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The New Age of Radio: How ICTs Are Changing Rural Radio in Africa

Bartholomew Sullivan

Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 138 pp.

"Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically increase the capacity of rural radio to help farmers improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weekly SMS alerts sent to ... more

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Agricultural Radio That Works

Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 8 pp.

"Participatory Radio Campaigns (PRCs) were developed by Farm Radio International as a way to help farmers learn about, evaluate, and introduce new agricultural practices that they are interested in trying. With training and facilitation support from Farm Radio International, selected radio stations ... more

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Designs, Devices and Development: Audience Research as Creative Resource in the Making of an Afghan Radio Drama

Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 8, issue 1 (2011), pp. 132-153

"This essay analyses the role of audience research as a change agent in media development interventions in Afghanistan. It analyses how audience research in transnational contexts involves a complex set of intercultural negotiations and translations that contribute to the enduring relevance and sust ... ainability of the highly popular Afghan radio soap opera New Home, New Life. This is a ‘development drama’ that has been broadcast across Afghanistan since 1993. It is based on BBC Radio 4’s The Archers and produced by BBC Afghan Education Projects (BBC AEP). Audience research has been vital to forging a dynamic relationship between the creative teams who make the drama, the donors who pay for it, and the audiences who consume it. The article addresses three broad themes. First, we outline how data gathered in formative audience research, prior to the creation of the drama, provides the creative team with the dramatic raw material for the radio serial. The extensive qualitative data gathered by Afghan researchers in local milieux is translated so as to enable culturally diverse teams of writers and producers to ground the serial narratives in the lived experiences of its audiences, and to introduce multiple local perspectives on development issues. Second, we show how evaluative audience research, data gathered in the postproduction phase, plays a key role in providing critical audience interpretations of New Home, New Life’s dramatic themes. In so doing, it creates feedback loops that allow audiences to become active participants in the ongoing creation of the drama. The research designs and devices, developed over the last two decades to document the changing life-worlds of Afghan citizens-cum-audiences, are part of an ongoing set of transcultural encounters that contribute to strengthening the social realist appeal of the drama and to calibrating how far any given storyline can be pushed in terms of cultural propriety. Third, we examine how during periods of military conflict, when routine audience research becomes dangerous or impossible and audience feedback loops are disrupted, the writers and producers have to rely on their own personal and political experiences, often with unpredictable ideological consequences. We draw attention to the limitations and challenges of making dramas for development in highly charged politicised and postcolonial contexts. While, development dramas may be a cheap and effective way of dealing with certain informational needs, such as landmine awareness, they cannot redress social and structural inequalities or, as Western donors wish, eradicate opium cultivation." (Abstract) more

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Extensión, comunicación y desarrollo rural: Lineamientos para una extensión rural eficaz

Georg Birbaumer

Asunción: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 277 pp.

"Este es un libro que abarca diferentes enfoques, modalidades y metodologías de extensión de ayer, de hoy, con visión de futuro. Hace revivir la teoría de difusión de innovaciones y el proceso de innovación-decisión. Además, hace mención a metodologías y medios tradicionales de extensión ... more

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Teatro para la transformacion social: Herramientas pedagógicas. Tomo 3

Medellín: Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL);Asociación de Cooperación para el Desarrollo (AGEH) (2011), 93 pp.

"Desde hace más de seis años la Corporación Jurídica Libertad incorporó a su quehacer la atención de víctimas de crímenes de Estado como uno de sus propósitos estratégicos a ser desarrollado en el mediano y largo plazo. Reconocemos que el trabajo de representación de víctimas, y sobre to ... do el de motivación para la articulación a procesos organizativos sociales y populares, no ha sido fácil, en tanto los derechos a la verdad, la justicia y la reparación en una sociedad como la nuestra se encuentran lejos de ser garantizados desde una dimensión integral [...] Para el mantenimiento y fortalecimiento de esta apuesta, con copartes alemanas del Servicio Civil para la Paz y AGEH, hace ya casi tres años, bajo la tutela y responsabilidad de la directora y profesora de teatro Inge Kleutgens adelantamos una propuesta en teatro-pedagogía con el propósito de fincar un apoyo sicopedagógico a las víctimas y motivar su inclusión y la motivación propia y directa de sus derechos por medio de la expresión artística, posibilitada por la actuación a través del teatro. Durante este tiempo se han puesto en escena siete obras de teatro: “Bingo me gané”, “Ausente”, “La Madre”, “Pueblo del Barro”, “Sí o no”, “Más que conciencia” y “Cinco minutos” como uno de los productos paridos por el diplomado “Teatro-pedagogía para la paz y la transformación social”. Todas estas obras han contado con la participación de actores y actrices no profesionales, provenientes de las organizaciones sociales, populares y de víctimas presentes en la ciudad de Medellín y de algunas subregiones del departamento de Antioquia. Ahora nos corresponde presentar el producto de un proceso iniciado apenas seis meses atrás con el diplomado “Teatro-pedagogía para la paz y la transformación social”, contenido en el libro “Teatro para la transformación social”, en el cual se explica la importancia del teatro en la construcción de resistencia a la opresión teniendo como hilo conductor a la teatro-pedagogía. El teatro, en palabras de Inge constituye una expresión artística puesta al servicio de los demás y por sobre todo de los procesos de resistencia y de trasformación de las relaciones sociales imperantes." (Presentación) more

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Crisis Communication in the Context of the Pakistan Floods 2010

Eraj Atiq

Ilmenau: Ilmenau University of Technology;International Research Group on Crisis Communication (2011), 10 pp.

