"In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women documentarists in the Arab world have found ways to subtly negotiate dissidence in their films, something that is becoming more apparent since the ‘Arab Revolutions’. In this book, Stefanie Van de Peer traces the
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very beginnings of Arab women making documentaries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), from the 1970s and 1980s in Egypt and Lebanon, to the 1990s and 2000s in Morocco and Syria." (Publisher description)
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"The UNESCO YouthMobile Initiative leverages the widespread availability of mobile phones to empower youth through digital skills training. Young people are introduced to coding as both a resource to solve local issues and a tool to develop complex learning skills. Through YouthMobile training, stud
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ents are encouraged to develop, promote and sell their own mobile applications, as the key to ensure sustainable development. Since its launch in 2014 by the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO, the Initiative counts nearly 7,000 direct recipients of training in 27 countries, giving young people the skills to develop and distribute mobile apps for sustainable development."
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"Jugendliche heute kennen kaum ein Leben ohne Social Media-Plattformen am Smartphone. Untersuchungen legen Zusammenhänge zwischen dieser Mediennutzung und psychischer Gesundheit in der Adoleszenz nahe. Es zeichnen sich positive und negative Effekte ab. Erkenntnisse aus US-amerikanischen und britisc
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hen Studien werden in diesem Beitrag mit Daten aus Deutschland angereichert und am Beispiel der Identitätskonstruktion auf der Plattform Instagram dargestellt. Diese bietet gute Möglichkeiten für kreativen Selbstausdruck, doch ihr Einfluss auf die psychosoziale Entwicklung in der Adoleszenz wird tendenziell negativ wahrgenommen. Der Beitrag schließt mit Beispielen zu kreativen Accounts, die gegenläufige Strategien der Narrativierung und Ästhetisierung anwenden." (Zusammenfassung)
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"Between August 2017 and July 2018, CRF implemented the Kilimo Mtaji project (“agriculture makes sense” in Swahili) in Tanzania and DRC. The aim of the project was to seize the power of youth-produced radio shows and outreach events in order to share key messages that raise awareness around fina
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ncial literacy and agriculture as a business, incentivise uptake of services and increase access to service providers, advocate for youth-friendly policy changes and create pathways of opportunity and access to employment for youth [...] The first chapter unpacks the communication campaign model CRF used and its achievements. The chapter further explains the reasons why this campaign model is effective in an African context. The chapter then unpacks the youth-centred approach and shares some of the achievements of this model during the pilot phase in Tanzania and the DRC. The second chapter unpacks the pedagogic approach used to capacitate the youth reporters with the ability to produce quality radio shows and conduct outreach events around these topics. The third chapter provides guidance on the use of various tools developed for the purpose of this project. These tools are the fact sheets, radio guides and outreach guides. Fact sheets are developed for youth reporters to use as factual foundations for their own research and localisation of project topics. Radio guides unpack the process of developing a specific topic for radio shows. Outreach guides look at the process of using radio skills to develop interactive live events with radio listeners, or specific targeted audiences, on a particular topic." (Pages 2-4)
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"Pretty Liar" explores the rise of language and gender politics on Lebanese television to tell the untold story of the co-evolution of Lebanese television and its audiences and how the civil war of 1975-1991 affected that co-evolution. The shift in public interest in television has been widely ackno
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wledged and interpreted within an institutional context as a victory of the neo-liberal entrepreneurship of a new, agile brand over the government inefficiency of Lebanon's national station, Télé Liban. Yet, the role of the Lebanese Civil War in reshaping national television and broadcasting in Arab media following the emergence of the Lebanese Broadcasting Company in 1985 has been unexplored. Based on empirical data and grounded in theory by Arab and global researchers, "Pretty Liar" offers textual analyses of five Lebanese fictional series, three major and several additional periodicals, and nine literary works, and provides context from unscripted interviews with television administrators, anchors, actors, and freelance contributors, print journalists, and audience members. Khazaal seeks to offer new insight into how entertainment television became a site for politics and political resistance, feminism, and the cradle for post-war Lebanon due to the shift in practices and standards of legitimacy." (Publisher description)
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"This report is intended to aid staff from news organizations and media entrepreneurs who wish to grow their revenue by deepening interactions with their audiences. It’s based on hundreds of conversations and interviews with journalists, managers, and members themselves, including newsroom fieldwo
