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Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development: Participatory Practices in a Post-COVID Age

Ataharul Chowdhury, Gordon A. Gow (eds.)
Oxford: Routledge (2025), 315 pp.
"This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development p ... more
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Technology-Enabled Learning in the Commonwealth Countries: A Research Synthesis

Kaushal Kumar Bhagat
Burnaby, British Columbia (CA): Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2025), iv, 50 pp.
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US Aid Frozen: A Real Humanitarian Crisis And Lives Will Be Lost

Thomas Byrnes
ICTworks (2025)
"The United States has long held the position of the world’s single largest donor to humanitarian aid, a fact clearly illustrated by data from the UN’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS). In 2024, the US contributed a staggering $13.80 billion to humanitarian efforts globally, representing 43.04% ... more
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The Replaybook: A Field Guide to the Climate and Information Crisis
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Stefanie Hankey (ed.)
Berlin: Tactical Tech (2025), 285 pp.
"We are experiencing a climate and information crisis. While temperatures rise, the digital information landscape is fast becoming a toxic wasteland. The distortion of knowledge is accelerating polarisation, radicalisation, and confusion — endangering our ability to respond to climate change. The ... more
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Grundwissen Game Studies und Ludologie: Theorie und Praxis

Giovanni Vindigni
Tübingen: UVK (2025), 597 pp.
"Spiele durchdringen unser Leben. Sie dienen nicht nur der Unterhaltung. Sie sind auch Kommunikations- und Lerninstrument. Giovanni Vindigni führt in die Ludologie, die Lehre des Spielens, ein. Eindrucksvoll stellt er Geschichte, Einsatz sowie Klassifikation vor und berücksichtigt den Kompetenzerw ... more
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Repenser la communication pour le développement

Jacques Philippe Nacoulma
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), 138 pp.
"Le présent ouvrage est un « manifeste raisonné d’une certaine manière de faire de la recherche » en Sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) et en Sciences de l’information et de la communication (SIC). L’originalité de cette recherche tient au fait que l’Esprit public, les publics des d ... more
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How Do You Explain ChatGPT to a Community Health Worker?

Wayan Vota
ICTworks, December 2 (2025)
"I’ve been diving deep into groundbreaking research on community health worker (CHW) perceptions of AI applications in rural India. The truth is more complex than the rosy predictions flooding our sector about artificial intelligence transforming global health. The findings expose a troubling gap ... more
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Exploring Mental Health and Digital Technologies Among Young People in Rural Areas

C. M. Gonzales
Hopelab (2025), 19 pp.
"Young people in rural areas report distinct patterns in how they engage with digital technologies compared to their suburban and urban peers. These notable patterns are both shaped by and contribute to their experiences with digital connection, mental health, and well-being. This report highlights ... more
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L’essor des technologies numériques en Côte d’Ivoire: Réalités et enjeux

Jean-Jacques Maomra Bogui
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), 227 pp.
"Au début du troisième millénaire, la Côte d’Ivoire, à l’instar d’autres pays africains, au sortir de sommets internationaux, tirant la « sonnette d’alarme » sur la nécessité de combler le fossé numérique entre le Sud et le Nord, va prendre des initiatives en vue de favoriser la p ... more
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15 ICT4D Solutions Transforming Health, Education, Agriculture Sectors in International Development

Wayan Vota
ICTworks (2025)
"This analysis examines current implementations and emerging trends across international development sectors like health, education, and agriculture. Digital solutions are fostering innovation, improving service delivery, and enhancing economic opportunities. As we move deeper into the digital age, ... more
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Communication, changement social et développement humain: Approche conceptuelle et pratique

Serge Théophile Balima
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), 232 pp.
"Le concept même de communication pour le développement est apparu tardivement dans les sphères académiques, notamment dans l’espace francophone africain. L’université de Ouagadougou a été la première à dispenser cette spécialité dès 1996, non sans peine devant le conservatisme de ce ... more
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Small world: International factual programming on public service channels (2023-24)

Martin Scott
London: International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) (2025), 19 pp.
"This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To achieve this, we analysed the volume, originality, scheduling, genre, and geographic focus of inte ... more
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El cuarto mosquetero: La comunicación participativa como proceso del cambio social

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
La Paz: Plural Editores (2025), 600 pp.
"Este libro presenta una reflexión en relación con las diferentes fases o «tiempos» que, a juicio del autor, han influenciado la aplicación de la comunicación a estrategias de desarrollo, mostrando la manera como estos enfoques han permeado la utilización de la comunicación desde los organis ... more
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Communication and social change in Africa: Selected case studies

Manfred A. K. Asuman, Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Modestus Fosu (eds.)
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2025), 235 pp.
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„Das größte lösbare Problem der Welt“: Die mediale Vernachlässigung des Globalen Hungers

Ladislaus Ludescher
Heidelberg: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg (2025), 293 pp.
"Hunger gehört zu den elementarsten menschlichen Erfahrungen. Etwa jeder zehnte Mensch auf der Welt hungert. Jeden Tag sterben etwa 24.000 Menschen an den Folgen von Hunger, etwa alle 13 Sekunden ein Kind unter 5 Jahren. Hunger ist aber keineswegs ein unabwendbares Schicksal. Das Welternährungspro ... more
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ICTs, Smallholder Agriculture and Farmers’ Livelihood Improvement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Tanzania

Gabriel Kanuti Ndimbo, Lerong Yu, Andam Andin Ndi Buma
Information Development, volume 41, issue 2 (2025), pp. 368-387
"Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are among the profound tools to help the poor and marginalized rural smallholder farmers make a difference in their lives. This paper seeks to understand how the recent development of ICTs helps increase agricultural productivity and improve smallho ... more
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Charity representations of distant others: An analysis of UK charity visual communications in direct mail campaigns

David Girling, Deborah Adesina
University of East Anglia, School of Global Development (2025), 29 pp.
"In this phase of our research on charity advertising, we aimed to examine how INGOs represent distant others in direct mail communications compared to newspaper advertisements, building on findings from earlier studies. While the direct mail format offers greater potential for nuanced storytelling, ... more
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Should educators be concerned? The impact of short videos on rational thinking and learning: A comparative analysis

Thorsten Otto
Computers & Education, volume 234, issue 105330 (2025), 16 pp.
"Short videos are highly attractive and are becoming increasingly popular among young adults due to their unique properties. However, they also pose a risk of getting used to surface processing and suppressing slow analytic thinking. So far, little is known about the potential impact of short video ... more
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Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring

Stephanie Diepeveen, John Bryant, Wasuge Mahad
Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 14 pp.
"Since the early 2010s, humanitarian donors have increasingly contracted private firms to monitor and evaluate humanitarian activities, accompanied by a promise of improving accountability through their data and data analytics. This article contributes to scholarship on data practices in the humanit ... more