"This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information chann
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els in Aceh and Sri Lanka and how best to use them. The third section investigates complaints mechanisms, and, finally, the fourth section is a brief glance at what has been done to bridge information gaps in Aceh and Sri Lanka. Many organisations are still paying for mistakes made in communicating with communities in the early days of the tsunami recovery effort, resulting in what many call the “broken promises” phenomenon. The inherent problems of managing expectations were exacerbated by a widespread use of translators and jargon and the extreme levels of trauma experienced by beneficiaries. A number of organisations, however, have started to address these mistakes and build communications strategies into projects, developing models that potentially have wide application." (Executive summary)
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"La relación entre comunicación y cultura es un binomio indisoluble, buscar una fórmula equitativa en el perfeccionamiento del mismo, asumir que la participación constituye una de las dimensiones principales de la sociedad de la información; o que la planificación de objetivos en los países e
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n desarrollo ha de estar presente en cada etapa que se aborde son, entre otros atractivos temas, objetivo del análisis de este provocador ensayo, que abre nuevas perspectivas de debate y sitúa la discusión en los fines más ambiciosos de la cooperación internacional al desarrollo." (Tapa posterior)
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"[...] This publication, Writing for Our Lives, documents best practices from the Maisha Yetu project, whose defining feature has been continuous in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six African media houses over a two-year period. The uninterrupted presence of journalist-trai
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ners (as opposed to the more widespread model of one-time workshops on health care reporting) has allowed for the integration of theory and practice, resulting in dramatic changes in the quantity and quality of reporting on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. It has created champions of health care journalism in mid- and upper-level management where there was little or none before. It has helped journalists to recognize the centrality of women’s stories in the HIV/AIDS crisis." (Foreword)
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"This manual presents a series of recommended guidelines for broadcasters for the use of language and terminology when referencing persons with disabilities in broadcast news. It has been developed on the basis of previous research conducted on behalf of Canada’s private broadcasters by the Canadi
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an Association of Broadcasters and in consultation with the Canadian disability community and Canadian news broadcasters. This manual is not intended for use as an industry code, nor as a set of binding rules for broadcasters. Rather, it has been designed to familiarize broadcast news professionals with the terminology that is preferred by the Canadian disability community. It is not intended for use with other programming categories such as comedy or drama." (Introduction, page 2)
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"This workplan focuses on those areas where advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) has most to offer and where ACSM strategies can be most effectively concentrated to help address four key challenges to TB control at country level: improving case detection and treatment adherence; co
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mbating stigma and discrimination; empowering people affected by TB; mobilizing political commitment and resources for TB. The workplan supports the ACSM contribution to the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015 and sets out a 10-year strategic framework for country-level ACSM programming that complements strategic work at the global advocacy level designed to exert pressure on governments and other authorities to prioritize TB control." (Executive summary)
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"This toolkit and associated material, including the CD-ROM provided, introduce you to Forum Theatre as a tool for HIV and AIDS education. The toolkit has been written with special consideration for youth groups and amateur theatre groups in English-speaking Africa who wish to address HIV- and AIDS-
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related issues in ways that are creative and engaging." (Page 2)
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"[This publication] reviews basic theory and concepts underlying the health communication field; offers real-world strategies for designing, implementing, and evaluating programs; provides up-to-date coverage of print, broadcast, digital, and interactive health media. Case examples illustrate what w
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orks and what doesn’t." (Publisher description)
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"This collection of 10 original essays honors the intellectual legacy of Prof Everett M Rogers (1931–2004), a pioneering and distinguished teacher—scholar of diffusion of innovations, communication networks, and social change. Well-known colleagues and contemporaries write on topics that not onl
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y piqued Rogers' curiosity, but to which he made seminal and lasting contributions. The concluding documents Rogers' life journey from his modest farm boy beginnings in Iowa, through his distinguished academic career, to his final return to the farm." (Publisher description)
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"This useful guide is targeted primarily at libraries that need to support communities by selecting appropriate materials, and adult literacy facilitators and community workers who are seeking suitable reading materials to maintain learners’ interest in keeping up their reading habits. The guide i
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s based on the experiences of a civil society organization, the Easy Reading for Adults (ERA) initiative, which was active in South Africa during the 1990’s, but also draws on experience elsewhere in Africa, as well as in Asia and Canada. ‘Easy reading’ is interpreted to mean “any reading matter in any language that makes concessions to a lack of reading skills or to difficulties with mastering the language of the text.” The author sets out the key processes and approaches involved in successfully selecting, developing and disseminating easy reading material for adults, and raises a number of pertinent questions on issues that need to be considered, to ensure that materials required for adults wanting to improve their reading skills are relevant to their needs. The book also contains sections on the production process, dissemination and distribution aspects, monitoring and evaluation of projects, and there is a select bibliography." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2227)
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