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What is life like for young Cambodians (15-30 year olds) and how are they participating in civic life? Research Briefing

Phnom Penh: BBC Media Action (2021), 6 pp.
"In our nationally representative survey, respondents were asked which values from a list they felt were most important to their lives. The three that came out top were health, education, and support from parents. Keeping their family in good health (62% very important) and having an education for t ... more
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Supporting Young Ethiopians to Secure and Succeed in Employment: What Role Can Communication Play?

BBC Media Action (2021), 3 pp.
"Based on this research, it was found that media and communication interventions could seek to leverage young Ethiopians’ optimism and enthusiasm, providing informative and inspiring content to fuel their ideas. This insight informed the creation of a social and behaviour change (SBCC) strategy to ... more
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Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies to Support "Learning to Earning" for Displaced Youth

Joel Mullan, Emma Broadbent et al.
UNICEF (2021), 45 pp.
"This report provides an overview of how digital technologies are being used to support youth’s transition from school to work, ‘learning to earning’, in displaced and host communities. Based on a rapid analysis of emerging approaches and lessons in this burgeoning space, the report’s purpos ... more
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Assessing the Barriers to Accessing ICT by People with Disability in Kenya

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 24 pp.
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Media Culture in Nomadic Communities

Allison Hahn
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), 222 pp.
"Media Culture in Nomadic Communities examines the ways that new technologies and ICT infrastructures have changed the communicative norms and patterns that regulate mobile and nomadic communities' engagement in local and international deliberative decision making. Each chapter examines a unique com ... more
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Traditional Folk Media in India: Jathara as a Mode of Communication for Development and Social Change

Srinivas Panthukala
White Falcon Publishing (2021), xxii, 153 pp.
"The contents of this book deals with an overview of traditional folk media, characteristic elements of the study, empirical data of Jathara, Importance of Jathara as a medium of communication for the development of society. The analyzed the role of Jathara as a local and traditional mode of communi ... more
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Mobile Training Center: Closing the Digital Divide for Marginalized Youth. Skills to Succeed Bangladesh

Save the Children (2021), 2 pp.
"The opportunity for further growth in the ICT sector by leveraging the sizeable youth workforce, including females, is immense. The Skills to Succeed program in Bangladesh helps vulnerable youth (ages 15-24), living in slum communities, develop employability, ICT technical and entrepreneurship skil ... more
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Ma Shet Ne: Evaluation Report. Phase 1: 2020-2021

BBC Media Action (2021), 51 slides
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Ugandans See Social Media as Beneficial and Want Unrestricted Access, But Are Wary of its Use to Spread Fake News

Makanga Ronald Kakumba, Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny
Afrobarometer (2021), 11 pp.
"Daily news consumption via social media (11%) and the Internet (9%) has doubled in Uganda since 2015, though these platforms still lag far behind television (27%) and radio (54%) as daily news sources. Six in 10 Ugandans (60%) say they are aware of social media. Awareness is less widespread among w ... more
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Assessing the Barriers to Accessing ICT by People with Disability in Uganda

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Sistematización del fortalecimiento de la Red Intercultural Amazónica de Radios (RIAR) durante la pandemia del COVID-19

Quito: Coordinadora de Medios Comunitarios Populares y Educativos del Ecuador (CORAPE); Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 31 pp.
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Promoting Media Literacy Among Older People: A Systematic Review

Päivi Rasi, Hanna Vuojärvi, Susanna Rivinen
Adult Education Quarterly, volume 71, issue 1 (2021), pp. 37-54
"The aim of this study was to advance understanding of how to foster media literacy among older people. A systematic review was conducted of 40 empirical studies published between January 2005 and April 2019. The literature review provided information and practical implications for researchers, desi ... more
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Understanding the Risks of ICT to Women and Girls

Washington, DC: USAID (2021), 11 pp.
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Liberians Want a Free Media – Within Limits – and Unrestricted Access to Social Media

Maame Akua Amoah Twum
Afrobarometer (2021), 12 pp.
"Radio is the dominant news source in Liberia, tuned in “every day” or “a few times a week” by 87% of adults. Almost four in 10 citizens (38%) say they regularly get news from the Internet and social media, while only about one in five are regular consumers of news via television (21%) and n ... more
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Though Alert to its Dangers, Zimbabweans Embrace Social Media and Demand Unrestricted Access

Stephen Ndoma, Simangele Moyo-Nyede, Jonathan Kugarakuripi
Afrobarometer (2021), 10 pp.
"Eight in 10 adult Zimbabweans (80%) say they have heard about social media. More than four in 10 (42%) citizens say they get news from social media “every day” or “a few times a week.” Among those who have heard about social media the vast majority (91%) say social media helps keep people i ... more
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Media and Information Literate Citizens: Think Critically, Click Wisely!
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Alton Grizzle, Carolyn Wilson, Dorothy Gordon (eds.)
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed. (2021), 403 pp.
"This pioneering curriculum presents a comprehensive competency framework of media and information literacy and offers educators and leraners structured pedagogical suggestions. It features various detailed modules covering the range of competencies needed to navigate today’s communications ecosys ... more
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Explicating Engagement: An Exploratory Mapping and Critical Discussion of a Contested Concept

Jacob Ørmen
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (2021), pp. 244-265
"With the diffusion of the internet, media and communication research witnessed the emergence of a new term, ‘engagement’. Although, the term is widely used it is poorly defined and in need of explication. Through semantic network analysis, the analysis shows how traditions, as varied as audienc ... more
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Medienguru: Meinungsfreiheit spielerisch vermitteln. Spiele und Übungen für Trainerinnen, Pädagogen und Jugendliche ab 14 Jahren

Elena Zondler, Simon Didszuweit
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 115 pp.
"Wie steht es um die Meinungsfreiheit in der Welt? Wie wirkt sich Zensur auf die Medienlandschaft eines Landes aus? Was muss man beim Teilen von Nachrichten auf Social Media beachten? Und was hat es mit Desinformation und Hate Speech auf sich? Vor allem für junge Menschen gewinnen diese Fragen imme ... more
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Strengthening Public Trust in the Media as a Response to Disinformation and Propaganda

Milica Bogdanovic
Podgorica: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) (2021), 27 pp.
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Media and Information Literacy: A Bibliography

Chennupati K. Ramaiah, Raoi M. Saraswati
Desidoc Journal of Library Technology, volume 41, issue 4 (2021), pp. 316-336
"Information literacy emphasizes to the access, evaluation and use of information. Media literacy emphasizes the ability to understand, evaluate and use media as a leading source and producer of information. Thus, UNESCO considered information literacy and media literacy together as Media Informatio ... more