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Participatory Communication
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Community Radios
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Community Media
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Theatre for Development
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Communication for Social Change
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Social Photography
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Rural Communication for Development
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Good Practice Examples
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Photography
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Community Radio Sustainability & Financing
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Community Reporters, Media Volunteers
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Community Television
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Storytelling
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Development Communication Tools & Methods
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Radio Chaguarurco (Santa Isabel, Azuay, Ecuador)
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Radio Huayacocotla (Huayacocotla, Mexico)
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Radio Kwizera (Ngara, Tanzania)
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Radio Quillabamba (Quillabamba, Peru)
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Community Radio Management
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Development and Media
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Soul City (NGO, South Africa)
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Development Communication Theories
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Social Media
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Workshops & Seminars: Methods, Tools, Planning, Experiences
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Kothmale Community Radio (Kothmale, Sri Lanka)
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Radio Sagarmatha (Nepal)
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Tambuli Radio Network (Philippines)
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Visual Communication
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Community Radio Audiences & Use
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Videos
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Communication Strategies
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Strategic Communication Planning
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Community Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Visual Anthropology
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Radio for Development
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Information Society
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Research in Media & Communication
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Participatory Research
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Participatory Research Methods
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Photovoice (Participatory Research Method)
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Focus Groups & Group Discussions (Qualitative Research Method)
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Social Change
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Television
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User-Generated Contents
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Youth
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Empowerment
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Environmental & Land Conflicts
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Forestry, Deforestation, Forest Protection
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Pastoralism
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Development Communication Campaigns
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Radio Soleil (Haiti)
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Children's Radio Programmes
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Educational Comics & Comics for Development
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Media Literacy: Children
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School Radios
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Nollywood
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Local Government Communication Strategies
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Community Development
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Community Media Impact
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Community Newspapers, Community Press
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Community Radio & Gender
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Community Radio Training Methods & Training of Trainers
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Discussion Forums, Community Discussions, Citizen Consultations
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Group Media
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Traditional Communication
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Media Ethnography
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Cultural Change
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Cultural Role & Influence of Media
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Development Assistance
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Developing Countries
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Development Organizations
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World Bank
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Development Planning
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National Development Planning
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Development Projects: Planning & Implementation
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Gender Projects (Development Cooperation)
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Regional Cooperation, South-South Collaboration
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Religion and Development
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Development Communication: Design & Implementation
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Development Communication: Donor Organizations
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Development Communication: Indigenous & Traditional Communication
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Development Communication Research
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Visual Aids for Development
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital & Information Literacy
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ICANN
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Internet
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Digital Political Communication
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Podcasts
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YouTube
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Wikipedia
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ICTs and Development
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT Indicators
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ICT Policies
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication: Disadvantaged Groups, Minorities, Hard-To-Reach Audiences
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Digital & Online Archives
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Media Commercialisation
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Social Capital
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Education and Communication / Media
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Audiobooks & Audio Cassettes
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Media Assistance: Educational & Instructional Media
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Radio Entertainment
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Environmental Communication
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Deserts, Desertification
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Natural Resources
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Ethics & Data Protection in Research
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Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Gender Relations
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Rural Women & Communication
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Radio Programmes
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History of Media & Communication
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Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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UNESCO
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Local Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance: Impacts, Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Communication Processes
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Information
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Crowdsourcing
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Media, Mass Media
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Media Democratization
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Media Literacy: Producing Participatory Videos
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Media Law & Regulation
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Human Rights Protection
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge
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Escuela Audiovisual Infantil (Belén de los Andaquíes, Caquetá, Colombia)
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Socialism
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Political Participation
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Politics and Media
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Political Television Programmes & Political Talkshows
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Public Spheres
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Rural Press
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Radio Production
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Decision Making
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Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
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Monitoring
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Radio
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Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Mahaweli Community Radio (Sri Lanka)
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Radio Ada (Ghana)
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Radio Venceremos (El Salvador)
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University Radios
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Social Participation
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Religion and Communication
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Applied Communication Research
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Research Methods
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Analysis
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Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
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Interviewing (Qualitative Research Method)
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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Civil Society
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Participation
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Social Justice
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Telecommunications
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Telephone
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Regional Television
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Television Channels
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Philosophies of Communication & Media
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Audiovisual Communication
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Youth and Media
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth Media
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"L’approfondissement des pratiques démocratiques dans les pays étudiés passe non seulement par le renforcement des capacités des médias et des journalistes, pour qu’ils puissent s’emparer pleinement des outils numériques, mais aussi par la montée en puissance d’un grand nombre de nouv ... more
"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t ... more

