"While examples of the rapid spread of misinformation date back to the earliest days of scientific medicine, the internet, by allowing instantaneous communication and powerful amplification has brought about a quantum change. In democracies where ideas compete in the marketplace for attention, accur
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ate scientific information, which may be difficult to comprehend and even dull, is easily crowded out by sensationalized news. In order to uncover the current evidence and better understand the mechanism of misinformation spread, we report a systematic review of the nature and potential drivers of health-related misinformation. We searched PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Scopus and Google databases to identify relevant methodological and empirical articles published between 2012 and 2018. A total of 57 articles were included for full-text analysis. Overall, we observe an increasing trend in published articles on health-related misinformation and the role of social media in its propagation. The most extensively studied topics involving misinformation relate to vaccination, Ebola and Zika Virus, although others, such as nutrition, cancer, fluoridation of water and smoking also featured. Studies adopted theoretical frameworks from psychology and network science, while co-citation analysis revealed potential for greater collaboration across fields. Most studies employed content analysis, social network analysis or experiments, drawing on disparate disciplinary paradigms. Future research should examine susceptibility of different sociodemographic groups to misinformation and understand the role of belief systems on the intention to spread misinformation. Further interdisciplinary research is also warranted to identify effective and tailored interventions to counter the spread of health-related misinformation online." (Abstract)
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"La comunicación para el desarrollo representa un campo de conocimiento de considerable interés en las dinámicas y procesos del desarrollo, por lo que amerita reconocerla en el contexto peruano. En este sentido, el objetivo de esta investigación, consiste en estructurar una cartografía discipli
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nar en torno a la situación y evolución de su producción científica, los campos, subcampos temáticos que lo componen, así como los espacios y sujetos de intervención. La metodología es descriptiva, se revisaron sistemáticamente 59 informes de tesis recuperados del Repositorio Nacional de Trabajos de Investigación, de las universidades peruanas. Los resultados evidencian una alta concentración de investigación en el último quinquenio (2015-2019), concentrada en algunas universidades, más en públicas que privadas; preferentemente en ciertas regiones territoriales, más en provincias que en la capital. Las investigaciones universitarias analizadas se centran en enfoques de comunicación para el desarrollo que promueven el cambio social y personal; las estrategias de comunicación, relacionadas con las dinámicas de promoción de proyectos locales; los planes de comunicación, que intervienen en el desarrollo asociativo; y los medios comunitarios concernientes a la radiodifusión, y tratamientos informativos sobre los conflictos sociales. Se concluye que la comunicación para el desarrollo en las tesis está orientada desde una disciplina que taxativamente marca al territorio y a lo social." (Resumen)
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"Risk communication is crucial to building community resilience and reducing risk from extreme events. True community resilience involves accurate and timely dissemination of risk information to stakeholders. This book examines the policy and science of risk communication in the digital era. Themes
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include public awareness of risk and public participation in risk communication and resilience building. The first half of the book focuses on conceptual frameworks, components, and the role of citizens in risk communication. The second half examines the role of risk communication in resilience building and provides an overview of some of its challenges in the era of social media. This book looks at the effectiveness of risk communication in socially and culturally diverse communities in the developed and developing world. The interdisciplinary approach bridges academic research and applied policy action. Contributions from Latin America and Asia provide insight into global risk communication at a time when digital technologies have rapidly transformed conventional communication approaches. This book will be of critical interest to policy makers, academicians, and researchers, and will be a valuable reference source for university courses that focus on emergency management, risk communication, and resilience." (Publisher description)
