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Book donation programmes for Africa: Time for a reappraisal? Part II: Le don de livre, mais à quel prix, et en échange de quoi? Un regard sur le don de livre en Afrique francophone

Raphaël Thierry

African Research & Documentation, issue 127 (2015), 76 pp.

"Dans cet article, je réfléchis à la relation entre don et marché éditorial en Afrique francophone ainsi qu’à son évolution. Comme je l’observe, l’intensification du don et la diffusion de l’idée qu’il n’y a pas de livres en Afrique coïncide avec l’essor de ce que l’on appel ... le ‘la mondialisation éditoriale’ à partir du début des années 80. Je relève par ailleurs que cette période correspond à la mise en place du plan d’ajustement structurel (PAS) par les institutions dites ‘de Bretton-Woods’. Dans les années qui suivront, le secteur éditorial sera un des premiers touchés par les mesures d’austérité imposées par les bailleurs internationaux [...] Comme je l’observe, le don de livres importé par une diversité de structures occupe une place historique en Afrique francophone, participant à l’omniprésence de l’édition du Nord. L’édition africaine se trouve alors réduite à la portion congrue de 10% des livres présents en librairies. Idem pour le livre scolaire, monopolisé à plus de 80% par l’édition étrangère, essentiellement française. Un des arguments prioritaires du don de livre en Afrique, c’est qu’il n’y a pas (ou pas assez) de livres. C’est en fait, peut-être, l’inverse: il y a un monopole du livre étranger qui ne permettrait pas au livre africain de rayonner suffisamment pour être connu/reconnu dans le monde. Le don serait donc la ‘fin de chaine’ d’un processus de minorisation: il contribuerait à la sous-représentation documentaire, voire à la dévalorisation des productions africaines, véhiculant l’image d’un continent de friche éditoriale… Mais tout comme cette vision est simplificatrice, il est réducteur de limiter le don à un processus strictement inégalitaire et partie prenante d’un système économique et idéologique de domination culturelle: c’est précisément cette diversité du don qui en rend l’analyse passionnante. Dans cet article, je propose une analyse des pratiques de don et de ses différents visages en Afrique francophone. Comme je le montre, son évolution est intrinsèquement liée à une histoire institutionnelle et aux relations de coopération développées entre États africains et bailleurs internationaux, depuis le matin même des Indépendances (fin des années 50/début des années 60). Celles-ci ont tout d’abord concerné séparément les développements structurel et culturel, avant que ne commence à naitre une idée de culture comme condition du développement économique." (Résumé, page 5-6) more

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The Media: Improving How People with Mental Health Problems Are Represented in the Media. Summary of Impact and Learning.

Time to Change (2015), 5 pp.

"Our media advisory service was set up to provide advice and support on mental health storylines and documentaries. We inputted into 75 soap opera storylines, as well as mental health seasons for BBC 3 and Channel 4. We also developed an online resource for media professionals, and supported media o ... more

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Soluciones tecnológicas en educación intercultural bilingüe en escuelas y comunidades de los Andes peruanos

Emma Rotondo

International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2015), 44 pp.

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Participatory Video and Citizen Voice – We’ve Raised Their Voices: Is Anyone Listening?

Tamara Plush

Glocal Times, issue 22-23 (2015), 16 pp.

"Sheathed in the glamour of filmmaking and technical innovation, participatory video (PV) is often evangelised as a communication for development methodology that intrinsically fosters transformative social and political change. Such celebratory notions, however, can obscure the complexity facing pa ... more

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Development Discourse in Kenyan Vernacular Radio: A Case Study of Kass FM

Hillary K. Sang

Research on Humanities and Social Siences, volume 5, issue 6 (2015), pp. 63-72

"Language is a major tool for governance and dissemination of information. Citizens need to participate effectively in discourse pertaining to their private and public interests and enterprises in order to understand matters of development and governance. The proliferation of vernacular radio statio ... more

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Effective Communication: Introductory Level. Manual for Natura 2000 Managers in Europe

Janice Burley

Regensburg: EUROPARC Federation (2015), 82 pp.

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The New Boots on the Ground: NGOs in the Changing Landscape of International News

Matthew Powers

Journalism, volume 17, issue 4 (2015), pp. 401-416

"This article explores the role that nongovernmental organizations play in the changing landscape of international news. Drawing on archival analysis and 65 interviews with nongovernmental organization professionals, it examines the resource commitments and values guiding research at leading humanit ... more

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Harnessing Documentaries for Social Change: A Guide for Advocates

Katie Donnelly

CEL Culture Lab (2015), 25 pp.

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State of Social Media Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in Asia Pacific Region

Ying-Chia Hsu, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Nguyen Thi Hoan

Singapore: Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information;American Red Cross, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (2015), 28 pp.

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Lessons Learned: Social Media Monitoring During Humanitarian Crises

ACAPS (2015), 15 pp.

