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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Edutainment Television Programmes
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Entertainment Education, Edutainment
38
Edutainment Health Programmes
35
Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
29
HIV / AIDS Communication
22
Edutainment Campaigns: Planning & Implementation
19
Educational Games, Serious Games
18
Edutainment Campaigns: Effects & Effectiveness
13
Gaming, Video Games
11
Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
10
Soap Operas & Telenovelas
10
Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
10
Behaviour Change Communication
8
Edutainment Campaigns: Experiences
8
Radio Scriptwriting
7
Communication for Social Change
6
Edutainment Campaigns: Monitoring & Evaluation
6
Media Effects
5
Persuasive Communication
5
Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
4
Educational Comics & Comics for Development
4
Screenwriting, Film Scriptwriting, TV Scriptwriting
4
Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
4
Soul City (NGO, South Africa)
4
Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
4
Health Campaigns: Experiences
4
Participatory Communication
3
Storytelling
3
Theatre for Development
3
Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
3
Behaviour Change Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
3
Rural Communication for Development
3
Educational Radio Programmes
3
Television Dramas
3
Good Practice Examples
3
Health Radio Programmes
3
WASH Communication (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene)
3
People with Disabilities: Advocacy & Empowerment
2
Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
2
Shamba Shape Up (Agricultural Reality TV Programme, Kenya)
2
Gaming: Uses & Effects
2
Development Communication Campaigns
2
Child Marriage
2
Film Production
2
Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
2
Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
2
Conflicts, Conflict Prevention & Management, Mediation, Peacebuilding
2
Reconciliation Work
2
Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
2
Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
2
Puntos de Encuentro (NGO, Nicaragua)
2
Edutainment Campaigns: Concepts & Strategies
2
Edutainment: Youth
2
Radio for Development
2
Social Change & Media / Communication
2
Podcasts
2
Online Learning, E-Learning
2
Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
2
Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
2
Religious Education: Use & Role of Media
2
Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
2
Forced Marriage
2
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
2
Rural Women & Communication
2
Women (General)
2
Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
2
Health Campaigns: Effects & Effectiveness
2
Health Television Programmes
2
Nazism
2
Music
2
Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
2
Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
2
Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
2
Access to Media & Information
1
Merchandising & Social Merchandising
1
Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
1
Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
1
Celebrity Humanitarianism
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
1
Empowerment
1
Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
1
Agricultural Information & Extension
1
Audience Clubs & Listener Groups
1
Audience Research
1
Audience Research in Media Assistance
1
Audience Research: Concepts & Experiences
1
Television Use: Children
1
Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
1
Radio Use: Women
1
Media Use: Youth
1
Behaviour Change Campaigns
1
Children and Media
1
Animated Cartoons, Animated Films
1
Children's Rights
1
Sesame Street (Children's Television Programme)
1
Gaming: Children
1
Christian Ethics
1
Development Education: Films
1
Film & Gender
1
Crime Films
1
Communication Strategies
1
Development Aid Public Relations, Development Public Awareness Raising
1
Strategic Communication Planning
1
Community Development
1
Community Radios
1
Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
1
Traditional Music
1
Islamic State (Political-Religious Extremist Organization)
1
Dealing With the Past
1
Extremist Recruitment through Media
1
Media Assistance: Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation
1
Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
1
Violence in the Media: Video Games
1
Content Analysis (Research Method)
1
Countering Misinformation & Rumours
1
Narratives, Narrative Structures
1
Philosophy
1
Development Assistance
1
Development Communication Research
1
Visual Aids for Development
1
Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
1
Interactive Media
1
Facebook
1
Albinism
1
Ethnic Media, Minority Media
1
Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Minorities
1
Energy Supply, Electricity
1
Educational Effects of Media, Educational Role of Media
1
Ethical Learning: Use & Role of Media
1
Digital Educational Materials
1
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
1
Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
1
Television Entertainment, Television Entertainment Programmes
1
Television Serials
1
Environmental Communication
1
Ethics (General)
1
Social Norms
1
Evaluation
1
Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
1
Gender and Radio
1
Women's Radio Programmes
1
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
1
Gender Norms & Roles
1
Gender Relations
1
Health Communication
1
Alcohol Abuse: Prevention & Media Representation
1
Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
1
COVID-19 Communication
1
Health Campaigns: Message Design
1
Health Communication & Campaigns: Youth
1
Polio Communication
1
Tobacco Counter-Marketing, Smoking Cessation Campaigning, Nicotine Addiction Reporting
1
Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
1
Adaptation of Media Products to Other Countries / Cultural Contexts
1
Colonialism
1
Foreign Policies
1
Radio Interviews
1
Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
1
Media Assistance: Impacts, Effectiveness, Efficiency
1
BBC Media Action
1
Media Assistance: Radio
1
Role Models & Role Portrayals in the Media
1
Media Literacy: Television
1
Media Literacy: Youth
1
Migrants & Refugees: Tailor-Made Media Products & Information Services
1
Radio Music
1
People with Disabilities: Reporting & Media Representation
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
1
Democratization
1
Project Management
1
Project Impact, Project Effects, Project Effectiveness, Project Efficiency
1
Radio Programmes & Genres
1
Mega FM (Radio Station, Gulu, Uganda)
1
Media Effects Research
1
Media Reception
1
Parasocial Interaction
1
Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
1
Television Reception & Effects
1
Research in Media & Communication
1
Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
1
Domestic Violence
1
Violence Prevention Campaigns
1
Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
1
Theories of Change
1
Stigmatization
1
Television
1
Theories of Communication & Media
1
Youth, Adolescents
1
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"Seit einigen Jahren zeigt das afghanische Fernsehen zahlreiche Krimis und Dokumentationen von Gerichtsprozessen. Sie werden von Afghanen produziert, aber aus dem Ausland finanziert, unter anderem von der Europäischen Kommission, den Vereinten Nationen und der US-amerikanischen Entwicklungsagentur ... more
"This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in Cambodia. To identify the effect, I exploit plausible exogenous ... more
"This manual is for media practitioners and social activists who wish to use the power of entertainment and mass media to promote health, human rights and social justice. Drawing on successful stories and case studies from Africa and elsewhere, this manual aims to inspire, give fresh ideas and share ... more

