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Representación audiovisual y ciudadanía intercultural: Ponencias del conversatorio Videando Diversidad Cultural

Lima: Ministerio de Cultura (2016), 84 pp.

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Behaviour Change Communication Guidelines
Key Guidance

Thimphu, Bhutan: SNV Bhutan (2016), 26 pp.

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The Impact of Behaviour Change Communication on the Use of Insecticide Treated Nets: A Secondary Analysis of Ten Post-Campaign Surveys from Nigeria

Albert Kilian, Harriet Lawford, Chinazo N. Ujuju, Tarekegn A. Abeku, Ernest Nwokolo, Festus Okoh, Ebenezer Baba

Malaria Journal, volume 15, issue 422 (2016), 16 pp.

"Mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to encourage hanging and use of nets. However, data on the effectiveness of these communication efforts are scarce. In preparation for the next ro ... more

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Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of MOOCs

Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood

Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), v, 27 pp.

"Two main factors influence how we might assess the quality of a massive open online course (MOOC): purpose and perspective. By purpose we mean the reason(s) the MOOC has been developed and facilitated. By perspective we mean who is measuring the quality. These two factors are intrinsically linked. ... more

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The International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit: Summary Report 2016

Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit (2016), 50 pp.

"The first International SBCC Summit 2016 brought together the global community of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) organizations, practitioners and researchers from February 8 - 10, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three-day event offered talks from SBCC field practitioners, a mar ... more

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Risk Communication Applied to Food Safety: Handbook

Rome; Geneva: FAO;World Health Organization (WHO) (2016), 87 pp.

"This handbook focuses on practical principles and best practices of risk communication to support risk management of adverse food safety (including quality) events associated with biological, chemical or physical hazards. Food defence and nutritional aspects are outside the scope. Another focus of ... more

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Social Media Use During Disasters: How Information Form and Source Influence Intended Behavioral Responses

Brooke Fisher Liu, Julia Daisy Fraustino, Yan Jin

Communication Research, volume 43, issue 5 (2016), pp. 626-646

"This study provides insights that can inform disaster communication management, policymaking, and theory building through a nationally representative field experiment (N = 2,015 U.S. adults) grounded in media richness theory, information and communication technologies (ICTs) succession theory, and ... more

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Managing Social Media During Emergencies Guide

Sarah Bishop

Adelaide: Local Government Association of South Australia (2016), 34 pp.

"This Managing Social Media During Emergencies Guide is designed to assist Councils to better plan, manage and continue to improve the effectiveness of social media use during an emergency event." (Intorduction, page 4)

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The IFRC and Community Resilience: Communication Guidance for National Societies

Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2016), 25 pp.

"The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has developed this paper to support Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers in their communication and advocacy on community resilience. The paper explains the IFRC’s definition of and approach to building communi ... more

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Social Media in Rural China: Social Networks and Moral Frameworks

Tom McDonald

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xiii, 219 pp.

"Tom McDonald spent 15 months living in a small rural Chinese community researching how the residents use social media in their daily lives. His ethnographic findings suggest that, far from being left behind, many rural Chinese people have already integrated social media into their everyday experien ... more

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Social and Behavior Change Communication for Emergency Preparedness: Implementation Kit

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2016), 164 pp.

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Trends in Risk Communication Policies and Practices

Paris: OECD (2016), 87 pp.

"Good risk communication is crucial for raising awareness among citizens and business about the risks their countries face. However, many countries have seen their risk communication tools fail in the past, leading to persistently low levels of risk awareness, especially in the absence of recent dis ... more

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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
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Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.

"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t ... more

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African Rural Radio Program Analysis (ARRPA): Final Report

Farm Radio International (2016), 106 pp.

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Evaluating Behavior Change in International Development Operations: A New Framework

Ann Elizabeth Flanagan, Jeffery Clark Tanner

Washington, DC: World Bank (2016), ix, 78 pp.

"This paper on behavior change constitutes one of two methodology papers (the other being on service delivery) that establish a new lens through which to understand the World Bank’s portfolio in IEG (Independent Evaluation Group) evaluations. The paper outlines the economic and psychosocial theori ... more

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The Environment in the Age of the Internet: Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape

Heike Graf (ed.)

Open Book Publishers (2016), 175 pp.

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Framing Famine: An Analysis of Media Coverage of the 2011 Famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart, Larry Strelitz

African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 100-119

"This study examines media coverage of the 2011–2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al-Jazeera. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it explores why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of its inevitable unf ... more

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Stratégie nationale de communication pour le changement social et comportemental pour la promotion de la nutrition au Bénin et son plan opérationnel 2017-2021

Aloys Hakizimana

Cotonou: Conseil National de l'Alimentation et de la Nutrition (CAN) (2016), 120 pp.

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Klima 101: A Climate Change Guidebook for Philippine Journalists

Imelda Visaya-Abano, Rex L. Navarro, Rosa T. Perez

Frederiksberg (DK): CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) (2016), 85 pp.

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Rural Communication Services for Family Farming: Contributions, Evidence and Perspectives

Rome: FAO (2016), x, 52 pp.

Behaviour Change Communication Guidelines Key Guidance

Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent Top Insights

Behaviour Change Communication Guidelines
Key Guidance

Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
Top Insights