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"This Guide provides practical guidance for governments regarding how to effectively communicate with communities during the recovery phase following an emergency. It explains how to identify communication needs, and presents “best fit” communication methods and strategies to deploy to support D
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isaster Recovery Frameworks (DRF) and recovery strategies. For the purposes of this Guide, recovery communication includes sending, gathering, managing and evaluating information. Communication flows between governments and communities can be one-way, whereby information is sent out to communities, and/or two-way, whereby communities have an opportunity to voice their views/opinions to governments. Past recovery experience suggests it is critically important that governments do more than just send information to communities. They should also engage in two-way communication. Two-way communication helps ensure that recovery priorities in DRFs and recovery strategies align with community priorities, thereby harmonizing recovery efforts of governments and communities." (About this guide, page 2)
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"From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today’s NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and
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aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long historical legacies. Ultimately, the critical histories collected here help to challenge existing asymmetries and help those who advocate a new cosmopolitan consciousness recognizing the dignity and rights of others." (Publisher description)
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"In dieser Studie wird untersucht, welche Medien die Bevölkerung nutzt, inwieweit sie diesen und den Sendern von entwicklungspolitischen Informationen vertraut (z. B. Bundesregierung oder Entwicklungsorganisationen) und in welchem Maß sie über die Medien in Kontakt mit dem für die Entwicklungspo
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litik zentralen Thema „weltweite Armut“ kommt. Darüber hinaus wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie die mediale Berichterstattung zu weltweiter Armut wahrgenommen wird. Die Befunde der Studie sollen dazu beitragen, dass entwicklungspolitische Akteure evidenzbasierte Informationen in Bezug auf Ziele, Maßnahmen und Wirkungen der Entwicklungspolitik und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit erhalten, aber auch ihre Herausforderungen effektiver und bedarfsgerechter an die Bevölkerung vermitteln können. Bisherige Studien widmeten sich jeweils lediglich Teilaspekten dieses – inhaltlich stark verbundenen – Themenkomplexes. Der Meinungsmonitor Entwicklungspolitik 2019 – Medien, Mediennutzung und Berichterstattung zu weltweiter Armut ist die erste Studie, die Mediennutzung, Medienwahrnehmung und Wahrnehmung entwicklungspolitisch relevanter Inhalte innerhalb einer Studie im Zusammenhang analysiert." (Zusammenfassung, Seite vi)
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"The book covers the trajectories and trends in social change communication, engaging the key theoretical debates on communication and social change. Attending to the concepts of communication and social change that emerge from and across the global margins, the book works toward offering theoretica
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l and methodological lessons that de-center the dominant constructions of communication and social change. The chapters in the book delve into the interplays of academic-activist-community negotiations in communication for social change, and the ways in which these negotiations offer entry points into transformative communication processes of social change. Moreover, a number of chapters in the book attend to the ways in which Asian articulations of social change are situated at the intersections of culture, structure, and agency. Chapters in the book are extended versions of research presented at the conference on Communicating Social Change: Intersections of Theory and Praxis held at the National University of Singapore in 2016, organized under the umbrella of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)." (Publisher description)
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"Educators use Twitter in many ways, including:
- The Digital Classroom: Twitter can be used to teach media and information literacy, including digital skills as well as global citizenship. You can prepare students to be informed, creative, engaged, empowered as well as how to express themselves —
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contributing to positive societal change while being safe and smart on Twitter and everywhere else online.
- Networking with Colleagues: Twitter is a great tool to get ideas from other educators, to stay connected to education, and edtech conferences you cannot attend in person. It’s also an ideal tool to aid professional development and continuous learning.
- Connecting with the School Community: Teachers and administrators can use Twitter to share classroom or school news — from homework and projects to back-toschool nights.