"The report focuses on Crisis Communication during the most devastating floods of 2010 ever witnessed in the history of Pakistan in which the death toll of human beings exceeded 2,000 [...] According to the views of various media reporters and natural calamity analysts, unfortunately crisis communic ... more

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Media and Participation: A Site of Ideological-Democratic Struggle

Nico Carpentier

Bristol: intellect (2011), 405 pp.

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Commercial Rural Radio Program: The Emerging Effective Means to Improving Rural Livelihoods. The Case of INUKA

Ralph Engelmann, Terry Gilead, William Mato, Maja Rueegg, Braison Salisali

Dodoma (TZ): Rural Livelihood Development Company (RLDC);Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2011), 32 pp.

"INUKA’s primary objective was to address the interests and needs of the rural producers in the CC. Capacity building of radio staff proved to be an essential element to overcome the shortage of tailored expertise on agriculture and rural related radio programming and marketing. Listeners gave a p ... more

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OCHA Communications Handbook

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2011), 81 pp.

"OCHA uses communications to create awareness among target audiences (inside and outside the organization) about humanitarian emergencies, including natural disasters and complex emergencies, as well as their impact on vulnerable people. OCHA Communications Officers are charged with the task of brin ... more

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Covering Disasters Through the Lens of Gender: A Guidebook for the Media

Tasneem Ahmar, Rehana Khandwalla

Karachi: UKS Research Center;Global Fund for Women (GFW) (2011), 36 pp.

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Case Study: A Communication Approach to El Salvador’s EDUCO Education Reform Efforts

Uwimana Basaninyenzi

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2011), iv, 9 pp.

"A well-designed communication plan proved to be critical in implementing successful education re form efforts in El Salvador (World Bank 1998). El Salvador’s experience with the Education with Community Participation Program (EDUCO) demonstrated that special emphasis on communication strategies c ... more

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Climate-Change Journalism in China: Opportunities for International Cooperation

Sam Geall

Copenhagen; Beijing: International Media Support (IMS);Caixin Media (2011), 137 pp.

"How do Chinese journalists cover climate-Change stories – and what opportunities for international cooperation in the field of climate change reporting exist for funders, NGOs and governments? These are the two related questions that this report attempts to address. The report – produced jointl ... more

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ICTs and Development in India: Perspectives on the Rural Network Society

T. T. Sreekumar

London; New York: Anthem Press (2011), xii, 215 pp.

"ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India." (Publisher description)

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Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
Key Guidance

Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.

"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s ... more

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La cooperación en sus términos: Guía para profesionales de la comunicación

Farmacéuticos Mundi Extremadura (2011), 83 pp.

"Para la elaboración de una información veraz sobre Cooperación y los países del Sur, es necesario un empleo adecuado de la terminología, objetivo que Farmamundi pretende con el glosario de conceptos presentado en este documento, sin olvidar que hay tener en cuenta una serie de principios que c ... more

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Medios que mueven: Entretenimiento educativo para el cambio social
Key Guidance

Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal

La Haya: Oxfam Novib (2011), 82 pp.

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Fifth International Entertainment-Education Conference for Health and Social Development: Focusing on Women and Children. Conference Report

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2011), 32 pp.

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Project ABC: The Impact of CRS' Adult Education and ABC Program on Education, Agriculture and Migration

Jenny C. Aker, Christopher Ksoll

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2011), 20 pp.

"This report provides the results of an evaluation of a CRS adult education program and a mobile phone-based adult education pilot program in Niger. The study found that students in the villages where the pilot project was carried out used mobile phones more frequently and in more “active” ways, ... more

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Researching, Monitoring and Evaluating Communication for Development: Trends, Challenges and Approaches

June Lennie, Jo Tacchi

United Nations Inter-Agency Group on Communication for Development (2011), xvii, 136 pp.

"Elaborated on the basis of a literature review and consultations with 11 C4D focal points or monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialists from 7 UN agencies and a 15-member expert panel. Based on this research, the report details a number of principles for effective, appropriate, and sustainable res ... more

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First Principles: Designing Effective Education Programs Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Compendium

Edmond Gaible, Analice Schwartz et al.

USAID (2011), 49 pp.

Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural Key Guidance

Medios que mueven: Entretenimiento educativo para el cambio social Key Guidance

Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
Key Guidance

Medios que mueven: Entretenimiento educativo para el cambio social
Key Guidance