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The Humanitarian Metadata Problem: "Doing no Harm" in the Digital Era

ICRC (2018), 127 pp.

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Interrogating the Role of Zimbabwe's Print Media in Environmental Reporting

Lisborn Webster Mandizvidza

University of South Africa (2018), ix, 263 pp.

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Theatre, development and global partnership: Critically reflecting on the role of UK Theatre for Development actors

Robert Smith

Manchester: University of Manchester, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 216 pp.

"This thesis explores how and why global Theatre for Development (TfD) partnerships fail to enable greater equity and interconnectedness between Northern and Southern actors. Building global partnerships is at the core of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, Northern developm ... ent actors dominate these relationships. To establish why this is the case, the thesis brings together literature on global development, postcolonialism and TfD to demonstrate the current limitations on establishing equitable partnerships. The thesis draws on primary data collected through semi-structured interviews with UK and Kenyan TfD actors, autoethnographic reflections on TfD practice and participant observation. The study focuses on three key issues that shape partnerships: funding, knowledge and expertise and temporal and spatial dimensions. First, funding for projects is primarily provided by Northern development actors, framing the terms of partnerships and dictating their form, extent and limits. Second, the knowledge and expertise employed in shaping TfD projects is often seen as lying disproportionately with Northern partners, who are thought to bring ‘global’ perspectives to such work. Conversely, partners in the South are seen as possessing ‘local’ knowledge which is deployed primarily to help facilitate and legitimate the interventions of external practitioners. Third, spatial and temporal aspects further impact on partnerships: UK actors are perceived as more mobile and dynamic than their Southern partners, with access to international networks. Southern partners are routinely represented as embedded, statically, in their immediate local contexts. Furthermore, short-term timescales prevent TfD actors from providing the commitment that building more equitable, interconnected partnerships requires. A key finding is that both Northern and Southern actors create and reinforce these ongoing problems in partnerships. However, they are also able to resist and challenge the unequal terms of their relationships. The thesis demonstrates how networks are emerging with the potential for developing more equitable relationships. It reveals the agency of Southern actors to adapt externally funded projects to meet with their own motivations and contexts. The study concludes by suggesting that future TfD partnerships must recognise and facilitate the participative agency of all involved." (Abstract) more

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O “Programa do Galinho” na Rádio Educadora do Maranhão

José Ferreira Junior, Gutemberg de Sousa Feitosa, Ramon Bezerra Costa

Radiofonias: Revista de Estudos em Mídia Sonora, volume 12, issue 3 (2018), pp. 148-162

"A intenção deste artigo é refletir sobre a resistência das práticas comunitárias, com forte presença da oralidade primária e secundária (ONG, 1998; ZUMTHOR, 1993), no âmbito das relações entre pessoas dos meios rural e urbano em contato com a radiodifusão. O corpus é o “Programa do ... more

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Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia
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Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2018), xiv, 353 pp.

"The model of journalism we practice in Asia is an adversarial one driven by conflict reporting, a model we have borrowed from the West. This book is an outcome of a project implemented by the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University and funded by the International Program for the D ... more

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Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto

Journal of Political Economy, volume 126, issue 2 (2018), pp. 451-491

"Redistribution programs in developing countries often “leak” because local officials do not implement programs as the central government intends. We study one approach to reducing leakage. In an experiment in over 550 villages, we test whether mailing cards with program information to targeted ... more

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Engaging Communities for Development Action: The Theatre for Development (TfD) Approach

Evans Asante, Samuel M. Yrenkyi

International Journal of Development, volume 7, issue 2 (2018), pp. 589-603

"Community engagement programs offer the opportunity for community members to reflect on the development avenues and potentials in their local communities which have not been fully tapped and utilised. Behavioral change and local level conscientisation geared towards community development is a share ... more

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Exploiter les opportunités du numérique au profi t du développement rural: Leçons tirées des projets de développement rural fi nancés par l’Allemagne

Julia Bayer, Petra Jacobi, Nadine Guenther

Bonn, Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 105 pp.

