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Milestones in Communication and National Development

Vibert C. Cambridge

In: Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective

Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.)

Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield, 3rd ed. (2025), pp. 397-412

"Since World War II, several terms have been used to describe the deliberate, systematic, and creative use of communication assets - technologies, processes and imagination - to respond to dehumanizing conditions and to promote positive human development. They include project support communication, ... more

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Die Rapper aus dem Regenwald

Sarah Fernandes

welt-sichten, 14. Januar (2025)

"Im Amazonasgebiet, abgelegen von den brasilianischen Metropolen, hat sich eine lebendige Rap-Szene etabliert. Anders als im Großstadt-Rap geht es in ihren Texten weniger um soziale Ungleichheit, sondern vor allem um Umweltzerstörung und kulturelle Identität." (Einleitung)

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Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Asian Perspective

Ran Wei et al.

London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 236 pp.

"This book tackles the infodemic—the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading, or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications—triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on four Asian societies, the book compares and analyzes the spread of COVID-19 misinformation ... more

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Klimawandel in den Medien: Zwischen konstruktiver Debatte und Polarisierung

Michael Brüggemann, Louisa Pröschel

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), 5. März (2024)

"Der Klimawandel ist eine besondere Herausforderung für den Journalismus. Welche Hindernisse gibt es in der Klimakommunikation? Und wie können diese überwunden werden?" (Einführung)

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Challenges of Journalists Across All Continents in the Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rut Gomez-Sobrino, Daniel Catalan-Matamoros

Journalism Practice (2024), [no pag.]

"During the COVID-19 crisis, journalists doubled efforts to keep societies informed, safe, and disease-free. The study examines and compares specific challenges that journalists, based in diverse world regions, confronted during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted with 215 journalists work ... more

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Pathways for strengthening community feedback and complaints approaches in Papua New Guinea

London: CDAC Network (2024), 5 pp.

"Acknowledging the contextual challenges in Papua New Guinea, CDAC recommends the following actions to UNDP and other response organisations to strengthen approaches to two-way communication with communities in disaster response activities. 1. Utilise the newly established Community of Practice for ... more

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Environmental Activism and Global Media: Perspective from the Past, Present and Future

Pardeep Singh, Bendangwapang Ao, Dr Medhavi (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2024), x, 343 pp.

"This scholarly work discusses the historical, contemporary, and prospective dimensions of environmental activism and its intersection with global media. It provides a comprehensive view of the pivotal role played by the media in shaping awareness concerning environmental challenges and catalyzing a ... more

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Pandemics in the Age of Social Media: Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations

Vikas Kumar, Mohit Rewari (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), xviii, 191 pp.

"This book offers insights into social media practices and challenges in developing nations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering different aspects of social media during the pandemic, the book offers new frameworks, concepts, tools and techniques for integrating social media to support national de ... more

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Latin American History Goes to the Movies: Understanding Latin America's Past through Film
Inspiring Practice

Stewart Brewer

London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2024), xiii, 264 pp.

"This new edition of Latin American History Goes to the Movies uses a variety of feature films as a method of studying key historical themes in Latin America, from pre-Columbian cultures to contemporary debates. The book provides historical context as a way of interpreting Latin American filmography ... more

Science Journalism in Pakistan: The Challenges Faced by Environmental Reporters

Rabia Qusien, David Robbins

Journalism Studies, volume 25, issue 5 (2024), pp. 459-479

"This research article answers calls for a greater understanding of science journalism in the Global South. Taking the case of environmental journalism in Pakistan, we present a thematic analysis of data from interviews with nine environmental reporters working for a range of news titles, representi ... more

The Journalism in Climate Change Websites: Their Distinct Forms of Specialism, Content, and Role Perceptions

James Painter, Jarkko Kangas, Risto Kunelius, Adrienne Russell

Journalism Practice, volume 18, issue 4 (2024), pp. 954-973

"Survey results from news consumers around the world suggest that specialist or niche websites covering climate change are now one of the most important sources of climate information. However, there is very little detailed scholarship about these sites. We carried out semi-structured interviews wit ... more

Looking Beyond Organisational Approaches to Advance Communication Practice: An Examination of Development Projects in India

Bhupesh Joshi, Valentina Baú, Paul Ryder

Development in Practice, volume 34, issue 3 (2024), pp. 255-272

"Organisation-centric approaches in development communication and public relations that privilege the organisation can restrict communication to organisational mandates and goals. Organisation-centric approaches can reflect a modernist view of development or communication and have been critiqued for ... more

Breaking the Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2023

London: Care International (2024), 26 pp.

"For the second year in a row, all ten of the most under-reported crises are in Africa. From conflict in Angola to climate change in Zimbabwe, every entry in this report represents countless human tragedies taking place in the shadows of the world’s gaze. Our second most under-reported crisis coun ... more

Health information systems in extreme contexts: Using mobile phones to fight AIDS in Uganda

Livingstone Njuba, Juan Gómez-Morantes, Andrea Herrera, Sonia Camacho

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), issue e12314 (2024), 16 pp.

"The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global issue that has unequally affected several countries. Due to the complexity of this condition and the human drama it represents to those most affected by it, several fields have contributed to solving or at least alleviating this situation, and the information syste ... more

Lifewide Learning in Postdigital Societies: Shedding Light on Emerging Culturalities

Luisa Conti, Fergal Lenehan (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2024), 238 pp.

"The Internet has penetrated material reality to such an extent that it is now often impossible to disentangle the material from the virtual. In this postdigital scenario, the encounter with 'newness' becomes accessible at the touch of a button, 24/7. Learning becomes a lifewide experience which all ... more

The Identity Work of Journalists and Humanitarians in South Sudan’s Protection of Civilians Sites

Rebecca Sutton, Richard Stupart

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, volume 18, issue 1 (2024), pp. 81-98

"This article interrogates the simplistic juxtaposition of protectors and protected in South Sudan’s Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites, by asking: who was civilian in South Sudan, and how were civilians being protected? We present a civilian landscape that is much broader and more complex than t ... more

Climate and Environmental Journalism under Fire: Threats to Free and Independent Coverage of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

Barbara Trionfi

International Press Institute (IPI) (2024), 59 pp.

Manual: Forum Theatre in Peacebuilding. With Experiences from Jordan

Lisenka Sedlacek, Anne Dirnstorfer

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2024), 62 pp.