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Climate Airwaves: Community Radio, Action Research, and Advocacy for Climate Justice in Ghana

Blane Harvey
International Journal of Communication, volume 5 (2011), pp. 2035-2058
"Community radio is well recognized as a powerful vehicle for advocacy and social change in Africa, but its use in the field of climate change has remained very limited, and then largely for top-down transmission of information to communities. This article discusses lessons learned to date from the ... more
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Dadaab, Kenya: Humanitarian Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps. Findings, Analysis & Recommendations

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2011), 80 pp.
"Serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk. There are clear indications that these information gaps are hampering the aid response and that despite important efforts from individual agencies, c ... more
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Community Video for Social Change: A Toolkit

Lauren Goodsmith, Angela Acosta
Minneapolis; New York: American Refugee Committee; Communication for Change (2011), vi, 100 pp.
"Part 1 reviews critical concerns within the context of crisis and conflict-affected settings. Part 2 outlines participatory communication principles and approaches, as well as challenges in addressing sensitive issues within programs supporting social and behavior change. Part 3 focuses on the uses ... more
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Radio Sound and Social Realism: In the Terrain of Drama for Development Production

Andrew Skuse
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 7 (2011), pp. 595-609
"This article explores the use of sound in the context of two BBC World Service development-focused social realist radio drama productions in Afghanistan (New Home, New Life) and Nepal (Sweet Tales of the Sarangi). It examines the various ‘sound strategies' employed to enhance the realist aspirati ... more
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Communiquer le genre pour le développement rural: Intégrer le genre dans la communication pour le développement

Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 76 pp.
"L’atteinte des objectifs de sécurité alimentaire, de nutrition et d’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes passe par l’application d’approches de développement visant à donner aux communautés rurales l’occasion de participer et de prendre en main leur futur. Parmi les nombreuses ap ... more
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How Effective is Community Radio in Meeting the Needs of Remote Communities in Nepal? Case Study of Okhaldhunga, Nepal

Theodora Hannides
Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Master of Art in Development and Emergency Practice, Master Thesis (2011), 113 pp.
"The study uses qualitative and quantitative research to perform a community-based needs assessment. It highlights the underlying issues of a weak economy, infrastructure and caste system. It also highlights social and family networks that strengthen communities. The research then investigates how t ... more
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"Todos tienen celular": Uso, apropiación e impacto de la telefonía móvil en el área de influencia de dos ferias en Puno, Perú

Mariano Aronés, Roxana Barrantes, Laura León
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) (2011), 89 pp.
"Podemos concluir que en nuestra área de estudio, diversos factores dificultan el uso intensivo del teléfono móvil. Entre ellos se encuentran la poca asequibilidad del servicio, las escasas habilidades para manejar el aparato, y la poca confianza que se tiene en los proveedores o compradores. Ade ... more
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Radio Madang: Tuned in for Development?

Anisah Issimel
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Evangelia Papoutsaki, Michael McManus, Patrick Matbob (eds.)
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 147-156
"The findings of this research have indicated that Radio Madang [the public service broadcaster in Madang province] is an appropriate medium for disseminating information and messages on development issues to people in rural areas of Madang province. With an audience of about 200,000 throughout the ... more
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Participatory Radio Campaigns and Food Security: How Radio Can Help Farmers Make Informed Decisions

Kevin Perkins, Doug Ward, Mark Leclair
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 88 pp.
"The African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) was a 42-month action research project implemented by Farm Radio International (FRI) in partnership with World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An estimated 40 million farmers in five ... more
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Marketing on the Airwaves: Marketing Information Service (MIS) and Radio

Sheila Huggins-Rao
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 63 pp.
"Farmers require varying marketing information, depending on their location, local market conditions, crops, production activities, and cultural practices. Radio has the capacity to reach a large audience, and can provide an integrated approach to market information, incorporating all these elements ... more
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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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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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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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Farm Radio Online Community (Barza): An Interactive Website for African Radio Broadcasters

Blythe McKay, Nelly Bassily
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 21 pp.
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Dimensions of Radio Coverage and Content Generation of Agricultural Biotechnology News in Kenya

Margaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, Toepista Nabusaba, Peter Oriare, Julius Nyangaga, Heidi Schaeffer, Mary Myers
Nairobi: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Application (ISAAA Africenter); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 22 pp.
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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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Rádio Comunitária como estratégia de comunicação da Extensão Pesqueira para o Desenvolvimento Local

Washington Gurgel
Signo y Pensamiento, volume 30, issue 58 (2011), pp. 80-93
"O objetivo deste estudo é analisar o rádio comunitário como estratégia de comunicação da Extensão Pesqueira para o Desenvolvimento Local em comunidades cuja pesca é a principal atividade econômica, a exemplo da Ilha de Deus, no Recife, Pernambuco. A análise parte da recepção da Rádio C ... more
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Rethinking Communication for Development Policy: Some Considerations

Linje Manyozo
In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Robin Mansell, Marc Raboy (eds.)
Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 319-335
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From Their Own Correspondent? New Media and the Changes in Disaster Coverage: Lessons to be Learnt

Glenda Cooper
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 44 pp.
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Comunicar para transformar, transformar para comunicar: Tecnologías de la información, organizaciones sociales y comunicación desde una perspectiva de cambio social

Víctor Marí Sáez
Madrid: Editorial Popular (2011), 235 pp.