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Ecological Standards for German Cinema, TV, and Online/VoD Productions

Stuttgart: "Green Shooting" Workgroup (2023), 16 pp.

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Audience Listenership of FM Radio: A Case Study of Rural Development in Northern Ghana

Antwi-Boateng Osman, Muhammed Danladi Musa, Mu-Azu Iddirisu Andani

Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 10, issue 2184750 (2023), 17 pp.

"The quest for effective strategies for rural development continues to be a challenge for policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners. Communication development strategies executed using FM stations have emerged as a promising tool as a result of the medium being the most popul ... more

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Community Radio as a Platform for Development Communication in Ghana

Africanus Lewil Diedong, Wilberforce S. Dzisah

Cogent Social Sciences, volume 9, issue 2269681 (2023), 12 pp.

"The paper’s aim is to demonstrate the relevance of applying the core principles of Community radio (CR) as a basis for CR’s drive for a democratically participant approach of communication, which can facilitate development communication. In a democratic society, the participation of people in d ... more

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Climate Change News Audiences: Analysis of News Use and Attitudes in Eight Countries

Waqas Ejaz, Mitali Mukherjee, Richard Fletcher

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 49 pp.

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Follow the Money: The Missing Link in the Booming Coverage of Mental Health

Tanmoy Goswami

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 36 pp.

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Empowerment Journalism: A Model for Reporting Women Farmers’ Constructive Struggle

Radheshyam Jadhav

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 30 pp.

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Environmental Investigative Journalism: Challenges & Successes

Paris: Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF) (2023), 14 pp.

"Climate journalism and environmental investigative journalism (EIJ) share a common foundation of covering environmental and climate issues, but they differ in both scope, methodologies and public service focus. The first is a subset of environmental journalism that specializes in climate-related to ... more

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Climate Change Journalism in South Africa: Noticeable Improvements, Less Than Adequate

Enoch Sithole

Fojo Media Institute (2023), 58 pp.

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Exploring the Role of Message Effects and Messenger Effectiveness in COVID-19 Vaccination Communication in Nigeria: Research Report

San Diego: Agency for All Project;University of California San Diego, Center on Gender Equity and Health;USAID (2023), 57 pp.

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Building a Chatbot in a Pandemic

Kimberly Rambaud, Simon van Woerden, Leonardo Palumbo et al.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 25, issue e42960 (2023), 8 pp.

"Easy access to evidence-based information on COVID-19 within an infodemic has been a challenging task. Chatbots have been introduced in times of emergency, when human resources are stretched thin and individuals need a user-centered resource. The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe ... more

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The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention

Kirk Dearden, Generose Mulokozi, Mary Linehan et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 20, issue 2:1214 (2023), 13 pp.

"Background: Large-scale social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) approaches can be beneficial to achieve improvements in knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE) included a significant SBCC component and targeted precursors to stunting inclu ... more

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The Psychological Impacts and Message Features of Health Misinformation: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Philipp Schmid, Sacha Altay, Laura D. Scherer

European Psychologist, volume 28, issue 3 (2023), pp. 162-172

"What does health misinformation look like, and what is its impact? We conducted a systematic review of 45 articles containing 64 randomized controlled trials (RCTs; N = 37,552) on the impact of health misinformation on behaviors and their psychological antecedents. We applied a planetary health per ... more

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Evaluating Use of Mass-Media Communication Intervention ‘MTV-Shuga’ on Increased Awareness and Demand for HIV and Sexual Health Services by Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: An Observational Study

Natsayi Chimbindi, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Chidumwa, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer

BMJ Open, volume 13, issue e062804 (2023), 12 pp.

"Objective: To investigate the effect of exposure to 'MTV Shuga:Down South’ (MTVShuga-DS) during the scale-up of combination HIV-prevention interventions on awareness and uptake of sexual reproductive health (SRH) and HIV-prevention services by adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) [...] Conclus ... more

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Evidence and Gap Map Report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Interventions for Strengthening HIV Prevention and Research Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Devi Leena Bose, Sabina Singh Anhad Hundal, Shweta Singh, Kuhika Seth

Campbell Systematic Reviews, volume 19, issue e1297 (2023), 52 pp.

"Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), aged 15.24 years, are disproportionately affected by HIV and other sexual and reproductive health (SRH) risks due to varying social, cultural, and economic factors that affect their choices and shape their knowledge, understanding, and practices with regard ... more

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Reporting About Alcohol: A Guide for Journalists

World Health Organization (WHO) (2023), v, 38 pp.

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Communicating About Vaccination-Related Risks

Lauren Vulanovic

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023), viii, 74 pp.

"The objective of this document is to help professional health communicators (PHCs) in the countries of the Region of the Americas improve their local and national communications on vaccine-related risks, to strengthen trust in immunization, and ultimately to increase uptake of new and routine vacci ... more

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Don’t Talk to Strangers? The Role of Network Composition, WhatsApp Groups, and Partisanship in Explaining Beliefs in Misinformation About COVID-19 in Brazil

Patricia Rossini, Antonis Kalogeropoulos

Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2023), 18 pp.

"The spread of disinformation has been a topic of heightened concern, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the response to a public health crisis relies on the ability for public officials to inform citizens. Using a representative two-wave panel of internet users in Brazil, we examine the ... more

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Covid-19 Cure Perceptions and Media Use in India

Areiba Arif, Rama Mohana R. Turaga

Journal of Communication in Healthcare, volume 16, issue 4 (2023), pp. 358-369

"Background: During the early phases of Covid-19, social media platforms became a significant source of misinformation, and India emerged as a global hotspot. Studies show that ‘miracle cure’ for preventing and treating Covid-19 infection has been a prominent topic of misinformation. This study ... more

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Tackling Misinformation with Games: A Systematic Literature Review

Kristian Kiili, Juho Siuko, Manuel Ninaus

Interactive Learning Environments (2023), 16 pp.

"Misinformation and fake news are severe threats to society. The role of critical reading skills is crucial in the battle against misinformation. Despite the promising results of game-based interventions to mitigate the effects of misinformation, the corpus of research on games supporting critical r ... more

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Wikipedia: Die rationale Seite der Digitalisierung? Entwurf einer Theorie

Olaf Rahmstorf

Sara Gaißmaier (collab.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 414 pp.

"Die Wikipedia präsentiert das Wissen der Welt im digitalen Zeitalter. Damit stellt sie sich in eine Linie mit den Aufklärern des 18. Jahrhunderts - und quer zu den irrationalen Exzessen digitaler Filterblasen. Aber wie sehen die Produktionsbedingungen dieses Wissens in der Praxis aus und nach wel ... more