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rk and observation, as well as focus groups with supporters of news sites. We use these findings to share strategic and tactical considerations for building audience revenue programs. We also share detailed examples of ways that news organizations around the world are experimenting with new approaches to raising funds and supporting myriad forms of audience participation." (Abstract)
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"Esta mirada sobre los medios -que analizó durante seis años medios de comunicación impresos, y, entre 2016 y 2017, programas periodísticos de la televisión peruana, respectivamente- tuvo el objetivo de determinar cómo se representaba a la niñez y adolescencia en las noticias y observar si el
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tratamiento informativo era respetuoso de sus derechos. Al respecto, el documento señala que en promedio solo el 21% de las notas de los medios impresos y el 32% de las audiovisuales presentaron un tratamiento noticioso con enfoque de derechos. Como se desprende de los indicadores señalados, la gran mayoría de notas informativas sobre niñez y adolescencia de alguna forma afecta los derechos de la población más joven. El Grupo Niñez y Medios considera que una nota periodística tiene enfoque de derechos cuando protege la identidad e intimidad de niños, niñas y adolescentes, y utiliza términos adecuados que evitan su estigmatización o victimización. De igual forma, cuando incluye referencias a sus derechos; les muestra como personas con derechos y capacidades; incluye su voz o documenta el grado en que el Estado y otras instituciones o personas protegen o vulneran tales derechos." (https://reliefweb.int)
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"The overall aim of the workshop was to promote discussion among the archives on their respective practices, to reflect on the practice of interviewing with the involved historians and, last but not least, to find ways to make better use of the interviews available in the archives [...] The first pa
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rt of this reader contains the self-portrayals of the archives involved in the network and presentations of their contemporary witness projects, while the second part features reports from the historians on their practice, including reflections on their approaches. The appendix contains detailed overviews of the archived interviews of contemporary witnesses. Together with the texts, they are intended to give an impression of the interesting interviews that can already be found in the Ecology Archives and to arouse curiosity about their scientific use." (Editorial, page 4)
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"Escuchar a los pueblos indígenas y a todas las comunidades que viven en la Amazonía, como los primeros interlocutores de este Sínodo, es de vital importancia también para la Iglesia universal. Para ello necesitamos una mayor cercanía. Queremos saber ¿Cómo imaginan su “futuro sereno” y el
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“buen vivir” de las futuras generaciones? ¿Cómo podemos colaborar en la construcción de un mundo que debe romper con las estructuras que quitan vida y con las mentalidades de colonización para construir redes de solidaridad e interculturalidad? y, sobre todo, ¿Cuál es la misión particular de la Iglesia hoy ante esta realidad? Este Documento Preparatorio está dividido en tres partes correspondientes al método “ver, juzgar (discernir) y actuar”. Al final del texto se presentan preguntas que permitan un diálogo y una progresiva aproximación a la realidad y expectativa regional de una «cultura del encuentro» (EG 220). Los nuevos caminos para la evangelización y el plasmar una Iglesia con rostro amazónico pasan por las veredas de esa «cultura del encuentro» en la vida cotidiana, «en una armonía pluriforme» (EG 220) y «feliz sobriedad» (LS 224-225), como contribuciones para la construcción del Reino." (Preámbulo, página 2-3)
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"More men than women work in the media, including in management positions. Women have joined the industry in greater numbers in recent years, particularly through recruitment of university graduates; radio has the highest proportion of young women journalists. A higher proportion of women had full-t
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ime contracts; freelancers (a relatively smaller group overall) are dominated by male journalists, particularly in provincial areas. Women journalists faced pressure on their careers from family primarily around security fears for journalists in the field. Cambodia’s journalists face many threats covering political and other disputes. Women are assumed to be more vulnerable. Men therefore receive greater opportunities for field travel. Nevertheless women covered almost the same breadth of beats as men, with the main exception being male-dominated crime reporting." (Executive summary)
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"Women in News Somalia aims to increase women’s leadership and voices in the media. It does so by equipping women journalists and editors with the skills, strategies, and support networks to take on greater leadership positions within their media. Through a two-year programme (2015-2017) twelve wo
