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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Community Radios
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Audience Clubs & Listener Groups
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Community Radio Audiences & Use
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Participatory Communication
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User-Generated Contents
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Gender and Radio
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Agricultural Radio Programmes
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Audience Research
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Facebook
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Participatory Research Methods
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Composition
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Audience Letters
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Audience Orientation
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Audience Research: Concepts & Experiences
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Opinion Polls, Public Opinion Research
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Farm Radio International (NGO)
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Edutainment Campaigns: Effects & Effectiveness
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Daily Maverick (South Africa)
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Rappler (Philippines)
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The Quint (India)
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Social Media
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Social Media Marketing in Broadcasting Enterprises
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Rural Women & Communication
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Good Practice Examples
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Financing Media: Customer Payments, Subscription Models, User-Based Financing
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Deutsche Welle
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Public Spheres
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
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University Radios
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Audience Expectations & Satisfaction
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Audience Research Methods
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Mobile Phone Use
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Target Groups
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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COPE (Catholic Radio Network, Spain)
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Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
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Christian Radios
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Community Newspapers, Community Press
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ALER
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Community Radio Management
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Community Reporters, Media Volunteers
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Discussion Forums, Community Discussions, Citizen Consultations
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Media Assistance: Community Radios
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Storytelling
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Media Assistance: Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation
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Contents of Media
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Development Assistance: Beneficiaries, Target Groups, Beneficiary Inclusion & Participation
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Behaviour Change Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Edutainment Campaigns: Experiences
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Rural Communication for Development
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Interactive Media
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Podcasts
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Online News
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Radio in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Educational Effects of Media, Educational Role of Media
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Interactive Audio Learning, Interactive Digital Learning, Interactive Radio Instruction
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Training
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Defamation, Libel, Slander
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Women's Radio Programmes
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Gender Relations
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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COVID-19 Communication
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Health Radio Programmes
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Mental Health Reporting & Media Representation
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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News
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Election Reporting
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Local Governance & Accountability: Role of Media
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Local Television
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Fondation Hirondelle
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Media Assistance Research
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Ombudsmen
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Financing Media, Financial Media Management
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Financing Not-For-Profit & Community Media
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Crowdfunding
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Membership Organizations
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Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
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BBC
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Governance & Accountability as Focus of Radio Programmes
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Political Television Programmes & Political Talkshows
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Radio Magazines
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Radio Reception, Radio Psychology, Radio Effects
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Radio Research Methods
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Radio Stations
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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KKCR (Kagadi Kibaale Community Radio) (Uganda)
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Kovsie FM (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
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Radio Elshinta (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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Radio Maputaland (Jozini, South Africa)
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Radio Riverside (Khara Hais District, South Africa)
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Radio Zibonele, Khayelitsha, South Africa>
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Preference
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Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
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Motivations
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Research in Media & Communication
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Qualitative Analysis
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Quantitative Analysis
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Formative Research
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Focus Groups & Group Discussions (Qualitative Research Method)
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Participatory Observation (Research Method)
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Participation
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Population
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
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Television
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Television Programming, Programme Structures & Programme Policies
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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A Chance for Dialogical Journalism? Social Web Practices and Handling of User Comments at Deutsche Welle

Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies (2021), 400 pp.
"The value of online user comments is a much-debated issue. In journalism, the newly arising possibility for readers and viewers to easily and instantaneously share their views on journalistic output was welcomed at first. Compared to the conventional letter to the editor it represented a democratiz ... more
"Community radio in Mali and Niger represents important hubs through which organized groups (such as listening clubs or associations) access information and participate in broadcasting through active and formalized channels. Drawing on radio listener focus groups conducted in Mali and Niger between ... more
"In this article, we draw on experiences from the Grassroot Wavelengths project that introduces an innovative peer-to-peer platform to support the creation and management of community radio stations. We offer insight into the practices of participation in community media, where the users influence d ... more
"This article summarises preliminary reflections for mediators on social media codes of conduct. Such codes of conduct, to be agreed upon by conflict stakeholders, would aim to prevent and mitigate the use of social media to exacerbate conflicts or jeopardise peace processes. Such codes of conduct w ... more

Introducing Vigilant Audiences

Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2020), xiii, 342 pp.
"The authors engage with a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives in order to explore the actions of a vigilant digital audience — denunciation, shaming, doxing — and to consider the role of the press and other public figures in supporting or contesting these activities. In turn, the volume il ... more
"This paper examines the motivation of audiences to participate in the programming of community radio; the readiness of community radio stations’ management and their audiences to embrace mobile applications; whether Rwanda is a conducive environment for the deployment of mobile applications in co ... more
"This article examines what drives audience participation in interactive broadcast shows, with implications for the democratic potential of these shows as spaces of citizen engagement and public discussion. It makes three contributions, the first two to audience and media studies and the last to pol ... more
"This article discusses participatory methods for data gathering in the context of a partnership between a Swiss-based media development organization, Fondation Hirondelle, and a research team at the University of Sheffield. In 2018–2019, the partnership conducted fieldwork which focused on the im ... more
"This paper analyses to whom Spanish journalists feel responsible. To achieve this objective, we sent out a survey to Spanish journalists to ascertain their opinion on this question. The journalists’ point of view was then compared with that of the general public though six focus groups consisting ... more

What if Scale Breaks Community? Rebooting Audience Engagement when Journalism is Under Fire

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 51 pp.
"This report focuses on how digital-born news media navigate audience engagement in the context of both rapid developments in a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment and significant political pressure, including the ‘weaponisation’ of social media to target and harass indepen ... more
"In this factsheet, we study online audience engagement with legacy and digital-born news media across social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter) and the open web during the 2019 Indian General Election on the basis of data collected between 11 April and 19 May. We analyse cross-platform online a ... more
"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint ... more
"The traditional financial models for news are dying. Could churches, environmental movements, and open source communities hold clues to its survival? We’re at a moment of profound transition and successive crisis for news. Our mission is to explore how membership models might help. A key takeaway ... more
"The traditional approach of communication for rural development (RD) was greatly influenced by the dominant paradigm of development. The retort against this paradigm gave birth to the participatory approach of communication wherein the common people in rural areas were considered as the ‘subjects ... more
"Even at the most audience-informed organizations, journalists recognize the immense difficulty in making sense of what audience members and relevant experts know, particularly without presently available tools and ample staff. This work is hard, yet there is an increasing amount of interest in it. ... more

Manual para organizar un club de escucha

Radio Ambulante (2019), 15 pp.
"[...] this pilot study in Siaya County sought to assess what makes for more effective public participation in Kenya. In contributing to a timely policy concern about how to best meet the imperatives/aspirations of devolution, it sought also to address the limited empirical evidence in scholarship a ... more
"Somalia is facing a protracted displacement crisis. Since the new wave of displacement as a result of the 2016/2017 drought, 2.6 million people - one in six Somalis - have been forced to flee their homes.1 Displaced groups in Somalia are extremely vulnerable - lacking in sustainable livelihoods, pe ... more
"Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run count ... more
"This paper evaluates readers’ perceptions of Idikelethu newspaper as a tool for community development, particularly in Alice, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data was collected from two focus group discussions that were held in the areas where Idikelethu newspaper has high readershi ... more