Testing a Media Intervention in Kenya: Vioja Mahakamani, Dangerous Speech, and the Benesch Guidelines

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2013), 29 pp.
"Susan Benesch, human rights scholar, genocide prevention fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, has, over the last several years, developed an analytical framework for identifying ‘dangerous speech’ ... more
"A field experiment in Rwanda investigated the impact of a radio drama designed to increase perspective-taking with regard to the history of intergroup conflict. An audio-based priming technique was used to assess the causal impact of the radio drama. Rwandan participants (N=842) listened to an audi ... more
"This study examines the effectiveness of an entertainment education (EE) programme, Makgabaneng, in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. If successful, this communication intervention should result in greater self-report of attitudes, actions and knowledge related to risk reduction goals am ... more
"Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Debatte um die Rolle der Medien für das kindliche Ernährungsverhalten und Übergewicht stellt dieser Band die Entertainment-Education-Strategie als Weg für eine effektive mediale Gesundheitskommunikation in den Mittelpunkt. Untersucht wird, ob in unterhaltende F ... more

Raising Women’s Voices Through Radio Drama: Reflections from South Africa

Johannesburg: People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA);Community Media for Development (CMFD) (2012), 12 pp.
"This case study is being produced to share the process, techniques, and lessons learned from "Zaphamban' izindlela!" radio drama both as way to document, as well as facilitate others working on women’s issues to undertake similar initiatives. The case study demonstrates how entertaining forms of ... more
"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat ... more
"Kwanda was an innovative community development initiative of the Soul City Institute and partners. Five deprived communities were challenged to make their areas 'look better, feel better and work better’ by addressing health and development issues. Responses to this challenge were documented in a ... more
"Entertainment-education interventions frequently include an explicit persuasive appeal, such as an epilogue, at their conclusion. This may help to overcome potential limitations of narrative persuasion by highlighting and clarifying the underlying message. Despite this potential, an explicit persua ... more
"The Gama Cuulu radio serial drama is written and produced in Zambia's Southern Province. It promotes behavior change and service use to prevent HIV transmission. The authors evaluated the effects of Gama Cuulu on intermediate outcomes (e.g., perceived norms), as well as number of sexual partners, c ... more

Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2011), xxiii, 324 pp.
"By assessing edutainment as a space of cultural translation, Drama for Development advances an often neglected perspective in this topics' research. It focuses on what happens when various goals, worldviews and needs from donors, producers and the audiences come together in the production and meani ... more
"This essay analyses the role of audience research as a change agent in media development interventions in Afghanistan. It analyses how audience research in transnational contexts involves a complex set of intercultural negotiations and translations that contribute to the enduring relevance and sust ... more

Les séries télévisées dans l’éducation sur le VIH: Atteindre les populations grâce au divertissement populaire

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2011), 40 pp.
"Se rangeant parmi les cinq plus grands donateurs d’aide publique au développement (APD), l'Allemagne est fortement engagée dans la lutte pour un accès universel à la prévention, au traitement et à la prise en charge du VIH. Une bonne partie des contributions allemandes est accordée sous fo ... more

Effekte von Radio-Seifenopern auf Versöhnungsprozesse in Nachkonfliktgesellschaften: Das Fallbeispiel Norduganda

Leipzig: Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunst- und Orientwissenschaften, Institut für Afrikanistik, MA Thesis (2011), 94 pp.
"Betrachtet man die Beliebtheit und den Hörerzuspruch für Loke Pol, kann man von einem Erfolg des Programmes sprechen. Auch wenn einige Aspekte des Senders Mega FM wie die quasi-Monopolposition die Rezeption des Programmes begünstigen, zählt Loke Pol sowohl in den Augen der Produzenten, angesich ... more