Interactive Radio! Toolkit for Stations

Internews;University of Cambridge, Centre of Governance and Human Rights (2015), 51 pp.
"This toolkit combines the knowledge and experience of Internews with insights from research conducted by the University of Cambridge’s Centre of Governance and Human Rights and partners in the Politics and Interactive Media (PiMA) research project. Politics and Interactive Media in Africa (PiMA), ... more
"This article begins with a literature review of Participatory Photography (PP) that highlights how this tool has been mostly implemented for action research, advocacy, and public health purposes. It shows how scholars have only quite recently begun to recognise its ability to generate change among ... more
"As Documentary Photographers increasingly introduce the collaborative and participatory methodologies common to socially engaged art practices into their projects (particularly those that are activist in nature, seeking to catalyse social change agendas and policies through image making and sharing ... more

Grassroots Comics as Participatory Communication in the Khwe Community, South Africa

In: Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa
Chima E. Onuekwe (ed.)
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), pp. 109-132
"The subject of this paper is communicating with indigenous communities via grassroots comics, in this case the Khwe San who live in Platfontein in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The study is largely informed by contemporary shifts in development theory, particularly that of participato ... more
"Este livro reúne experiências e reflexões de académicos e não académicos sobre as potencialidades dos media para envolver e capacitar comunidades. Ao longo destas páginas, encontram-se textos que documentam propostas educativas e cívicas em torno dos media ou refletem sobre as capacidades d ... more

Whose Pictures Are These? Re-Framing the Promise of Participatory Photography

London: University of London, Goldsmiths, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 259 pp.
"Participatory photography initiatives promise to ‘empower’, ‘give voice’ and ‘enable social change’ for marginalised communities through photography. This thesis questions this promise, demonstrating participatory photography to be a contested practice defined as much by inherent tensio ... more

Pensar desde la experiencia: Comunicación participativa en el cambio social

Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto), Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación (2014), 405 pp.

Africa's Voices: Using Mobile Phones and Radio to Foster Mediated Public Discussion and to Gather Public Opinions in Africa

Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2014), 21 pp.
"This paper presents the findings from a one-year applied research pilot project, Africa's Voices, run by the University of Cambridge's Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR). Africa's Voices developed out of CGHR's wider research programme on politics, ICTs and interactive media in Africa. Th ... more
"The primary audience of this toolkit is anyone using or planning to use radio to enhance the impact of their development programs. It does not assume any level of prior knowledge of interactive radio from the reader. It will primarily appeal to practitioners who are planning to work through establi ... more
"The article aims to provide a more historically grounded approach to the relationship between communication and participation, by distinguishing different waves of media democratization. The article first discusses the concept of participation and some of its complexities, and then sketches a serie ... more
"Since it emerged, the field of communication for development has undergone a constant process of redefinition. Since the 1990s, the importance of participation in social and communicative processes has been stressed, and studies carried out during those years focused on participation as an importan ... more
"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, esp ... more

Participatory Visual and Digital Methods

London, New York: Routledge (2013), 227 pp.
"Gubrium and Harper describe how visual and digital methodologies can contribute to a participatory, public-engaged ethnography. These methods can change the traditional relationship between academic researchers and the community, building one that is more accessible, inclusive, and visually appeali ... more
"Through two case studies, this paper evaluates the value of the feminist visual methodology Photovoice as an interactive consultation tool with rural Rwandan women working in agriculture. This exploratory study suggests that it is possible, through an adapted Photovoice process, to engage and empow ... more
"Panos is working with 20 radio stations across Uganda to give voice to the voiceless through facilitating debate. It isagainst this background that Panos Eastern Africa (PEA) has developed this Guide to help our partner radio stations and journalists improve the quality of their debate and hope it ... more