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Entertainment, Education, and Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence

Abhijit Banerjee, Eliana La Ferrara, Victor Orozco

AEA Papers and Proceedings, issue 109 (2019), pp. 133-137

"Entertainment education (“edutainment”) is a communication strategy that works through mass entertainment media with the aim of promoting a better context for behavior change than the delivery of information alone. We experimentally evaluate season 3 of the edutainment TV series MTV Shuga, prod ... more

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A Participatory Filmmaking Process with Children with Disabilities in Rural India: Working Towards Inclusive Research

Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Jeshuran Gunaseelan, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Debra Cameron, Colleen McGrath, Samuel Prasanna Vinoth Kumar

Methodological Innovations, issue September-Dezember (2019), pp. 1-19

"Children with disabilities often experience exclusion within their communities, and this exclusion can extend into research processes. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, however, emphasizes that children of all abilities need to be involved as decision makers in matters affec ... more

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The Business of Chin Media: News Audiences Challenges Survival
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New York: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2019), 90 pp.

"This report analyses the Chin media sector. It is based on research conducted by MDIF from late 2018 through December 2019, as well as a quantitative and qualitative survey conducted by Myanmar Survey Research (MSR) in May 2019. The report provides data on the Chin media operations themselves, as w ... more

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Supply and Demand for Open Educational Resources (OER) for Basic Education in Africa: Report and Recommendations

Barbara Trudell, Henk Prenger, Angela Becker

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 50 pp.

"Open educational resources (OER) are an important emerging genre of teaching and learning materials with the potential for providing significant learning support on a global scale. OER have the capacity to enhance the availability of quality reading and learning materials to audiences who are not c ... more

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Pistas para hacer del desarrollo nuestro plan: Guía para la participación e incidencia de periodistas y comunicadores en planes de desarrollo territorial

Sebastián Guanumen Parra, Sebastián Calderón Pedraza et al.

Bogotá: Consejo de Redacción;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 164 pp.

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The Amazon: New Paths for the Church and for Integral Ecology. Working Document

Synod of Bishops. Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon

Rede Eclesial Pan-Amazônica (REPAM) (2019), 57 pp.

"Following the proposal of the Pan-Amazon Church Network (REPAM), the document is structured on the basis of three conversions to which Pope Francis invites us: the pastoral conversion to which he calls us in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (see-listen); the ecological conversion which t ... more

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The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change: Fighting HIV with MTV

Abhijit Banerjee, Eliana La Ferrara, Victor Orozco-Olvera

Washington, DC: World Bank Group (2019), 45 pp.

"This paper tests the effectiveness of an entertainment education television series, MTV Shuga, aimed at providing information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model, the paper shows that “edutainment” can work through an individual or a social channel. Th ... more

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Infographics, New Media and Media Consumption Habits in Nigeria

Chineme Carl Okafor

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 52 pp.

"This study engages in a comparative analysis of the history, importance, and benefits of infographics, in general, and in the media, in particular in Nigeria. It looks at the history of the Nigerian press, as well as the scale of use of infographics and new media tools in communicating business sto ... more

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Guidance on Reporting Major Incidents

Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) (2019), 11 pp.

"There is a public interest in the reporting of major incidents, to inform the public of what has happened and over time allow the public to make sense of those events. Legitimate reporting of major incidents will often include approaches to individuals who have witnessed or been otherwise affected ... more

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NGOs as News Organizations

Kate Wright

Oxford University Press (2019)

"Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, the predecessors of NGOs—pressure groups—tried to advance their cause by cultivating close relations with the mainstream press, and/or publishing their own periodicals. But from the late 20th century onward, many NGOs started routinely producing their ... more

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Family Planning and Youth in West Africa: Mass Media, Digital Media, and Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategies. Literature Review
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Sarah Castle, Martha Silva

Washington, DC: Population Council (2019), 42 pp.

"This review presents evidence about the impact of mass media and digital media on young people’s family planning (FP) attitudes and behaviors. It primarily focuses on the Ouagadougou Partnership countries, but also describes lessons learned from other initiatives implemented more widely in Africa ... more

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Small Group Discussion to Promote Reflection and Social Change: A Case Study of a Half the Sky Intervention in India

Lauren Kogen

Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 4 (2019), pp. 695-712

"An important sub-discipline within the field of Communication and Social Change addresses how meaningful participation can be practically implemented. This article presents the case of an intervention developed by the NGO ‘Half the Sky Movement’ and reflects upon how participation took shape wi ... more

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NGOs as Newsmakers: The Changing Landscape of International News

Matthew Powers

New York: Columbia University Press (2018), 224 pp.

"In NGOs as Newsmakers, Matthew Powers analyzes the growing role NGOs play in shaping—and sometimes directly producing—international news. Drawing on interviews, observations, and content analysis, he charts the dramatic growth in NGO news-making efforts, examines whether these efforts increase ... more

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Seminario internacional: Cambio climático para comunicadores

Lima: Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Turismo y Psicología;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2018), 216 pp.

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World TB Day 2018 Campaign: Advocacy & Communication Toolkit

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018), 23 pp.

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Comunidad de aprendizaje online como medio de capacitación de agentes sociales y pastorales

Ary Waldir Ramos Díaz

Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM) (2018), 279 pp.

"La investigación partió de la experiencia concreta de formación E-learning de Bolivia y Guatemala y obligó a profundizar en los antecedentes históricos y técnicos del desarrollo de las tecnologías y en los datos de la realidad global sociopolítica y económica. También el autor, sin ignora ... more

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How Has Media Programming Supported Polio Eradication?

Sanjib Saha

London: BBC Media Action (2018), 11 pp.

"Since 2013, BBC Media Action has been working closely with Unicef to support polio eradication. Through mass media programming – radio magazine shows and drama, and radio and TV public service announcements (PSAs) – it has sought to break down barriers to immunising against polio and other chil ... more

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Engaging youth in community action research: A visual methods approach to HIV and AIDS awareness

Joys Eggins, Evangelia Papoutsaki, Verena Thomas

Whanake: the Pacific Journal of Community Development, volume 4, issue 2 (2018), pp. 48-66

"Young people are among the most affected and vulnerable groups in the HIV epidemic. Targeting young people in prevention strategies requires inclusive and participatory approaches. This paper discusses a film production project that involved youths in a remote rural community in the Highlands of Pa ... more

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Communication for Development: Case Study Compendium 2013-2017

New Delhi: UNICEF (2018), 205 pp.

"This compendium of 15 SBCC cases presents results and learning from the Communication for Development (C4D) cross-sectoral interventions from 15 states of India – all implemented during the country programme 2013- 2017. Additionally, a national level C4D Results Report ‘Resonating Change’ has ... more

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UNICEF 2017 Report on Communication for Development (C4D): Global Progress and Country Level Highlights Across Programme Areas
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New York: UNICEF (2018), 72 pp.

"The following report summarizes how UNICEF and its partners have utilized Communication for Development strategies in their work during the period of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017, with an emphasis on 2017. The report captures the impact of these accomplishments on children and the communitie ... more

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The Business of Chin Media: News Audiences Challenges Survival
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Family Planning and Youth in West Africa: Mass Media, Digital Media, and Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategies. Literature Review
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UNICEF 2017 Report on Communication for Development (C4D): Global Progress and Country Level Highlights Across Programme Areas
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