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Visual Interventions: Applied Visual Anthropology

Sarah Pink (ed.)

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2007), ix, 324 pp.

"Visual anthropology has proved to offer fruitful methods of research and representation to applied projects of social intervention. Through a series of case studies based on applied visual anthropological work in a range of contexts (health and medicine, tourism and heritage, social development, co ... more

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HIV/AIDS Communication in Selected African Countries: Interventions, Responses and Possibilities

Warren Parker, Asta Rau, Penny Peppa

Lusaka: Center for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE);Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 80 pp.

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A Case for the Quantitative Assessment of Participatory Communication Programs

Tom Jacobson

Glocal Times, issue 9 (2007), 14 pp.

"What is dialog, and how can it be measured in a meaningful way? In this article, Jacobson presents an approach to assessing participatory communication based on communication in the form of dialog as conceptualized by Jurgen Habermas." (Abstract)

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Independent Media's Vital Role in Development

Peter Graves

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 24 pp.

"The potential of media to encourage democratic development cannot be denied. Media give people a voice, acting as a balance and watchdog to potential government misconduct. Without a voice, citizens cannot be heard; with a voice, they cannot be ignored. Media provide a window into the inner working ... more

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Making Poverty the Story: Time to Involve the Media in Poverty Reduction

Angela Wood, Jon Barnes

London: Panos London (2007), 64 pp.

"According to this report the media in low-income countries is too often left aside as a serious player in the fight against poverty. ‘It’s time that those active in poverty reduction realise the media is a public good and in a prime position to monitor whether poverty reduction is taking place. ... more

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Communicating the Impact of Communication for Development: Recent Trends in Empirical Research
Top Insights

Nobuya Inagaki

Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), 51 pp.

"This paper is a peer review of journals addressing the issue of the impact of development communication in a number of development projects and programs. It provides an overview of this discipline and then discusses the evidence about the impact of development communication according to a typology ... more

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Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
Inspiring Practice

Nalaka Gunawardene, Frederick Noronha (eds.)

Bangkok; Nugegoda (LK): UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok;Television for Education Asia-Pacific (TVE Asia-Pacific) (2007), x, 150 pp.

"Our 21 contributors -– most of them from Asia, and representing media, development or humanitarian sectors -- do not engage in mere theoretical discussions. In 19 chapters of this book, they draw on their rich and varied experience working in either preparing disaster resilient communities or res ... more

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The Impact of Media Interventions: Factors and Evidence

T. Grout-Smith, L. Poberezhska

Reading: Gamos (2007), 27 pp.

"In this paper we will be looking at the evidence of impact from interventions in the so-called ‘traditional’ media – TV, radio and, to a much lesser extent, print – and factors contributing to that impact. By ‘media interventions’ we mean using mass-media in support of development objec ... more

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Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) for Tuberculosis Control: A Handbook for Country Programmes

Academy for Educational Development (AED), Program for Alternative Health Technologies (PATH)

World Health Organization (WHO) (2007), 80 pp.

"This handbook is primarily intended for staff that plan, organize and supervise tuberculosis (TB) control activities at the national level. Because tackling TB requires commitment and work at all levels, this guide can also be used by TB control staff at the provincial, state, and regional levels; ... more

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Reader: Media for Rural Development

Joachim Hofer (ed.)

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2007), 70 pp.

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Young Empowered and Healthy (YEAH). Draft Report: Qualitative Assessment of Radio Serial Drama "Rock Point 256" in Uganda

Kampala: REEV Consult International (2007), xiii, 29 pp.

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Monitoring and Indicators of Communication for Development: Technical Note

Copenhagen: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (Danida) (2007), 30 pp.

"This note offers a brief and non-technical introduction to indicators and monitoring tools relevant to communication for development in Danida’s countries of cooperation. It is primarily aimed at supporting staff at Danish representations or at HQ responsible for preparing and managing Danish bil ... more

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Engaging Development: Environment and Content of Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria

Ayobami Ojebode, Tunde Adegbola

Lagos; Dakar: Institute for Media and Society (IMS);Panos West Africa (2007), vi, 72 pp.

"Given the prevailing environment, radio cannot better engage development, and this is in spite of the qualities of radio that endear it to development agencies and governments elsewhere. As Ojebode (forthcoming b) suggests, for radio to realise its potentials as a development medium in Nigeria, som ... more

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Prejudice, Conflict and Media. Reducing Intergroup Prejudice and Conflict Using the Media: A Field Experiment in Rwanda

Elizabeth Levy Paluck

Harvard: Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (2007), 64 pp.

"Can the media reduce intergroup prejudice and conflict? Despite the high stakes of this question, understanding of the mass media’s role in shaping prejudiced beliefs, norms, and behaviors is very limited. A year-long field experiment in Rwanda tested the impact of a radio soap opera about two Rw ... more

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Communication-Based Assessment for Bank Operations

Paul Mitchell, Karla Chaman-Ruiz

Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), 47 pp.

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A Training Manual for Media Workshops on Avian Influenza

Bangkok: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office;Internews Network (2007), 61 pp.

"This manual provides a methodology for trainers and media support organizations interested in providing courses on the coverage of avian influenza. It also provides a sample three-day training course agenda, complete with suggested lectures, discussion topics, exercises, suggested reading, field tr ... more

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What the Papers Aren't Saying: How Can We Enhance Media Coverage of TB?

Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Anushree Mishra, Ronald Kayanja

Lusaka: Panos Global AIDS Programme (2007), 15 pp.

"This paper is a briefing for health practitioners, TB programmers, policymakers, media professionals and people affected by TB. Based on an analysis of media coverage of TB, it argues that health professionals and TB specialists should be supported to engage more effectively with the media so that ... more