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Interactive Radio! Toolkit for Stations
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Ida Jooste
Internews; University of Cambridge, Centre of Governance and Human Rights (2015), 51 pp.
"This toolkit combines the knowledge and experience of Internews with insights from research conducted by the University of Cambridge’s Centre of Governance and Human Rights and partners in the Politics and Interactive Media (PiMA) research project. Politics and Interactive Media in Africa (PiMA), ... more
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The Role of Celebrities in Mediating Distant Suffering

Martin Scott
International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 18, issue 4 (2015), pp. 449-466
"How effective are celebrities, not just in helping to draw attention to distant suffering, but in actually regulating spectators’ mediated experiences of the lives of distant strangers? What function does the perceived authenticity of a celebrity play in their role as mediator? This article seeks ... more
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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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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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Comunicación para el cambio social: La participación y el empoderamiento como base para el desarrollo mundial

Thomas Tufte
Barcelona: Icaria Editorial (2015), 255 pp.
"El inicio del siglo XXI ha venido marcado por los debates que, en el plano internacional, están sometiendo a revisión la comunicación para el desarrollo con el fin de proponer otras alternativas como comunicación para el cambio social o comunicación para el empoderamiento ciudadano y ecosocial ... more
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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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Narrative Interpretation of HIV/AIDS Messages: The Effects of Storytelling Prompts Among Rural University Students

Leketi Makalela
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 29, issue 3 (2015), pp. 400-418
"This study examined the use of a locally developed storytelling prompt as an alternative medium for HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention messages among rural university students in Limpopo Province, South Africa. An assessment of first-year students’ (n=21) response to a storytelling stimulus wi ... more
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Kurdish Region of Northern Iraq: Humanitarian Information Needs of Syrian Refugees

International Media Support (IMS) (2015), 18 pp.
"The assessment concludes that there is not ‘one magic answer’ to the question of which media channel is the most effective – rather a variety of channels must be used to reach as many people as possible. While TV scores high among both refugees and host population as a preferred media channel ... 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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Disaster Response: Nepal Earthquake Response and Recovery. Overview

London: GSMA (2015), 24 pp.
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Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning

Yu Zhang (ed.)
Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Dordrecht; London: Springer (2015), xxxiv, 1019 pp.
"The aim of this handbook is to collect and share the knowledge and experience from the designers’, developers’, teachers’, and students’ views and provide suggestions and advice for future mobile teaching and learning programs. This book includes six sections: design, development, adoption, ... 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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Rapid Assessment on the Use of Radio in Extension and Advisory Services in Mozambique

Rex Chapota
USAID (2015), 33 pp.
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Whose Pictures Are These? Re-Framing the Promise of Participatory Photography

Tiffany Fairey
London: University of London, Goldsmiths, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 259 pp.
"Participatory photography initiatives promise to ‘empower’, ‘give voice’ and ‘enable social change’ for marginalised communities through photography. This thesis questions this promise, demonstrating participatory photography to be a contested practice defined as much by inherent tensio ... more
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Stratégies de communication environnementale en République Démocratique du Congo: Actes de la première table ronde de la communication environnementale (25-26 Janvier 2013)

Hilaire Mbiye Lumbala
Kinshasa: Médiaspaul (2015), 136 pp.
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UN House PoC 3 Juba - Central Equatoria State: Wave 2 Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.
"In August 2014 Internews launched Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) in the Protection of Civilians site known as PoC 3 in Juba. PoC 3 is the newest site and is adjacent to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) UN House base that contains PoC 1 and PoC 2. BBTT is a professionally produced reco ... more
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Participatory Visual and Digital Research in Action

Aline Gubrium, Krista Harper, Marty Otañez (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), 296 pp.
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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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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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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29