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Forte FM’s Programming Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alice, South Africa
Communicatio, volume 50, issue 3 (2024), pp. 106-124
"The advent of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in 2019 brought great fear of the unknown to the whole world. It therefore became very important for people and nations around the world to get the needed information on how to cope with the novel virus. Community radio broadcasting was at t
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Vaccination Communication Strategies and Uptake in Africa: A Systematic Review
Vaccines, volume 12, issue 1333 (2024), 31 pp.
"African countries experience high rates of infectious diseases that are mostly preventable by vaccination. Despite the risks of infections and other adverse outcomes, vaccination coverage in the African region remains significantly low. Poor vaccination knowledge is a contributory factor, and effec
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News Distortion in Times of Crises: Covid-19 Case in the Arab Media
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 5222-5246
"This article investigates news distortion within the Arab media ecosystem, as manifested on Arab media Facebook pages and perceived by Arab journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic. A textual analysis was conducted on 6 news Facebook pages affiliated with major local media channels in 6 Arab countr
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Gestion de la communication publique dans une situation de crise sanitaire mondiale: Cas de la Covid-19 en Côte d'Ivoire, 2020-2022
Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 173 pp.
"Le 11 mars 2020, la Côte d'Ivoire enregistrait son premier cas confirmé de personne atteinte de COVID-19. Dès lors à l'instar de nombreux pays dans le monde, plusieurs actions ont alors été entreprises par le gouvernement ivoirien pour apporter une riposte à la crise. Cette riposte nationale
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Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Asian Perspective
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 236 pp.
"This book tackles the infodemic—the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading, or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications—triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on four Asian societies, the book compares and analyzes the spread of COVID-19 misinformation
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“We don’t believe in [the] Coronavirus; we believe in Allah. Whatever happens, it happens from Allah”: Pakistani media’s response to countering conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic
Newspaper Research Journal, volume 46, issue 1 (2024), pp. 6-28
"This study examines the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic by the four leading newspapers of Pakistan—Dawn, The News, Daily Times and The Nation—when they were responsible for informing and educating the public during a health crisis hit by conspiracy theories. The researchers utilized content a
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Information Sources, Credibility, Knowledge, and Risk Perceptions: Findings from the National Tuberculosis Survey in South Korea
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 888-908
"This study explores the sources of tuberculosis (TB) information used by Koreans, focusing specifically on how sociodemographic variables influence perceptions of source credibility and how the use of different information sources influences TB-related knowledge levels and risk perceptions. Based o
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The Association of a Large-Scale Television Campaign with Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevalence in Vietnam
AJPH Research, volume 107, issue 2 (2023), pp. 312-318
"Objectives: To examine the association between exposure to breastfeeding television spots and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Methods: We performed face-to-face interviews with 11 722 mothers of infants younger than 6 months using 5 cross-sectional surveys 6 or more months apart between 2011 and 201
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Media, Social Pressure, and Combating Misinformation: Experimental Evidence on Mass Media and Contraception Use in Burkina Faso
J-PAL Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (2023), 45 pp.
"Using a two-level randomized experiment covering 5 million people in Burkina Faso, we examine the impact on family planning knowledge and behavior of both general exposure to mass media (800 women receive radios in status quo areas) and an intensive evidence-based family planning campaign (8 of 16
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Vernacular Radio and the Practice of Resistance: Community Radio as a Cultural Tool to Engage on Health and Social Identities Among Marginalized Communities in Ghana
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 30, issue 1 (2023), pp. 99-118
"This article explores how local values and social identities can be integrated into Ghana’s formal COVID-19 public health communication interventions using community radio. The study adopted a qualitative approach using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and reflexive thematic analysis
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Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiii, 240 pp.
"This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics. Chapters employ a wide range of innova
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Faith 'n' science
Internews; IMA World Health (2023), 14 pp.
"A majority of communities in sub–Saharan Africa subscribe to religion which is part of the people’s way of life. At the center of religion are religious leaders whom communities trust and consult on various issues beyond faith and religion. By partnering with these revered figures and building
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Discourses, Modes, Media and Meaning in an Era of Pandemic: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach
New York; London: Routledge (2023), xvi, 276 pp.
"Using a multimodal discourse analysis approach, this dynamic collection examines various discourses, modes and media in circulation during the early stages of the pandemic, and how these have impacted our daily lives in terms of the various meanings they express. Examples include how national and i
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‘It is Guiding Us to Protect Ourselves’: A Qualitative Investigation Into Why Young People Engage with a Mass-Media HIV Education Campaign
Culture, Health & Sexuality, volume 25, issue 7 (2023), pp. 803-817
"This study explores how and why young people engage with MTV Shuga, a popular mass media campaign in South Africa, to understand what makes effective HIV edutainment. Young MTV Shuga viewers from the Eastern Cape, South Africa and their parents participated in remote individual interviews and focus
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Exploring the Contextual Factors of Religious Leader Participation in Health Communication: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Sierra Leone
Journal of Religion and Health, volume 62 (2023), pp. 1695-1715
"As there are many and sometimes ambivalent intersections of health and religion, strategic collaborations with religious opinion leaders in health campaigns have been increasingly explored. Despite the known influence of distinct contextual factors within emergency and non-emergency settings, exist
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A Systematic Review of Communication Interventions for Countering Vaccine Misinformation
Vaccine, volume 41, issue 5 (2023), pp. 1018-1034
"We conducted a systematic review to identify and describe communications-based strategies used to prevent and ameliorate the effect of mis- and disinformation on people’s attitudes and behaviours surrounding vaccination (objective 1) and examined their effectiveness (objective 2) [...] Of 2000 id
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The Prevalence, Features, Influencing Factors, and Solutions for COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: Systematic Review
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, volume 9, issue e40201 (2023), 23 pp.
"This review aims to synthesize the global evidence on misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines, including its prevalence, features, influencing factors, impacts, and solutions for combating misinformation. We performed a systematic review by searching 5 peer-reviewed databases (PubMed, Embase, W
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COVID-19 and the Constructions of Africa in African News Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (2023), pp. 179-198
"This article examines the constructions of Africa in COVID-19-related stories that were produced by African news media. Dominant scholarship indicates that western media generally reproduce and perpetuate harmful stereotypes on Africa. Given that there is scant literature on how African media cover
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Nudging Knowledge: Tackling Health Misinformation in Humanitarian Settings Using Behavioral Science
Key Guides
Nairobi: Busara (2023), 46 pp.
"This guide does not require prior knowledge or experience in behavioral science. It will be relevant for you if you are an actor in a humanitarian setting look to: 1. Design a Theory of Change for a program aiming to change people’s beliefs or behaviors: This guide can be used by several actors.
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