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Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (2015), xxv, 233 pp.
"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information'social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an
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Making Secondary Trauma a Primary Issue: A Study of Eyewitness Media and Vicarious Trauma on the Digital Frontline
Istanbul: Eyewitness Media Hub (2015), 69 pp.
"The rapid and incredible growth of eyewitness media (also known as user-generated content or UGC) has led to the emergence of a new cadre of journalists, humanitarian and human rights professionals whose job it is to seek out, verify and edit the most disturbing and traumatic raw images captured by
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"This tool is designed to support decision makers in understanding how information contributes to a more connected and resilient community. Whether your community is defined by place, population, issue, or a mix of these, a good understanding of a community's information needs and use are essential
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Finding a Voice Through Humanitarian Technologies? Communication Technologies and Participation in Disaster Recovery
International Journal of Communication, volume 9 (2015), pp. 3020-3038
"Voice—understood as the ability to give an account of oneself and participate in social processes—is increasingly recognized as significant for humanitarian action and disaster recovery. Giving disaster-affected people the opportunity to make their voices heard has the potential to democratize
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Malakal: Nile FM: Baseline Assessment
Internews (2015), 9 pp.
"In February 2015, Internews established Nile FM, a community radio station in Malakal County, Upper Nile state [South Sudan]. As part of Internews' Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) that brings information to displaced and vulnerable populations throughout the country, Nile FM responds to the
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Audiences in the Face of Distant Suffering: New Challenges for Old Ideals?
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 7 (2015), pp. 603-707
The New Boots on the Ground: NGOs in the Changing Landscape of International News
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
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Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management: A Field Guide
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
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Not Up for Debate: U.S. News Coverage of Hunger in Africa
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
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"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
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Disaster Response: Nepal Earthquake Response and Recovery. Overview
London: GSMA (2015), 24 pp.
Disasters and Information Source Repertoires: Information Seeking and Information Sufficiency in Postearthquake Haiti
Journal of Applied Communication Research, volume 43, issue 1 (2015), pp. 1-22
"This study examines how Haitians used “information source repertoires” to meet information insufficiencies following the 2010 earthquake. Using survey data gained in Haiti, the study explores which demographic and structural factors predicted the number of sources used and combinations of infor
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Internews Humanitarian Information Service: UNMISS POC SITE - MALAKAL. Baseline Assessment
Internews; Forcier Consulting (2014), 8 pp.
"On 4th July 2014, Internews launched Boom Box Talk Talk (BBTT) in the Malakal, UN Mission Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, to provide people affected by the conflict with life saving and life enhancing information. BBTT is a professionally produced audio Humanitarian Information Service (HIS). In
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"The key finding of this rapid assessment is that displaced people in northern Iraq live in an information vacuum which is hindering their ability to cope with the catastrophe in which they find themselves. This vacuum has two main origins: lack of access to reliable news and information from the lo
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The Use of ICTs and Mobilisation in the Age of Parallel Media – an Emerging Fifth Estate? A Case Study of Nafeer's Flood Campaign in the Sudan
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 75-91
"On 1 August 2013, heavy rains in the Sudan triggered flash floods that affected more than 530 000 citizens. The government failed to aid those affected and created a media blackout. More than 12 000 Sudanese volunteers created a horizontal network of citizens participating in a community-led initia
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Communications, Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014), 68 pp.
"The articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier. All are written by those observing, experiencing and attempting to respond to the challenges created by the digital revolution and the very real threats it is creating for hu
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"In February, 2014, Internews worked with Forcier Consulting to conduct a baseline survey of 612 respondents from the Tong Ping site to identify information needs, sources, and preferences to help guide their intervention strategies, and in April 2014 Internews again teamed up with Forcier Consultin
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