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men media professionals from across Somalia and Somaliland participated in a combination of training, mentoring, coaching and networking to learn practical skills and gain more confidence in their ability to play a key role in the Somali media sector. The WIN Somalia programme consisted of three gatherings where media management and career management training were delivered together with one-on-one coaching to identify and create a tailored career roadmap for each participant." (Page 1)
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"Como parte de un proyecto sobre desinformación, el centro de Internet y Sociedad Linterna Verde, en asocio con la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, presenta un informe que monitorea los discursos de género –tanto de candidatos presidenciales como de sus fórmulas– a través del análisis
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de cerca de 45 mil entradas en Facebook y Twitter. Este ejercicio se realizó en compañía de Colnodo, que promueve la apropiación de tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones con un enfoque de género. El ‘Polígrafo de Género’ permitió no sólo ver cómo las candidatas a la vicepresidencia han hablado de la mujer, sino también constatar que han sido ellas y no sus fórmulas presidenciales masculinas las que en últimas han empujado esta agenda –más allá del enfoque que escogieron–. Para algunas organizaciones de mujeres esta visibilidad no implicó siempre una mayor profundidad. Aunque las candidatas mencionaron temas que habían estado tradicionalmente invisibilizados, como la economía del cuidado o la reducción de la violencia contra la mujer, otros igualmente relevantes estuvieron ausentes." (Página web flip.org.co)
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"The European Video Measurement Matrix provides a unique reference tool on different audience and verification measurement providers’ capabilities and methodologies. Through this overview, the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video, Europe (FWCE) aims to shed light on similarities and differences acr
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oss the region and open up a dialogue on how metrics should evolve over time to serve the interests of brands and premium video providers alike." (Page 2)
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"1. Todos los niños uruguayos se conectaron alguna vez a internet [...] 2. El teléfono celular es el dispositivo más usado por los niños para conectarse a internet [...] 3. Los niños no son expertos en el uso de internet [...] 4. Los niños consideran que hay cosas buenas para ellos en internet
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y se imaginan a sí mismos utilizando la tecnología con diversos fines positivos en su futuro [...] 5. Los niños reconocen sus dificultades para regular el uso de internet, pero sobre todo señalan la dificultad que observan en sus padres para autorregular esa misma conducta, especialmente en ámbitos de interacción familiar [...] 6. Muchos niños son conscientes de los riesgos que existen en internet [...] 7. Algunas características de internet hacen necesario el desarrollo de estrategias novedosas para gestionar riesgos y evitar daños en los usuarios de menor edad [...] 8. El uso responsable de internet involucra a los referentes en la vida de los niños [...] 9. Solo la mitad de los niños que sufrieron episodios negativos en internet solicitaron ayuda o comentaron el hecho con otra persona [...] 10. Los padres tienen poco conocimiento sobre el contacto con desconocidos que sus hijos entablan en internet, tanto en el caso de contactos virtuales como presenciales [...] 11. A mayor acceso y uso de internet, mayores son los beneficios y mayores los riesgos." (Principales hallazgos, página 15-17)
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"This report was commissioned to examine the nature and quality of media stories produced by journalists supported by the Voices of African Migrants pilot programme (see http://migrantvoices.org), managed by International Media Support (IMS), in four migration ‘Hubs’ in Africa, and explored how
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local audiences interpreted and responded to those stories. It used content analysis, interviews and focus group discussions. The research findings show that most stories used human interest frames and foregrounded migrant experiences. The migrants’ main contributions to the stories were to provide a human face to hardships and suffering. Meanwhile, NGOs were included to provide facts, statements of general causes of migrations, statistics, and a sense of scale. Government statements were used to provide a comment on policies and solutions. Most articles were supportive in their sentiments to the plight of migrants. Participants in the focus groups (especially migrants themselves) recognised that migrant voices were missing from mainstream media reporting on migration, that reporting on migration tends to be negative, and that there are pressing issues relating to migration that need to be discussed in the public sphere. Focus group participants generally responded with empathy and understanding in response to stories about the hardships migrants face. Some stories provoked a distancing or disruption to understanding, especially when an aspect of the story did not match their prior tacit or cultural knowledge about migration. A small number of stories deeply moved focus group participants." (Executive summary)
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