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Laudato Si: Sobre el cuidado de nuestra casa común. Serie radial

Radialistas Apasionados

Red Eclesial Panamazónica (REPAM) (2015), 114 pp.

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Social Media in der gesundheitlichen Aufklärung: Ergebisse aus einem Pilotprojekt der BZgA in den Themenfeldern Familienplanung und Sexualaufklärung

Thomas Quast, Markus Gabriel, Jörg Hoewner, Marc Jelitto

Köln: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) (2015), 156 pp.

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Oil and Gas: A Reporter's Handbook

Thomson Reuters Foundation (2015), 55 pp.

"Since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, fossil fuels have supplied much if not most of that energy. Today, oil, coal and gas meet three-quarters of our needs. The oil and gas industry alone generates revenue running into several trillion dollars each year. It’s a market ... more

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A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

Neil Butcher

Paris; Vancouver: UNESCO;Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2015), iv, 133 pp.

"This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to t ... more

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Female Genital Cutting in the News Media: A Content Analysis

Meghan Sobel

International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 4 (2015), pp. 384-405

"Mass media play an important role in explaining the issue of female genital cutting and can influence discourse among the general public as well as policy makers. Understanding how news media present female genital cutting has strong implications for the global status of women. This study, a quanti ... more

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Quality Models in Online and Open Education Around the Globe: State of the Art and Recommendations

Ebba Ossiannilsson, Keith Williams, Anthony F. Camilleri, Mark Brown

Oslo: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) (2015), 52 pp.

"The report provides the first global overview of quality models in online and open education, an overview which is very timely, delivered as it is for Global Education 2030, the new global educational agenda which replaces Education For All, EFA. The report paints with a broad brush the landscape o ... more

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Surface Tension: Navigating Socially Engaged Documentary Photographic Practices

Gemma-Rose Turnbull

Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 79-95

"As Documentary Photographers increasingly introduce the collaborative and participatory methodologies common to socially engaged art practices into their projects (particularly those that are activist in nature, seeking to catalyse social change agendas and policies through image making and sharing ... more

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From Pictures to Policy: How Does Humanitarian Reporting Have an Influence?

Suzanne Franks

In: Humanitarianism, Communications and Change. Global Crises and the Media

Simon Cottle; Glenda. Cooper (eds.)

Peter Lang (2015), pp. 153-166

"In contrast to the contemporary media perception the government aid provided to Ethiopia was pretty much existing money that was reconfigured and, despite appearances, there was no ‘new money’. The UK Government rejected any longer term ongoing engagement and was just concerned with short-term ... more

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Communication and Complex Emergencies: A Resource Guide

Andrew Skuse, Tait Brimacombe, Dianne Rodger

Adelaide: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU);Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC) (2015), 57 pp.

"This resource guide assesses the broad role of information and communication in disaster situations and complex emergencies. It highlights a number of distinct communication phases or cycles associated with emergency or crisis communication, as well as defining the broad range and diversity of init ... more

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State of the Use of Mobile Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in South East Asia

Chih-Hui Lai, Arul Chib, Rich Ling

Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (2015), 66 pp.

"This project is conducted in response to Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s (GDPC) initiative of developing flood hazard preparedness mobile apps in the four target countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam)." (Executive summary)

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East Meets West: Innovative Literacy Learning Concepts

Karin Plötz, Holger Volland (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Litcam;Frankfurt Book Fair (2015), 37 pp.

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Environmental Reporting and Media Development: Equipping Journalists with the Training and Tools to Cover a Critical Beat

Jennifer Dorroh

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 6 pp.

"In the next few decades, we face unprecedented challenges and tough choices about how to use Earth’s resources. Whether we thrive as a species will depend on our ability to think globally and creatively, and to work across borders to solve our common problems. News media worldwide should play a k ... more

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Testing the Influence of Radio Programs on Climate Change Knowledge: A Pilot Experience from the Congo Basin

Alba Saray Perez-Teran, Anne Marie Tiani, Merline Touko-Tchoko, Bérenger Tchatchou

Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2015), v, 17 pp.

"We provide an assessment of the change in knowledge of a rural village in the Congo Basin after inhabitants listened to one of the radio programs that were prepared on climate change. The document also provides potential indicators for result up-scaling. After applying a micro-economic model to a c ... more

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Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change: A Guide for Facilitators

Sara Asadullah, Soledad Muñiz

InsightShare;UNICEF (2015), 105 pp.

"This toolkit is for organisations planning to use 'participatory video and the most significant change' (PVMSC) to evaluate their social change projects. Part one gives an overview of the key stages and things to consider when preparing for a PVMSC process and includes perspectives and feedback fro ... more

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Click! Using YouTube as a Training Tool

Rod MacLeod

INTRAC (2015), 15 pp.

"This praxis note suggests some possible ways to harness YouTube in support of civil society development. Firstly, it examines the ways in which YouTube might be used. Secondly, there are suggestions of particular clips that INTRAC staff and others have found useful." (Page 2)

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Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management: A Field Guide

Maria Protz et al.

Rome: FAO (2015), vi, 104 pp.

"Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management (ADRM) is a field guide to orient ADRM teams and concerne ... more

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Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur

Joachim J. Savelsberg

Oakland: University of California Press (2015), xix, 341 pp.

"How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the ... more

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Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals

Jagtar Singh, Alton Grizzle, Sin Joan Yee, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2015), 334 pp.

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National Communication Strategy for Malaria Control in Uganda

Kampala: Ministry of Health (2015), 40 pp.

"This Uganda national communication strategy for malaria prevention and control has been developed to facilitate the implementation of the Uganda Malaria Reduction Strategy (UMRS) 2014-2020. The strategy will offer a framework where every stakeholder shall take recommended actions to fund, prevent, ... more

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Communication for Development Approaches in the Australian NGO Sector and Academia

Valentina Baú, Tait Brimacombe (comp.)

Sydney; Melbourne: University of New South Wales, School of the Arts & Media;La Trobe University, Institute for Human Security & Social Change (2015), 13 pp.

"In June 2015 a group of academic researchers from Australian universities and practitioners from Australian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) came together to discuss the use of communication for development (C4D) in their present and future work. The seminar was organised as a pre-conference t ... more