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The Limits of Communication: The Gnat on the Elephant

Wendy Quarry, Ricardo Ramirez

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 121-134

"When asked by a Mozambican firm to assist in the development of a communication strategy for the country’s Land Law, we had doubts. We had read about the issue of ‘land grabbing’ in Africa and feared we might become part of that problem. We knew that any communication strategy devoted solely ... more

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"Africa Talks Climate": Comparing Audience Understandings of Climate Change in Ten African Countries

Anna Godfrey, Miriam Burton, Emily LeRoux-Rutledge

In: The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 504-520

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Integrating Low-Cost Video Into Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
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Josh Woodard

USAID;FHI 360 (2012), xiv, 196 pp.

"Using low-Cost videos within your agricultural development project can be an effective way for increasing the scale of your activities by leveraging the expertise of local experts and farmers for a broader audience. Since the videos may be created in the field by your staff, the cost will be lower ... more

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Media and Social Changing Since 1979: Towards a Diachronic Ethnography of Media and Actual Social Changes

John Postill

EASA Media Anthropology Network (2012), 20 pp.

"In this paper I address the question of how to study media and social change ethnographically. To do so I draw from the relevant media anthropology literature, including my own research in Malaysia and Spain. I first sketch a history of media anthropology, identifying a number of key works and them ... more

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Dialogue Through Film: A Handbook

London: Conciliation Resources (2012), 58 pp.

"Dialogue Through Film is a unique initiative bringing together young Armenians from Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijanis to make short films about the conflict that divides them. Over 30 young film-makers have taken part, and thousands of Armenians and Azeris have watched their films. This handbook of ... more

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Communication for Development Interventions in Fragile States: A Systematic Review. Summary Version

Andrew Skuse, Dianne Rodger, Gerry Power, Domenic Friguglietti, Tait Brimacombe

Adelaide: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU) (2012), 39 pp.

"This review identifies that while different initiatives can be pursued in different conflict situations, their direction and content needs to be driven by a close understanding of context, which in turn is driven by a range of influencing factors (contextual and programmatic), which in turn reflect ... more

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Guía de estilo: Cómo abordar la salud mental en los medios de comunicación

Federación de Euskadi de Asociaciones de Familiares y Personas con Enfermedad Mental (FEDEAFES) (2012), 15 pp.

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Enhancing Good Practice Documentation with Digital Storytelling: A Reference Manual for Empowering Community-Based Organisations and Communities Around HIV and Gender

Harare: Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS);Women'sNet (2012), 44 pp.

"This reference manual guides the staff of development or other organisations to encourage individuals (either colleagues or community members) to share their personal stories and include their voices as part of a broader good practice documentation process. While SAfAIDS and Women’sNet focus on u ... more

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Visualizing Climate Change: A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Stephen R. J. Sheppard

London; New York: Routledge;Earthscan (2012), xiii, 511 pp.

"Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future landscapes, community mapping, and iconic photographs, this book demonstrates new ways to make carbon and climate change visible where we care the most, in our own backyards and local communities. Extensive color imagery expla ... more

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Creative Struggles: Analysing the Potential and Problematics of Re-Radicalised Participatory Development Through Theatre for Development

Bobby Smith

University of Leeds, MA Theatre and Global Development (2012), 60 pp.

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Uganda Joint Behaviour Change Communication Survey

USAID (2012), xii, 129 pp.

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FAO Expert Consultation: Communication for Development. Meeting Today's Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges

Rome: FAO (2012), ix, 53 pp.

"[...] FAO’s Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension (OEK) organized an Expert Consultation on Communication for Development: Meeting Today’s Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges, that was held at FAO headquarters from 14 to 16 September, 2011. The main purpose was to identi ... more

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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea

Andrea Babon, Daniel McIntyre, Ronald Sofe

Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2012), vi, 28 pp.

"The study found that the media often framed REDD+ in political and economic terms, at the expense of, for example, ecological concerns or discussions of the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. Issues associated with carbon trading were a frequent topic of media articles, with many stor ... more

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Social Media Guide for Climate Change Practitioners in Africa

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (2012), 10 pp.

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Representações midiáticas da pobreza: O programa "Esquenta!" e o reposicionamento do discurso sobre os pobres na TV brasileira

Francislanda Rodrigues Penha

Goiânia: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Master Thesis (2012), 229 pp.

"A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a rede simbólica de enunciados construídos ao longo da história acerca das categorias pobre/pobreza e, mais precisamente, discutir os recentes discursos produzidos sobre esses grupos no âmbito da televisão brasileira, encontrando as continuidades e ... more

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development

Shaun Ferris

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Sustainable Food Lab (2012), 33 pp.

"Despite the massive uptake of mobile phones by agricultural producers, there are few quantitative studies that provide hard evidence of a link between technology and poverty reduction. Those studies that have explored this, however, found that farmer access to market information through radio, mobi ... more

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Communicating about/for development results in public cooperation initiatives

Olga del Río

Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona (URB-AL III Programme Orientation and Coordination Office) (2012), 101 pp.

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Addressing Information Gaps in Agricultural Value Chains: The Role of Radio Programming

Levi Zeleza Manda (ed.)

Lilongwe: Malawi Institute of Management (2012), 119 pp.

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Linking Community, Radio, and Action Research on Climate Change: Reflections on a Systemic Approach

Blane Harvey, Danny Burns, Katy Oswald

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 3 (2012), pp. 101-117

"This article reflects upon the opportunities and challenges of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) with community radio broadcasters in southern Ghana to investigate the impacts of climate change. Through a detailed outline of the methodological approach employed in this initiative as well as ... more

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#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights

Molly Land, Patrick Meier, Mark Belinski, Emily Jacobi

World Bank Institute;Open Development Technology Alliance;ICT4Gov (2012), 45 pp.

"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form ... more

Integrating Low-Cost Video Into Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners Key Guidance

Integrating Low-Cost Video Into Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Key Guidance