathan Ensor, Ben Garside, Zachary Patterson

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 31-37

"Communication on climate change research has long been dominated by top-down delivery of information aimed at informing on future climate scenarios and climate-related events. However, emphasis in this field is slowly shifting to more process-oriented approaches to communication, and the need to in ... more

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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Zemio Region

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime

Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 10 pp.

"Between June 30th and July 10th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults, representative of the adult population of the town of Zemio and its surroundings, over 1,000 km east of the capital Bangui in the prefecture of Haut Mbomou, near the bo ... more

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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Obo Region

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime

Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 11 pp.

"Between May 19th-27th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults representative of the adult population in Obo, the capital of Haut-Mbomou, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR), and its surroundings [...] Radio is the ... more

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Humanitarian Campaigns in Social Media: Network Architectures and Polymedia Events

Mirca Madianou

Journalism Studies, volume 14, issue 2 (2012), pp. 249-266

"Social media and social networking sites (SNS) in particular have become popular in current humanitarian campaigns. This article assesses the optimism surrounding the opportunities that SNS communication offers for humanitarian action and for the cultivation of cosmopolitan sensibilities. In order ... more

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Tuberculosis Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization

Sarbani Sengupta, Wilfred Nkhoma et al.

African Health Monitor, issue 15 (2012), pp. 4-6

"This paper looks at the status of tuberculosis advocacy communication and social mobilization (ACSM) activities in selected national tuberculosis control programmes in the WHO African Region. The findings are from an assessment of tuberculosis ACSM activities in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and So ... more

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Social and Behavior Change Communication: Capacity Assessment Tool (SBCCCAT) for Use with Individuals

Washington, DC: C-Change;FHI 360 (2012), 19 pp.

"This tool is used to assess the SBCC knowledge and competence of individuals and how successful a specific training has been for them. Individuals about to take an SBCC training fill in the pre-assessment provided in this document, then fill in the post-assessment right after completing the trainin ... more

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The Power of the Puppet
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Livija Kroflin (ed.)

Zagreb: Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA), UNIMA Puppets in Education, Development and Therapy Commission;Croatian Centre of UNIMA (2012), 117 pp.

"The power of the puppet shows itself in diverse fields: not only in the puppet theatres, not only in rituals and magical spells, but also in the broad range of education and therapy. This has also been recognised by the international puppetry organisation – UNIMA – and the Puppets in Education ... more

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Theatre for Development: A Tanzanian Road Towards Citizenship and Cultural Renewal

Hilde Kvam

Journal of Urban Culture Research, volume 5 (2012), pp. 44-52

"During the 60s, Theatre for Development was introduced into several states in Africa. The focus at that time was to utilize theatre as a tool of communication in development projects. During the 80s Tanzania developed their own variant of this genre through the initiative of the University of Dar e ... more

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Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Stefano Liberti

Alexander Knaak (transl.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.

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Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists & Engineers

Felice Frankel, Angela H. DePace

New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press (2012), 53 pp.

"Any scientist or engineer who communicates research results will immediately recognize this practical handbook as an indispensable tool. The guide sets out clear strategies and offers abundant examples to assist researchers-even those with no previous design training-with creating effective visual ... more

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