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A Communicator’s Tip Sheet for COVID-19 Vaccination

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2020), 1 p.
"Three communication considerations: 1. What - Define communication goals; 2. Who: Identify needs and persepctives of intended audience; 3. How: Create and disseminate tailored messages." (Page 1)
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ITU guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plans

Juan Manuel Roldan, Felipe Ordoñez
Geneva: ITU (2020), v, 95 pp.
"The effective management of the risk of disasters depends on communication and information sharing across all levels of government, within communities, and between public and private organizations. In particular, timely and effective information flow is important for early warning and alerting the ... more
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La communication de changement comportemental: Théorisations, modélisations et applications

Camille Roger Abolou
Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 244 pp.
"Au-delà de la communication pour le développement qui a suscité maints positionnements intellectuels et idéologiques dans la plupart des travaux d’études et de recherches des africanistes et des latinoaméricanistes, la communication de changement comportemental, bien qu’ayant motivé un i ... more
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COVID-19: Orientaciones para comunicar sobre la enfermedad por el Coronavirus 2019. Guía para líderes

Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2020), 10 pp.
"En un escenario ideal, se contaría con tiempo para hacer planes, establecer una estrategia de comunicación y una guía de acción. Pero situaciones como estas, requieren aptitudes inmediatas para comunicarse con el público. La comunicación de riesgos es un componente integral de la gestión de ... more
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Stratégie Nationale de Communication et de Plaidoyer en faveur de la Nutrition au Burkina Faso 2020-2024

Gouvernement du Burkina Faso (2020), 111 pp.
"Le présent document de stratégie fournit, sur la base de l’analyse situationnelle, le cadre logique des interventions, délimite les domaines stratégiques, précise les objectifs tant généraux que spécifiques et les résultats attendus des différentes activités qui seront programmées. Il ... more
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Communication is Aid: E-Learning Course

[London]: CDAC Network; Humanitarian Leadership Academy (2020)
"When disaster strikes people need food, shelter, water and safety. They also need information and they need to be able to communicate – with each other and with those trying to help them. Through information provision and dialogue it is possible to engage people actively in the response: enabling ... more
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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition in Nepal: Informing and Motivating Communities to Pursue Healthier Practices in Mid- and Far-Western Districts

Sanjib Saha, Astha Siwakoti, Bhabasagar Ghimire
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 11 pp.
"This research briefing presents three case studies that demonstrate how BBC Media Action used insights from formative qualitative research to create public service announcements (PSAs) in 12 districts of midand far-western Nepal. BBC Media Action worked with local radio stations to target specific ... 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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Optimizing Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Health Information Systems: Lessons Learned from Ebola to COVID-19

Arusch Lal, Henry C. Ashworth, Sara Dada, Laura Hoemeke, Ernest Tambo
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, volume 16, issue 1 (2020), pp. 333-340
"Strengthening health systems and maintaining essential service delivery during health emergencies response is critical for early detection and diagnosis, prompt treatment, and effective control of pandemics, including the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health information systems (HIS) d ... more
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Dekonstruktion von Rassismus in Schulbüchern: „Verbesserte“ Schulbuchinhalte reichen nicht aus

Jule Bönkost
Leibniz-Institut für internationale Schulbuchforschung (2020), 27 pp.
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DEF’s Covid-19 Relief Initiatives as a Digitally-Enabled Humanitarian Organisation

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) (2020), 42 pp.
"Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) launched the Digital Emergency Relief Programme through its Community Information Resource Centers (CIRC) across 600+ locations in India who have been rigorously responding to the crisis by reaching out to the most vulnerable communities. The CIRC centres with t ... more
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Handbook for Media: The New Coronavirus and COVID-19

Genevieve Hutchinson, Jacqueline Dalton
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 34 pp.
"The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can spread rapidly and cause a lot of harm. But if communities respond appropriately and quickly, it is possible to limit its spread and the damage it causes. Mass media and communication have an absolutely vital role to play in this effort. Media can: provi ... more
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Redes sociales y plataformas de fact-checking contra la desinformación sobre la COVID-19

Xavier Ramon-Vegas, Marcel Mauri-Ríos, Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez
Hipertext.net, issue 21 (2020), pp. 79-92
"La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha generado una crisis sanitaria y comunicativa sin precedentes. A través de las plataformas digitales, se ha producido una ingente circulación de información falsa, inexacta o descontextualizada so-bre el coronavirus. Entre ella, cabe destacar los rumores, bulos y teo ... more
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How Green is Your Smartphone?

Richard Maxwell, Toby Miller
Cambridge: Polity Press (2020), 160 pp.
"Contrary to widespread claims, consumer electronics and other digital technologies are made in ways that cause some of the worst environmental disasters of our time - conflict-minerals extraction, fatal and life-threatening occupational hazards, toxic pollution of ecosystems, rising energy consumpt ... more
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Key Considerations: Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19

Nadia Butler
Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 8 pp.
"This brief sets out practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It details various types of online media, key players and influencers on social media, a ... more
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Journalism in Bangladesh During Corona Pandemic: Media Heroes

Urmila Sarkar et al.
Dhaka: South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID) (2020), 54 pp.
"In this small book, we have identified 10 heroes from different media channels of the country and documented their stories. Our colleagues took their time and went for in-depth discussion with those media soldiers and transcribed those into pieces of stories. These stories embodied their first-hand ... more
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Media and COVID-19 in West Africa: Liberia

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 7 pp.
"With the exception of the introduction of new press passes for the journalists by the Deputy Minister of Information and the harassment that followed its implementation, the media landscape in Liberia in May and June has been open and free. Even though the Ministry of Information reduced the freque ... more
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Guidance on Depictions of Suicide & Self-Harm in Drama & Film

Samaritans (2020), 5 pp.
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Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away
Deep Insights

Heidi Larson
New York: Oxford University Press (2020), xli, 157 pp.
"A clear-eyed, expert examination of the state of vaccine confidence globally -- and what it means for the future of life on earth. Considers the widening gulf between messages of medical authority and those on everyman platforms of our digital world, especially as it influences individual choice. C ... more
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From Distrust to Solidarity: How Can We Inform People About Coronavirus? Recommendations

Igor Balynskyi, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Denys Kobzin, Angelina Kariakina, Peter Pomerantsev
Lviv; London: Public Interest Journalism Lab; Lviv Media Forum; London School of Economics and Political Science (2020), 17 pp.
"The audience has clear requests concerning the presentation of information and the range of themes. In our opinion the following observations are most important: There is a need to separate useful information in the media from “information noise”, as the latter can raise anxiety. Trust is felt ... more