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The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed

Kelly Howe, Julián Boal (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xxvi, 436 pp.
"This dynamic book offers a comprehensive companion to the theory and practice of Theatre of the Oppressed. Developed by Brazilian director and theorist Augusto Boal, these theatrical forms invite people to mobilize their knowledge and rehearse struggles against oppression. Featuring a diverse array ... more
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Evaluations and Impact Assessments in Communication for Development

Lauren Kogen
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2019), 17 pp.
"Within the development field, project evaluations and impact assessments are essential. Donors are increasingly requiring rigorous evaluations in order to (1) ensure that aid dollars are spent on projects that are having positive impacts and not being wasted on projects that are ineffective and (2) ... more
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Numérique, espaces et sociétés en Afrique

Dabié Désiré Axel Nassa (ed.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 403 pp.
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Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital

Pradip Thomas
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2019), viii, 216 pp.
"Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital is a critical introduction to communication for social change (CSC) theory. The book presents refreshingly new perspectives and specifically makes the case for CSC theory to factor in context, leanings from social movements ... more
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Para hacer historietas

Juan Acevedo
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), octava ed. corregida y aument. (2019), 309 pp.
"La primera edición de 'Para hacer historietas' es de 1978 y nació de la experiencia de los talleres que Juan Acevedo impartió en el entonces naciente Villa El Salvador. El libro alcanzó repercusión internacional gracias a sus ediciones españolas, alemanas y brasileñas. Agotado hace más de 2 ... more
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Humanitarian Journalism

Mel Bunce, Martin Scott, Kate Wright
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Communication
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2019), 22 pp.
"Humanitarian journalism can be defined, very broadly, as the production of factual accounts about crises and issues that affect human welfare. This can be broken down into two broad approaches: “traditional” reporting about humanitarian crises and issues, and advocacy journalism that aims to im ... more
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A Realist Evaluation of a Community-Centered Radio Initiative for Health and Development in Mindanao, Philippines

Ross W. James, Eila Romo-Murphy, Mae-Mosette Oczon-Quirant
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, volume 31, issue 6 (2019), pp. 559-571
"A small, local-level communication initiative aimed to bring about social change and development in communities affected by sustained conflict in Mindanao, Philippines. A realist evaluation involved a secondary analysis of existing data sets that revealed previously undetected mechanisms and 13 out ... more
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When Celebrities Speak: A Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Markus Mobius, Benjamin A. Olken, Cindy Paladines
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (2019), 55 pp.
"Celebrity endorsements are often sought to influence public opinion. We ask whether celebrity endorsement per se has an effect beyond the fact that their statements are seen by many, and whether on net their statements actually lead people to change their beliefs. To do so, we conducted a nationwid ... more
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Hierarchies of Editorial Power in International NGOs

Muganzi M. Isharaza
Journalism Studies, volume 20, issue 12 (2019), pp. 1764-1781
"International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) have long been recognised as major contributors to the construction of Africa's image in the West through their impact stories, fundraising and advocacy campaigns. Yet although there has been considerable academic inquiry into these messages, res ... more
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The Use of Social Media in Natural Hazard Early Warning Systems

Emma Bee, Mirianna Budimir
Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) (2019), 5 pp.
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The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture

René Glas, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Joost Raessens, Imar de Vries (eds.)
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2019), 431 pp.
"From the Occupy movement to playful city-making to the gameful designs of the Obama 2008 and Trump 2016 presidential campaigns, and the rise of citizen science and ecological games, this book shows how play is a key theoretical, methodological, and practical principle for comprehending such new for ... more
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The State of SIE: Mapping the Landscape of Social Impact Entertainment

Adrian Pennington, Ann Brady, Ferdinand Simon et al.
Human After All (2019), 186 pp.
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Media Solidarities: Emotions, Power and Justice in the Digital Age

Kaarina Nikunen
Los Angeles: Sage (2019), viii, 199 pp.
"Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, 'Media Solidarities' explores the way in which media can both enable and obstruct meaningful bonds of solidarity and positive social change. Written in a highly approachable style, it ties theory to contemporary world events and medi ... more
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‘Meaningful Participation’: Exploring the Value of Limited Participation for Community Radio Listeners

Bridget Backhaus
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 253-270
"Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run count ... more
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Increasing Resilience to Weapon Contamination Through Behaviour Change: Guidelines to Promote Risk Awareness and Safer Behaviour with Regard to Conventional Weapons and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Hazards, for Use by the Components of the International Red Cross and Red Crecent Movement

Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2019), 93 pp.
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Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2019), 46 pp.
"This guide focuses on the following areas: a brief orientation and perspective on the media for public officials, including discussion of how the media thinks and works, and on the public as the end-recipient of information; techniques for responding to and cooperating with the media in conveying i ... more
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Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication

Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, Vidya Sarveswaran (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge; Earthscan (2019), xxi, 412 pp.
"Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typically operating in separate academic spheres. These fields are now rapidly converging, and this handbook aims to reinforce the common concerns and methodo ... more
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13 Reasons Why Not: A Methodological and Meta-Analytic Review of Evidence Regarding Suicide Contagion by Fictional Media

Christopher J. Ferguson
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, volume 49, issue 4 (2019), pp. 1178-1186
"For decades, policymakers and suicide prevention advocates have questioned whether exposure to media with suicide themes, whether television, movies, or music, could increase suicide risk among youth. To date, no clear picture has emerged, with data inconsistent. Two broad forms of data consider th ... more
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Formative Evaluation of the Sara Radio Programme (SRP) in Iringa DC, Iringa MC, Kilolo DC and Mufindi DC. Final Report

Dar es Salaam: UNICEF Tanzania; CSR Group Africa (2019), xv, 14, 119 pp.
"The SRP was piloted in Tanzania following the model of the Sara Communication Initiative (SCI). The main objective of SRP was to improve skills among school children, especially girls, on negotiation, communication skills and positive social behaviour. Activities to foster and support engagement of ... more
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Using Radio as a Means of Operational Communication and Community Outreach

Adrien Zerbini
Lausanne: Fondation Hirondelle (2019), 16 pp.
"From 21 to 23 November 2018, eight communication officers working in French-speaking Africa for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met in Dakar, Senegal, to talk about how they have used radio as a tool for humanitarian communication. They also learned how to evaluate their program ... more