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"This paper asks how images of children are used by prominent signatories to NGO codes of conduct. The answer is that images of childhood and shared codes of conduct are both means through which development and relief NGOs produce themselves as rights-based organisations. The iconography of childhoo ... more

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The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning

Katie Salen (ed.)

Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 278 pp.

"In the many studies of games and young people's use of them, little has been written about an overall “ecology” of gaming, game design and play—mapping the ways that all the various elements, from coding to social practices to aesthetics, coexist in the game world. This volume looks at games ... more

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Jornalismo ambiental: Desafios e reflexões

Ilza Maria Tourinho Girardi, Reges Toni Schwaab (org.)

Porto Alegre: Dom Quixote (2008), 479 pp.

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Communication for Empowerment in Mozambique: An Assessment of Communication and Media Needs at the Community Level

Faruco Sadique Ibraimo, Barry Driscoll

Oslo; South Orange, New Jersey: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre;Communication for Social Change Consortium (2008), 79 pp.

"Communication for Empowerment is an initiative which, in its global context, aims to enable average citizens including those from marginalised strata of society and those living in poverty to take informed decisions on their own lives, have access to channels that allow their voice to be heard and ... more

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Publishing Educational Materials: Techniques and Tools for Editors and Writers

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 85 pp.

"This manual is designed to provide you with practical guidance in the work and business of writing and editing textbooks, whether you are currently working in the field, or you are studying toward it. More specifically, the manual will: provide an overview of the editing process and a basic underst ... more

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Salud mental y medios de comunicación: Guía de estilo

Madrid: Confederación Española de Agrupaciones de Familiares y Personas con Enfermedad Mental (FEAFES), 2a ed. actualizada (2008), 39 pp.

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Radio and Development in Africa: A Concept Paper

Mary Myers

Wardour: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), 58 pp.

"Radio seems to have proven itself as a developmental tool, particularly with the rise of community and local radios, which have facilitated a far more participatory and horizontal type of communication than was possible with the older, centralised broadcasting model of the 1960s and 70s. There seem ... more

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Unbounded Possibilities: Observations on Sustaining Rural Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa

Ian Douglas Howard

Johannesburg: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2008), 23 pp.

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Writing a Communication Strategy for Development Programmes: A Guideline for Programme Managers and Communication Officers

Judith A. Graeff

Bangladesh: UNICEF (2008), 72 pp.

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Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Basic: Quick Guide

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2008), 55 pp.

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Lessons from Karachi: The Role of Demonstration, Documentation, Mapping and Relationship Building in Advocacy for Improved Urban Sanitation and Water Services

Arif Pervaiz, Perween Rahman, Arif Hasan

London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2008), 91 pp.

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Regional Awareness and Communication Strategy for the SADC Water Sector

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (ed.)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (2008), 54 pp.

"This Awareness and Communication Strategy fulfils the call for establishing sector specific (Water Sector) strategies and crafting, packaging and dissemination of messages and themes which should be based on but not limited to SADC’s priority intervention areas. It is basically expanding the SADC ... more

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Los pobres en papel: Las narrativas de la pobreza en la prensa latinoamericana

Philip Kitzberger, Germán Javier Pérez

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 93 pp.

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Periodismo y comunicación para la gestión de riesgo en la subregión andina: Discursos periodísticos y perpsectivas para un enfoque prospectivo y preventivo

Rafael Obregón, Jesús Arroyave, Marta Milena Barrios

Folios (Universidad de Antioquia), issue 23 (2008), pp. 105-135

"El presente artículo analiza los discursos periodísticos y la representación de temas claves vinculados a la gestión del riesgo de desastres en cuatro países de la subregión Andina. El estudio se apoya en elementos teóricos de la investigación en medios y periodismo, tales como Agenda Setti ... more

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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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Christopher Yordy

Ottawa: Farm Radio International;African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 100 pp.

"This study claims to be one of the first attempts to explore the field of radio economics in rural Africa. Based on in-depth questionnaires filled in by 15 radio stations in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana and Mali, it found that the costs vary widely according to the type of ownership, i.e. public ... more

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Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme Final Report: Radio Pasifik-Nauru

Linda Austin

Pan-Asia ICT (2008), 93 pp.

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Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.

"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ... more

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Medios de comunicación y pobreza. Encuesta: Lo que opina la audiencia

Santiago de Chile: Comunicación y Pobreza;Fundación Superación de la Pobreza;Ipsos (2008), 31 slides

"Objetivos generales: caracterizar la forma en que los medios de comunicación social tratan el tema de la pobreza, tomando como fuente de información la población encuestada en el Gran Santiago; determinar factores de mejora en la forma de comunicar acerca de la pobreza, a través de los medios d ... more

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Scoping Study for an EU Wide Communications Campaign on Biodiversity and Nature

Brussels: Gellis Communications (2008), 54 pp.

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