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Développement durable & enjeux climatiques: Traitement de l’information dans les médias au Burkina Faso

Belélé Jérôme William Bationo

Africa Green News;Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2023), 133 pp.

"En guise de bilan de notre étude, on note que malgré la pléthore et la diversité des médias au Burkina Faso, comparativement à la taille et la densité de sa population, les sujets sur le climat et l’environnement ne sont pas assez vulgarisés et traités, d’où l’engouement constaté a ... more

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Information Ecosystem Preparedness for Health Emergency Response: What Can We Do to Communicate Better in the Next Crisis

Rocio Lopez Inigo, Alejandro Posada Bermudez, Nancy Wong

Internews;USAID (2023), 37 pp.

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Media & Mental Health: Using Mass Media to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness

Scott Parrott

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2023), viii, 166 pp.

"The mass media are an important source of information about mental health, yet television shows, news stories, social media posts, and other media fare often perpetuate stereotypes and misunderstandings about mental illness. For 70 years, scholars in media studies, psychology, sociology, and other ... more

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The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent

Ben Harbisher (ed.)

Lanham; Boulder; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield (2023), 250 pp.

"This book examines the way in which SDG initiatives have been disseminated by mainstream media, in government discourse and by NGO’s, charitable organisations, and campaign groups. It questions to what extent sustainability narratives are being supported and how they are represented; how saving t ... more

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Does Internet development affect urban-rural income gap in China? An empirical investigation at provincial level

Meiling Wang, Zihui Yin, Silu Pang, Zilian Li

Information Development, volume 39, issue 1 (2023), pp. 107-122

"This study aims to examine the impact of Internet development on the urban-rural income gap in China. By using a provincial level panel dataset comprising 31 of China’s provinces, it analyzes and compares the effects of the eastern, central, and western regions over the period of 2005–2016. The ... more

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A Communication Strategy for Climate Change Solutions: A Descriptive Study of the British Council’s Climate Cool Campaign for Climate Champions of Indonesia

Candy Hernandez

In: The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent

Ben Harbisher (ed.)

Rowman & Littlefield (2023), pp. 213-231

"The communication strategy used by the British Council on Climate Cool Campaign for Climate Champions of Indonesia is very positively accepted and effective. Almost all of the responses from the interviewees agreed and were alarmed with the effects of climate change and quick action must be impleme ... more

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Lessons on Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability for the Türkiye–Syria Earthquake Response

London: CDAC Network (2023), 9 pp.

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Communicating Climate Change

London: Apolitical (2023)

"Climate change is complex and multifaceted and can prompt a whole host of emotional reactions. This free course will take you step-by-step through the journey of creating effective, powerful climate communications, from setting objectives to identifying key messages to evaluating your success." (ht ... more

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Informing Effectively on the Ecological Emergency

Mediation: Biannual Publication of Fondation Hirondelle, issue 10 (2023), 6 pp.

"The ecological emergency, a global phenomenon with local consequences, has become a major media issue in the countries where Fondation Hirondelle works: floods in the Central African Republic and in the Sahel this autumn, drought in the Sahelian region, pollution of urban centres full of outdated t ... more

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2023 Edelman Trust Barometer. Special Report: Trust and Climate Change

Edelman Trust Institute (2023), 60 pp.

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The State of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in the Horn of Africa Drought Response: A Snapshot Report for Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

Andrew Nzimbi, Alyssa Thurston

London: CDAC Network (2023), 21 pp.

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Efficacy of Radio Entertainment Education in Promoting Health Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

Pratiti Diddi, Sushma Kumble, Fuyuan Shen

Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 30, issue 1 (2023), pp. 387-407

"Radio-based entertainment education (EE) programs have long been a way to communicate health-related information, particularly in developing countries. To explore the effectiveness of these campaigns, we used meta-analysis to examine the results of 20 published studies on the effectiveness of healt ... more

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Sonic Engagement: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Community Engaged Audio Practice

Sarah Woodland, Wolfgang Vachon (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xiv, 332 pp.

"This edited collection investigates the use of sound and audio production in community engaged participatory arts practice and research. The popularity of podcast and audio drama, combined with the accessibility and portability of affordable field recording and home studio equipment, makes audio a ... more

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People vs. ‘god of plague’: Socialist China’s anti-zoonotic campaign media as environmental media

Yiman Wang

Journal of Environmental Media, volume 4, issue 1 (2023), pp. 147-166

"This article cross-pollinates environmental media studies with socialist China’s anti-snail fever campaign media, including two 1965 science education films, a 1961 song book, all entitled ‘Song wensheng’ (‘Sending away god of plague’), and a 1970 'Chijiao yisheng shouce' (‘The handbook ... more

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The Far-Right Smokescreen: Environmental Conspiracy and Culture Wars on Brazilian YouTube

Débora Salles, Priscila Muniz de Medeiros, Rose Marie Santini, Carlos Eduardo Barros

Social Media + Society, volume 9, issue 3 (2023), 22 pp.

"Holding the greatest area of rainforest in the world, Brazil has seen the adoption of a far-right anti-environmental agenda under the administration of Jair Bolsonaro. This agenda was backed by a transnational infrastructure of right-wing media outlets on online platforms, including the conservativ ... more

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Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South
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Abiodun Salawu, Tshepang Bright Molale, Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed, Mohammad Sahid Ullah (eds.)

Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2023), vii, 284 pp.

"Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South brings together voices from the margins to engage in dialogue about common social change issues in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. This book argues that resistance and social movements, expressed in music and songs and exchang ... more

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What Difference Does it Make? The Importance of Documentary to Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-Truth World

Rhys Davies

In: The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent

Ben Harbisher (ed.)

Rowman & Littlefield (2023), pp. 117-136

"The landscape of documentaries has changed greatly in the twenty-first century. From a niche form, with few productions, to global distribution via social media. Post-truth documentaries largely have a sense of outsiders challenging the status quo, delivered by self-proclaimed experts with anecdote ... more

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Media coverage in question: Shining light in renewables

Abu Siddique, Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2023), 30 pp.

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Baseline report on media coverage of solar energy and productive use of solar energy in agriculture in East Africa

Brian Ssenabulya, Darius Mukiza, George W. Lugalambi

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 23 pp.

"The study examines the coverage of solar energy in East African news media, specifically focusing on 63 stories from a leading daily newspaper and television station in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from January to December 2023. Reporters and editors have reported limited coverage of solar energy du ... more

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The Alternative Truth Kept Hidden From Us: The Effects of Multimodal Disinformation Disseminated by Ordinary Citizens and Alternative Hyper-Partisan Media. Evidence From the US and India

Michael Hameleers, Darian Harff, Désirée Schmuck

Digital Journalism (2023), 22 pp.

"The affordances of social media potentially amplify the effects of disinformation by offering the possibility to present deceptive content and sources in credible and native ways. We investigate the effects of two aspects related to the dissemination and modality of digital disinformation: (In)auth ... more

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Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South
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