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Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)
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Andrew Skuse et al.

Adelaide; New York: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU);UNICEF, working version (2015), 67 pp.

"Welcome to the Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit, CHAT. It has been designed with practitioners in mind and is a resource that you can work with and adapt as you strive towards your communication for humanitarian action goals. The toolkit provides guidance to humanitarian and developmen ... more

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Guidance for Incorporating Big Data Into Humanitarian Operations

Katie Whipkey, Andrej Verity

Digital Humanitarian Network (DH);Decision Makers Needs (DM-N) (2015), 33 pp.

"This document has been created to provide a broad overview of big data usage in humanitarian organisations and general guidance on how organisations can incorporate it into operations. It describes big data and its role within the humanitarian sector, offers a categorisation of the large variety of ... more

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Embracing Web 2.0 and Social Media: A Life-Changing Pathway for Agricultural Development Actors

Clare Pedrick

Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2015), 61 pp.

"Featuring a range of examples from ACP countries, this booklet includes testimonies on how Web 2.0 and social media have contributed to policy dialogue and advocacy (Chapter 1), value chain development (Chapter 2) and provision of information services (Chapter 3). The booklet features 18 stories co ... more

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Coordination Around Communicating with Disaster-Affected Communities: Insights from Typhoon Haiyan

Caroline Austin, Nicki Bailey

Humanitarian Exchange, issue 65 (2015), pp. 19-23

"Sudden-onset emergencies are typically chaotic, making effective communication between communities, humanitarian responders and governments, whether local or international, challenging. Building on experience from the response to Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao in 2012, the United Nations Office for the ... more

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Writing and Producing Radio Dramas
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Esta de Fossard

New Delhi et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2015), xix, 293 pp.

"In many—if not most—countries of the modern world, radio is thought of as a provider of music, news, weather reports and traffic situations, but very little else. Yet in parts of the developing world, radio is still extremely important and valuable as a medium for encouraging and teaching life ... more

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Humanitarianism, Communications and Change

Simon Cottle, Glenda Cooper (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 279 pp.

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Humanitarian Broadcasting in Emergencies: A Synthesis of Evaluation Findings

Theodora Hannides

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 64 pp.

"This synthesis of evidence suggests that BBC Media Action interventions have an important role to play in assisting people affected by crisis, and is consistent with other literature that highlights the role of media in providing accurate and reliable information in crisis. It highlights that, as w ... more

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The Practicalities of Informed Consent in Development Photography

Nabila Idris

Dhaka: Save the Children (2015), 16 pp.

"Every photography subject deserves to be treated as an autonomous human being, capable of making independent decisions. In case of children, we also need to ensure their parents’ consent. We need to be constantly aware of our position in the power hierarchy — in the development world, in many c ... more

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Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty

Jairo Lugo-Ocando

London: Pluto Press (2015), viii, 215 pp.

"In Blaming the Victim, Jairo Lugo-Ocando sets out to deconstruct and reconsider the variety of ways in which the global news media misrepresent and decontextualise the causes and consequences of poverty worldwide. The result is that the fundamental determinant of poverty - inequality - is removed f ... more

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Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers
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Paul Van De Carr

Working Narratives (2015), 69 pp.

"This guide is for anyone who wants to create social change, and who wants to learn how storytelling can help. The guide is divided into four color-coded sections. The strategy section is about how to use storytelling to best effect. The storytelling section offers ideas on how to tell a good story. ... more

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Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Addressing the High Cost and Low Availability Problem

Birger Fredriksen, Sukhdeep Brar, Michael Trucano

Washington, DC: World Bank (2015), xv, 106 pp.

"The objective of the study is to identify the cost and financing constraints to text book provision and thereby help countries remove constraints on timely provision of affordable textbooks to all students in primary and secondary education. To this end, the study focuses exclusively on cost and fi ... more

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Reporting Development: A Guide for African Journalists

Oliver Wates et al.

European Journalism Centre (2015), 71 pp.

"This handbook provides a distinctly African perspective on how to create direct linkages between consumers of information and development projects by using words and images that communicate and resonate with ease. Development issues can seem dull and flat but they can create a huge impact in societ ... more

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Global Mental Health Communications Toolkit

Agnes Becker, S. Usmani, G. Ryan, M. De Silva

London: Mental Health Innovation Network;London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2015), 27 pp.

"This toolkit aims to help global mental health researchers communicate their findings to their stakeholders. The principles in this toolkit can be applied to all stakeholders, including policy-makers, and to key messages about your project’s implementation and policy influence activities. This to ... more

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Disciplines in the Field of Communication for Development and Social Change

Rico Lie, Jan Servaes

Communication Theory, volume 25, issue 2 (2015), pp. 244-258

"This article provides an overview of subdisciplines in the field of Communication for Development and Social Change. Different subdisciplines of communication science are analyzed to assess their connection to the field. Building on these subdisciplines the article reviews health communication, agr ... more

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Guía de comunicación para equipos de salud

Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Salud, 2nd ed. (2015), 48 pp.

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A Handbook for African Journalists on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Nairobi: Environmental Compliance Institute;United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2015), 100 pp.

"This Handbook provides African journalists and other environmental practitioners with a user- friendly compilation of the key environmental issues affecting the African continent together with the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) that address these issues. It is a quick, yet detailed, r ... more

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Rapid Assessment on the Use of Radio in Extension and Advisory Services in Mozambique

Rex Chapota

USAID (2015), 33 pp.

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Humanitarian Technologies: Understanding the Role of Digital Media in Disaster Recovery

Mirca Madianou, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jayeel Cornelio, Nicole Curato (eds.)

Humanitarian Technologies Project (2015), 5 pp.

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Area of Origin: Communication Channels and Social Media Report Syria

REACH (2015), 8 pp.

"With 4 million refugees in neighbouring countries and six and a half million Internally Displaced Persons within Syria, communication tools have become critical for the Syrian population to maintain contact with their family and friends both inside and outside the country. The costs associated with ... more

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A guide for strengthening gender equality and inclusiveness in teaching and learning materials

Jennae Bulat, Michelle Lapp

Washington, DC: USAID (2015), IV, 28 pp.

Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT) Key Guidance

Writing and Producing Radio Dramas Key Guidance

Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers Key Guidance

Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)
Key Guidance

Writing and Producing Radio Dramas
Key Guidance

Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers
Key Guidance