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Still Left in the Dark? How People in Emergencies Use Communication to Survive – and How Humanitarian Agencies Can Help

Imogen Wall, Lisa Robinson
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 15 pp.
"In 2008, a BBC World Service Trust policy briefing argued that people affected by earthquakes, floods or other emergencies often lacked the information they needed to survive and that this only added to their stress and anxiety. Left in the Dark: the unmet need for information in humanitarian emerg ... more
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The Handbook of Global Health Communication

Rafael Obregón, Silvio R. Waisbord (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2012), xx, 658 pp.
"The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change. It brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wid ... more
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Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile

Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xviii, 221 pp.
"Analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, including the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices through “apps” (applications) and other ways. Summarizing current thinking and seeking to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones to improve livelihoods, the repo ... 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
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Forum Theatre on the Air: Towards a Model of Participatory Radio Drama for Development on Community Radio

Mary Traynor
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 10, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-187
"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat ... more
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La obesidad infantil y la publicidad de alimentos no saludables en el Perú

Alexander Chiu Werner
Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2012), 9 pp.
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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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People's Radio: Communicating Change Across Africa
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Linje Manyozo
Penang (MY): Southbound (2012), xxi, 351 pp.
"The author discusses the challenges of using radio as a tool for community engagement in development. It examines specific case studies from the African continent. The book also considers the different ways governments, organizations, broadcasters and communities can use radio networks as instrumen ... more
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Creating Killer Facts and Graphics

Oxfam (2012), 4 pp.
"‘Killer facts’ are those punchy, memorable, headline-grabbing statistics that make reports special. They cut through the technicalities to fire people up about changing the world. They are picked up and repeated endlessly by the media and politicians. They are known as ‘killer’ facts becaus ... 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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Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-Formal Education

Colin Latchem
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), ix, 99 pp.
"Quality assurance (QA) systems applied in educational contexts are generally concerned with inputs — how much money is spent, what staffing, resources and support are provided, what kinds of teaching and learning are involved, and so on. There is an assumption — not always fulfilled — that th ... more
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A Rapid Evidence Review of Interventions for Improving Health Literacy

Maureen D’Eath, Margaret M Barry, Jane Sixsmith
Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2012), 22 pp.
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Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: Key Messages

Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2012), 64 pp.
"DRR (Disaster risk reduction) advocates are increasingly asked by government and local partners what the exact scope and content of their subject is, and to explain, beyond generalities, the ‘actionable risk reduction messages.’ Key messages comprise the core, common and comprehensive informati ... more
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Evaluation of Behavior Change Communication Programs: Guidance Note for German Development Cooperation
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Marianthi Vezertzi, Julia Lohmann
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 85 pp.
"Behavior Change Communication (BCC) interventions have become an integral part of many HIV prevention programs. Monitoring and evaluation is expected to be included in the design of any BCC interventions from the beginning on. However, the know-how on how to demonstrate results and impacts of such ... more
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Seventy-Five Ways to Fix Your Farmer Program

Doug Ward, Marvin Hanke
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2012), 16 pp.
"In 2010, Farm Radio International gathered information about farmer radio programs from radio stations in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. We visited twenty stations and two production houses and listened to their farmer programs. We posed hundreds of questions to the people making the ... more
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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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Behaviour Change Communication Interventions for HIV/AIDS

Stefan Weinmann, Ruta Yemane
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 6 pp.
"Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) interventions have variable effects on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour with regard to HIV/AIDS. Studies show that peer education is successful at increasing knowledge, increasing condom use, and providing youth with information and condoms; however, effects o ... more
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Building Support for International Development: Results and Recommendations from a Multi-Country Study Aimed at Understanding and Communicating with Key Policy Constituencies

Klara Debeljak
Washington, DC et al.: Intermedia; Gates Foundation (2012), 49 pp.
"The study focused on the following themes: how and under what conditions are priority target groups for engagement with development policy issues in China, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States most likely to engage; what factors influence and motivate both engagement and policy dec ... more
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Media Meets Climate: The Global Challenge for Journalism

Elisabeth Eide, Risto Kunelius (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2012), 340 pp.
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Media, Communication and Development: Three Approaches
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Linje Manyozo
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xix, 258 pp.
"Media, Communication and Development: Three Approaches critically investigates the three approaches that have characterised most debates in the field of Media, Communications and Development since its emergence in the 1950s, namely, media development, media for development and stakeholder and commu ... more