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Handreichung: Krisenberatung am Telefon und per Video in Zeiten von Corona

Joachim Wenzel, Stephanie Jaschke, Emily Engelhardt

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Systemische Therapie, Beratung und Familientherapie (DGSF), Fachgruppe Onlineberatung und Medien, Version 1.3 (2020), 21 pp.

"Beratende und andere Fachkräfte erleben während der Coronapandemie eine nie dagewesene Herausforderung, da ihre eigene Lebenssituation und zugleich die Lebenswelt ihrer Klient*innen sich grundlegend geändert hat. In besonderen Krisenzeiten wie bei einem Lockdown, Kontaktbeschränkungen oder Isol ... more

Periodismo en tiempos de #COVID19: Guía latinoamericana de cobertura

Voces del Sur (2020), 10 pp.

Key Considerations: Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19

Nadia Butler

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 8 pp.

"This brief sets out practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It details various types of online media, key players and influencers on social media, a ... more

COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment: Behaviour, Ethics, Misinformation and Policy Strategies

London: Royal Society;British Academy (2020), 35 pp.

"COVID-19 vaccine deployment faces an unprecedented degree of uncertainty and complexity, which is difficult to communicate, such as immune response, duration of immunity, repeated vaccination, transmission dynamics, microbiological and clinical characteristics and multiple vaccines. Priority groups ... more

People, Poultry and Pandemics: Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Indonesia

William Paul Forster

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 4 pp.

"This SSHAP Case Study illustrates how the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worked in 2006-07 to support the Indonesian government in response to avian influenza outbreaks. The agency provided social mobilisation and education programmes to schools and villages in affected communities and p ... more

Rapid Review: Vaccine Hesitancy and Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination

Tabitha Hrynick, Santiago Ripoll, Megan Schmidt-Sane

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 18 pp.

"This brief draws on social science literature and informal interviews with experts to illustrate that vaccine hesitancy is more complex and context-specific, and often reflects diverse, everyday anxieties – not just, or even primarily, exposure to misinformation or anti-vaccine campaigners. Based ... more

Public Trust in the Media During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Media Matters for Democracy (2020), 34 pp.

"The public generally approved of the Pakistani news media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. A majority of the respondents agreed that the Covid news coverage had provided them the information they needed, provided largely accurate information, worked for the benefit of the public, and helped th ... more

Comunicación para el cambio de comportamientos y estrategias sanitaria del gobierno peruano frente al COVID-19

Sandro Macassi

Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), issue 145 (2020), pp. 235-258

"Se revisan las explicaciones sobre incremento de contagios y muertes en el caso peruano pese a las medidas tempranas y duras para restringir la propagación del virus. Se profundiza en el análisis de las barreras para el cambio de comportamiento necesarios para detener la transmisión del COVID-19 ... more

Comunicación, sociedad y salud en contexto de pandemia
Top Insights

Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), issue 145 (2020), pp. 41-300

Behavioral Science Tips for COVID-19 Communications

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU);University of Pennsylvania, Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics;Ideas42.org (2020), 2 pp.

"Human behavior plays a central role in reducing the spread of coronavirus. Communication by government entities and other trusted sources about desirable or mandated behaviors during the pandemic is critical. As policymakers, funders, and program staff, it is our responsibility to ensure that commu ... more

External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-Based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Mobile Phones, Nutrition, and Health in Tanzania. Business Modelling Endline Report

Nigel Scott, Simon Batchelor, Jones. Tom

E-pact Consortium;Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2020), 118 pp.

"mNutrition is a global initiative supported by FCDO, managed by GSMA, and implemented by in-country MNOs and third party providers to use mobile technology, that sought to improve the health and nutritional status of children and adults in the developing world. The potential to utilise mobile techn ... more

30 Critical Concepts for Fighting COVID-19 in the Age of Digital Interdependence

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 11 pp.

"Why understanding these 30 concepts is key during and post COVID19? As millions of people around the world are quarantined or in physical isolation, with border closings and restrictions in travel, Information Technologies (IT) have become the main means of interaction and communication. Suddenly, ... more

Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the Fight Against COVID-19

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 6 pp.

"Misinformation is false or inaccurate information deliberately intended to deceive. In the context of the current pandemic, it can greatly affect all aspects of life, especifically people’s mental health, since searching for COVID-19 updates on the Internet has jumped 50% –70% across all genera ... more

COVID-19: An Informative Guide. Advice for Journalists

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 15 pp.

"This document offers tools to help journalists practice responsible coverage of the pandemic using evidence-based information. It also proposes ways to approach coverage and encourages journalists to provide advice and solutions that can help reduce health risks and save lives. The priorities of th ... more

Journalism and the Pandemic: A Global Snapshot of Impacts

Julie Posetti, Emily Bell, Pete Brown

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ);Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University (2020), 30 pp.

"Our report demonstrates that journalists are working in a severely pressured financial, physical and psychological environment during the pandemic. This will be the most enduringly difficult professional period many have experienced during their careers. There is the added complication of an inform ... more

COVID-19: The Role of Judicial Operators in the Protection and Promotion of the Right to Freedom of Expression: Guidelines

Joan Barata

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 13 pp.

"Judges and courts, both at national and regional levels, will find these guidelines useful to ensure the application of international and regional human rights standards of freedom of expression and privacy when ruling on cases involving States’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak that have an imp ... more

Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation
Key Guidance

Julie Posetti, Kalina Bontcheva

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 16 pp.

"COVID-19 disinformation creates confusion about medical science with immediate impact on every person on the planet, and upon whole societies. It is more toxic and more deadly than disinformation about other subjects. That is why this policy brief coins the term disinfodemic. Using this frame, the ... more

Global Rumour Bulletin

Internews (2020), 10 pp.

"For the last 6 months, the Internews' Rooted in Trust project has collected more than 5,238 rumours from seven countries: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Philippines, Colombia, Central African Republic, Mali and Sudan. We work in 12 local languages and collect data across seven major social media platforms a ... more

Under the Surface: Covid-19 Vaccine Narratives, Misinformation and Data Deficits on Social Media

Rory Smith, Seb Cubbon, Claire Wardle

First Draft (2020), 95 pp.

"This research demonstrates the complexity of the vaccine information ecosystem, where a cacophony of voices and narratives have coalesced to create an environment of extreme uncertainty. Two topics are driving a large proportion of the current global vaccine discourse, especially around a Covid-19 ... more

How Best to Communicate on Migration and Integration in the Context of COVID-19?

OECD (2020), 9 pp.

"In the context of the COVID 19 pandemic, effective communication on migration and integration has helped governments achieve crucial policy objectives: First, in order to limit the spread of the virus, governments need to provide all parts of the population, including migrants, with timely and accu ... more