This resource will provide insight into how Twitter can be used by educators and social actors of all kinds to innovate for better learning outcomes." (Introduction, page 3)
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"With a focus on entertainment education, this article sheds light on the effects of radio drama in addressing conflict over land governance. The discussion is built around the broadcast of Bush Wahala radio series during the recent land acquisition process that has taken place in Sierra Leone. Thro
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ugh the analysis of semi-structured interviews conducted by the author with rural farmers affected by this issue, on the one hand, this work generates reflections on the role of radio drama in providing listeners with alternative options to the use of violence and confrontation with the authorities in order to claim land rights; on the other hand, it represents an important contribution to the literature of edutainment in contexts of conflict, with a specific focus on the increasingly complex issue of land grabbing in the developing world." (Abstract)
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"Este mapeamento foi estabelecido com os seguintes objetivos: contribuir com uma visão global na Pan-Amazônia, suas culturas, seus povos, superando visões fragmentadas e favorecer o testemunho de uma plena comunhão eclesiástica e de toda uma pastoral na bacia amazônica; oferecer um amplo panor
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ama da presença, da identidade e da ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia; incentivar a cooperação com outras instituições nacionais e internacionais na preservação da identidade dos povos amazônicos. Mais especificamente, esse processo visa a favorecer a análise, a reflexão e o diálogo sobre a realidade socioeconômica, política e cultural-religiosa; a estimular uma visão Pan-Amazônica que supere a fragmentação; fortalecer o protagonismo dos povos indígenas, ribeirinhos, afrodescendentes e demais grupos para a elaboração de propostas para seu tecido sociocultural; a fortalecer a organização social e a transformação da realidade; a proporcionar uma base de dados para o planejamento de atividades educativas, organizativas e mobilizadoras de projetos e processos; a produzir mapas gerais e específicos da presença e ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia, entre outros." (Introdução, página 2)
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"Engagement of key stakeholder groups in operations financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) promotes good governance, transparency, innovation, responsiveness, and development effectiveness. Effective engagement of stakeholder groups, including civil society, project beneficiaries, and project-
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affected people, requires the understanding and effective use of participatory tools throughout the project cycle. However, while one participatory tool may work well in one context, it may not be appropriate in another. This series of explainers provides a range of tools from which practitioners can pick and choose, according to different phases of the ADB project cycle, context, and available time/resources. Some tools may be specific to particular phases in the ADB project cycle, such as monitoring and evaluation tools, while others may be used throughout the project cycle, such as participatory assessment tools." (Stakeholder analysis, page 16)
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"This article adopts the case study research approach through the use of document analysis and interviews to investigate the role of two community radio stations in selected areas of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa with regard to rural development and the dissemination of information to w
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omen listeners. It also suggests ways by which these radios may be used to enhance access to information by rural women in South Africa. The findings reveal that although community radio stations are recognised as support systems for information dissemination in rural communities, their role in information dissemination and the community development of women has not been fully explored. This article suggests ways in which the services of community radios may be enhanced by the provision of information to women for rural development." (Abstract)
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"En el proyecto PLAID se realizaron cursos de capacitación en vídeo para agricultores y consultores. Las experiencias obtenidas en estos cursos constituyen la base de esta guía. En ella se dan consejos sobre cómo producir vídeos informativos utilizando medios sencillos. Esta guía sigue los tre
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s pasos de toda producción de vídeo: planificación, rodaje y edición. Está centrada en los requisitos específicos de los videos para la agricultura. Esta guía está dirigida a principiantes: agricultores, consultores, pero también investigadores en proyectos nacionales e internacionales que deseen producir vídeos de instrucción sencillos como parte de sus actividades de difusión." (Resumen)
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"This handbook provides guidelines on the practice and ethics of participatory visual methods (PVM) with emphasis on their use in low and middle income countries (LMIC) for community and public engagement in health and health science. The guidelines are drawn from the hands-on experience of the auth
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ors and the insights they have gained as PVM practitioners working with these methodologies in LMIC for 10 years or more. The handbook has been developed for use by engagement practitioners who are relatively new to the field of PVM and want to learn more about what they are and how to work with them. It also aims to support health science researchers who wish to include visual methods when engaging local communities and wider publics in their work. The handbook does not explore the theory behind PVM or provide an in-depth review of the literature. For each method that is described the pioneering work in the field is cited, along with other suggested reading, should you wish to learn more." (Foreword)
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"The concept of social vulnerability has been increasingly applied in disaster literature, but its communicative drivers have remained understudied. In this article, we put forward a heuristic framework for explaining how communication-related factors may adversely affect people’s capacity to prep
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are for and respond to disasters. This will help researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of disasters and crises to systematically identify individual, social-structural, and situational factors of vulnerability that shape how people access, understand, and act upon information about hazards. We integrate ideas from recent literature on information disorders – various forms and effects of false or harmful information that are characteristic to modern communication ecosystems – to improve our understanding of how the new media environments may transform the ways people learn about hazards and cope with disasters." (Abstract)
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