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Utilisation of Information and Communication Technology for E-Learning Among Select Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

Nigerian Journal of Communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2018), pp. 359-374

"Information Technology (IT) has changed the modern workplace because of its development of new knowledge and skills. E-learning is the wholesome incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) resources, particularly the Internet, into the process of teaching and learning. Although ... more

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Getting the Message Across: Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. A Handbook for Journalists
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Ming-Kuok Lim, Sheau Shi Ngo, Zaharom Nain, Misako Ito, Lay Kim Wang, Alison Meston (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO (2018), 104 pp.

"There are lots of handbooks for journalists on climate change, so why do we need another one? Getting the Message Across, Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: A Handbook for Journalists has been customized for journalists to tell the climate change story ... more

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Enhancing social inclusion through innovative mobile learning in Uruguay: Case study by the UNESCO-Fazheng project on best practices in mobile learning

Cristobal Cobo Romani, Pablo Rivera Vargas

Paris: UNESCO (2018), 26 pp.

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El papel de los medios frente a la desnutrición infantil como fenómeno social contemporáneo

Andrés Felipe Guevara Ariza, Brayan Mateo Falcón Valencia, Daniela Mantilla Moreno, Daniel Felipe Valencia Sarmiento, Johan Sebastián Trujillo Muñoz

Bucaramanga: Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Thesis (2018), 464 pp.

"El proyecto nace a partir de la desnutrición infantil que se evidencian en poblaciones vulnerables de Colombia, tomando como referente a Bucaramanga para la realización de este con el objetivo de investigar cómo los medios de comunicación informan dicha problemática. En el trabajo de campo se ... more

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Fifty Years of Practice and Innovation Participatory Video (PV)

Tony Roberts, Soledad Muñiz

In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change

Jan Servaes (ed.)

Singapore: Springer (2018), 17 pp.

"Benefiting from more than 50 years of practice and innovation, participatory video (PV) is a firmly established approach in the field of communications for development. The term “participatory video” is used to refer to a very wide range of practices that involve nonprofessionals in making thei ... more

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Advocating together for the SDGs: How civil society and business are joining voices to change policy, attitudes and practices

Richard Gilbert, Jane Nelson

HARVARD Kennedy School (2018), 43 pp.

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How to write and talk about infant and young child feeding in emergencies

Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN);IFE Core Group;USAID (2018), 3 pp.

"The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for anyone involved in humanitarian assistance who produces communications on behalf of an organisation (e.g. press releases, social media, fund raising appeals) or engages with the media (e.g. interviews). It aims to support communications expert ... more

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Guide to developing digital games for early grade literacy for developing countries

Kenneth Y. T. Lim, John Comings, Richard Lee, Ming-De Yuen, Ahmed Hazyl Hilmy, Derek Chua, Bing Heng Song

Quezon City; Washington DC: Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development;World Vision (2018), 43 pp.

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Engaging the Private Sector Towards an Improved Literate Environment: A learning paper on Book Development in Rwanda

Sofia Cozzolino

Save the Children (2018), 23 pp.

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Communication in International Development: Doing Good or Looking Good?
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Florencia Enghel, Jessica Noske-Turner (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 182 pp.

"International development stakeholders harness communication with two broad purposes: to do good, via communication for development and media assistance, and to communicate do-gooding, via public relations and information. This book unpacks various ways in which different efforts to do good are com ... more

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The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)

London: Routledge (2018), xxiv, 572 pp.

"In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media, old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that ... more

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Communication, Culture and Ecology: Rethinking Sustainable Development in Asia

Kiran Prasad (ed.)

Singapore: Springer (2018), ix, 199 pp.

"This book offers comprehensive insights into the cultural and ecological values that influence sustainable development across Asia, addressing the cultural, religious and philosophical moorings of development through participatory and grassroots communication approaches. It presents a range of cont ... more

Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia Top Insights

Getting the Message Across: Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. A Handbook for Journalists Key Guidance

Communication in International Development: Doing Good or Looking Good? Top Insights

Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia
Top Insights

Getting the Message Across: Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific. A Handbook for Journalists
Key Guidance

Communication in International Development: Doing Good or Looking Good?
Top Insights