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Building Smart Villages: A Blueprint. As Piloted in Niger

Geneva: ITU (2020), xiv, 57 pp.

"This Smart Village Blueprint, piloted in Niger, has been conceived as a practical tool for establishing smart villages. It contributes to the implementation of the Niger 2.0 Smart Villages project, which aims at providing broadband infrastructure to improve Internet access in rural and remote parts ... more

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Comunicación para el cambio de comportamientos y estrategias sanitaria del gobierno peruano frente al COVID-19

Sandro Macassi

Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), issue 145 (2020), pp. 235-258

"Se revisan las explicaciones sobre incremento de contagios y muertes en el caso peruano pese a las medidas tempranas y duras para restringir la propagación del virus. Se profundiza en el análisis de las barreras para el cambio de comportamiento necesarios para detener la transmisión del COVID-19 ... more

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Comunicación, sociedad y salud en contexto de pandemia
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Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), issue 145 (2020), pp. 41-300

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Risk Communication Involving Vulnerable Populations: An Annotated Bibliography

Nnenia Campbell, Kamryn Roper-Fetter, Mary Yoder

Boulder, Col.: University of Colorado Boulder, Natural Hazards Center (2020), 48 pp.

"This document is intended to be used as a resource bibliography for in-depth reading about risk communication best practices. It summarizes academic research and practical guidance on the topic of hazards and disaster risk communication, with a particular focus on socially vulnerable populations. I ... more

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ICT for Disaster Risk Management

Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP), 3rd ed. (2020), 137 pp.

"This module introduces disaster risk management (DRM) and provides an overview of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be used for DRM. A large number of examples and case studies on the applications of ICTs in DRM have been included in the module. The main objective of the mod ... more

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Creating Change Through Digital Communities: How RNW Media's Digital Platforms Impact Young People's Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour

Hilversum: RNW Media (2020), 34 pp.

"The Theories of Change for both Citizens’ Voice [a programme focusing on social cohesion and inclusive governance] and the SRHR programme (which includes Love Matters [delivering information and media on love, sex and relationships to 18-30-year-olds]) contain a key assumption that through provid ... more

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Behavioral Science Tips for COVID-19 Communications

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU);University of Pennsylvania, Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics;Ideas42.org (2020), 2 pp.

"Human behavior plays a central role in reducing the spread of coronavirus. Communication by government entities and other trusted sources about desirable or mandated behaviors during the pandemic is critical. As policymakers, funders, and program staff, it is our responsibility to ensure that commu ... more

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Guidelines on Distance Education During COVID-19

Burnaby, Canada: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2020), 14 pp.

"The Guidelines provide practical directions for the use of distance education tools and practices to support teaching and learning and offer suggestions on the use of appropriate technology to address the social and pedagogical issues of learning in a crisis situation. The purpose is to provide a r ... more

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External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-Based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Mobile Phones, Nutrition, and Health in Tanzania. Business Modelling Endline Report

Nigel Scott, Simon Batchelor, Jones. Tom

E-pact Consortium;Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2020), 118 pp.

"mNutrition is a global initiative supported by FCDO, managed by GSMA, and implemented by in-country MNOs and third party providers to use mobile technology, that sought to improve the health and nutritional status of children and adults in the developing world. The potential to utilise mobile techn ... more

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30 Critical Concepts for Fighting COVID-19 in the Age of Digital Interdependence

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 11 pp.

"Why understanding these 30 concepts is key during and post COVID19? As millions of people around the world are quarantined or in physical isolation, with border closings and restrictions in travel, Information Technologies (IT) have become the main means of interaction and communication. Suddenly, ... more

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Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the Fight Against COVID-19

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 6 pp.

"Misinformation is false or inaccurate information deliberately intended to deceive. In the context of the current pandemic, it can greatly affect all aspects of life, especifically people’s mental health, since searching for COVID-19 updates on the Internet has jumped 50% –70% across all genera ... more

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COVID-19: An Informative Guide. Advice for Journalists

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 15 pp.

"This document offers tools to help journalists practice responsible coverage of the pandemic using evidence-based information. It also proposes ways to approach coverage and encourages journalists to provide advice and solutions that can help reduce health risks and save lives. The priorities of th ... more

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Data Visualization in Society
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Helen Kennedy, Martin Engbretsen (eds.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 464 pp.

"This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain vie ... more

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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Why Risk Communication is the Critical Component in Disaster Risk Reduction

Bapon Fakhruddin, Helen Clark, Lisa Robinson, Loretta Hieber-Girardet

Progress in Disaster Science, volume 8 (2020), 4 pp.

"Even the most sophisticated forecasting models and advanced early warning systems can be rendered ineffective if the information is not communicated clearly, on time, and in a way that allows the end-user to consider options and act appropriately. These challenges not only apply to fast onset hazar ... more

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Journalism and the Pandemic: A Global Snapshot of Impacts

Julie Posetti, Emily Bell, Pete Brown

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ);Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University (2020), 30 pp.

"Our report demonstrates that journalists are working in a severely pressured financial, physical and psychological environment during the pandemic. This will be the most enduringly difficult professional period many have experienced during their careers. There is the added complication of an inform ... more

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Repräsentation ferner Wirklichkeiten: Umstrittene Wissensproduktion in wissenschaftlicher und humanitärer Praxis

Michaela Zöhrer

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2020), 387 pp.

"Welche Darstellungen von ‚fernen Anderen‘ finden im Globalen Norden Verbreitung und Anklang? Welche nicht? Wer spricht für wen? Wer bleibt ungehört? Und: Weshalb scheint es zunehmend wichtig und geboten, diese Fragen zu stellen? Die sozialwissenschaftliche Studie analysiert und diskutiert kon ... more

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COVID-19: The Role of Judicial Operators in the Protection and Promotion of the Right to Freedom of Expression: Guidelines

Joan Barata

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 13 pp.

"Judges and courts, both at national and regional levels, will find these guidelines useful to ensure the application of international and regional human rights standards of freedom of expression and privacy when ruling on cases involving States’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak that have an imp ... more

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Ensuring Effective Distance Learning During COVID-19 Disruption: Guidance for Teachers
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Fengchun Miao, Ronghuai Huang, Dejian Liu, Rongxia Zhuang

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 76 pp.

"This Guidance aims to help teachers understand key issues related to home-based distance learning during COVID-19 school closures and design and facilitate effective learning activities. While we fully recognize the complementary relationship between formal and non-formal education, and continuity ... more

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Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation
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Julie Posetti, Kalina Bontcheva

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 16 pp.

"COVID-19 disinformation creates confusion about medical science with immediate impact on every person on the planet, and upon whole societies. It is more toxic and more deadly than disinformation about other subjects. That is why this policy brief coins the term disinfodemic. Using this frame, the ... more

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A Framework for Assessing Success of National CCE Platforms

CDAC Network;Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 14 pp.

"This framework lays out the multiple elements needed to successfully build and assess the performance of a national Communications and Community Engagement (CCE) Platform. These Platforms enable a broad range of government and disaster response organisations to implement coordinated communication a ... more

Comunicación, sociedad y salud en contexto de pandemia Top Insights

Data Visualization in Society Top Insights

Ensuring Effective Distance Learning During COVID-19 Disruption: Guidance for Teachers Key Guidance

Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation Key Guidance

Comunicación, sociedad y salud en contexto de pandemia
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Data Visualization in Society
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Ensuring Effective Distance Learning During COVID-19 Disruption: Guidance for Teachers
Key Guidance

Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation
Key Guidance