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"A Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child": Humanitarian Photography and NGO Media Strategies in Historical Perspective

Heide Fehrenbach, Davide Rodogno

International Review of the Red Cross, volume 97, issue 900 (2015), pp. 1121-1155

"This article is a historical examination of the use of photography in the informational and fundraising strategies of humanitarian organizations. Drawing on archival research and recent scholarship, it shows that the figure of the dead or suffering child has been a centrepiece of humanitarian campa ... more

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Talk radio as the soundtrack of our lives: Participatory HIV/AIDS communication, public self-expression and Positive Talk

Mariekie Burger

Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/Aids, volume 12, issue 1 (2015), pp. 66-75

"Despite the many HIV/AIDS communication initiatives, combined with support and infrastructural support in South Africa, risky behaviour associated with the spread of the epidemic is increasing amongst many groups. This calls for a re-evaluation of endeavours aimed at curbing the spread of the epide ... mic. This article is only concerned with the communicational aspects of the epidemic, but does not negate the interaction of these with other measures taken to address the epidemic. As is the case with most health communication initiatives, HIV/AIDS communication initiatives have evolved to favour the participatory approach above one-directional transmission of information to the public. The participatory approach rests on the assumption that an HIV/AIDS communication initiative stands the best chance of resulting in behaviour change if members of the target community participate in the communication initiative. The assumption is that as many people as possible should be involved in the maximum number of phases of the communicative initiative (such as initial research, planning, implementation and evaluation of the project). Some research has recently started to explore new forms of community participation, including inviting community participation through, for example, internet-based platforms such as social media, and mobile phone platforms such as WhatsApp and BBM. However, the reality broadcast genre – more specifically, talk radio – has been neglected, as only a few research investigations focused on talk radio and most of these are not exclusively about HIV/AIDScommunication but focus on other health topics. From a participatory communication perspective, two sets of critique against the existing HIV/AIDS communication projects hold water: firstly, they do not make the maximum use of participatory communication principles and, secondly, they are externally initiated projects and emanate from outside the target community. To address both of these concerns, this article explores a wider range of participatory principles and the potential workings of these in an internally initiated communication initiative aimed at addressing the epidemic. More specifically, this article investigates ways in which radio listeners experience the reality broadcast genre – the talk radio show, Positive Talk – as participatory communication. Positive Talk is not an externally initiated project, as it is not part of a pre-planned, goal-oriented project that is owned and controlled outside the target community. In contrast, it has been initiated by Criselda Kananda, an individual not linked to any of the existing initiatives outside the community. She started the show to earn a living. She became a well-known person, is fairly knowledgeable in the field and was granted this opportunity as she is HIV-positive. In order to investigate how radio listeners use the show to engage in HIV/AIDS communication, 20 in-depth interviews were held with avid listeners of the show. The respondents indicated that they appreciate ordinary people phoning in. When expressing their opinions about the show, they found Kananda’s life story credible, believed her public and private life to be congruent, valued Kananda’s personality and respectful manner and could identify with the views expressed. In the article, it is argued that these ideas are largely in line with the principles of participatory communication tied to democracy, the participatory turn, the ordinary, validation of identity and respectful dialogue. Although the findings of this qualitative study cannot be generalised to the whole listening population of the show, they indicate that it is worth investigating the value of communication initiatives that emerge spontaneously from communities (instead of those strategically engineered from outside the general population) as a future direction of HIV/AIDS communication in the country." (Abstract) more

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Behaviour Change and Communication: A Descriptive Literature Review of Behavior Change and Communication in Sub-Saharan Countries

Susanna Kauppi

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Master Thesis (2015), 77 pp.

"This study is a descriptive literature review. The purpose of this literature review is to describe factors which associate behavior and behavior change in the communities and to describe communication and communication methods which have been used in behavior change communication programs in devel ... more

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Exploring Social Media’s Role in Development: A Learning Resource on ICT for Development for Institutions of Higher Education

Emmanuel C. Lallana

Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP) (2015), 99 pp.

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Edutainment TV for Disseminating Information About Agriculture

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (2015), 2 pp.

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"These Grey Areas": How and Why Freelance Work Blurs INGOs and News Organizations

Kate Wright

Journalism Studies, volume 17, issue 8 (2015), pp. 989-1009

"International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are known to employ freelancers to produce multimedia and to pitch it for them to mainstream news outlets. So it seems odd that research about the blurring of news organizations and INGOs has been largely focused upon the practices of full-time s ... more

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Claves para repensar los medios y el mundo que habitamos: La distopía del desarrollo

Manuel Chaparro Escudero

Bogotá: Ediciones Desde Abajo (2015), 294 pp.

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Not Up for Debate: U.S. News Coverage of Hunger in Africa

Lauren Kogen

International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 1 (2015), pp. 3-23

"This article explores how the U.S. news media construct the topic of hunger in Africa for U.S. audiences. Specifically, the article addresses how newspapers define and delimit the relationship between U.S. citizens and foreign sufferers. Through a framing analysis and critical discourse analysis of ... more

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Combining Detached Watchdog Journalism with Development Ideals: An Exploration of Fijian Journalism Culture

Folker Hanusch

International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 6 (2015), pp. 557-576

"Development journalism has been a key focus of discussion among journalism scholars for around half a decade, but most of the attention has been firmly on African and Asian countries. This article examines the situation on the little-researched island nation of Fiji, which has experienced considera ... more

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From Public Service Broadcaster to Development Actor: Deutsche Welle and the (con)quest of African Female Audiences

Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 29, issue 3 (2015), pp. 382-399

"This article examines German public service broadcasting and its message for African female audiences. It situates the activities of Deutsche Welle (DW) within public diplomacy theory and analyses the content of DW's Learning by Ear series, which is geared towards young African women. The article i ... more