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Cine-Ethiopia: The History and Politics of Film in the Horn of Africa

Michael Wolf Thomas, Alessandro Jedlowski, Aboneh Ashagrie (eds.)

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press (2018), xx, 295 pp.

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Media Coverage of Migrants and Refugees in Audiovisual Media

Madrid: Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) (2018), 17 pp.

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Violence Against Women Within the Rohingya Refugee Community: Prevalence, Reasons and Implications for Communication

Md. Arif Al Mamun, Nicola Bailey, Moiyedul Azam Koreshi, Fariha Rahman

London: BBC Media Action (2018), 16 pp.

"To inform the development of a new radio drama for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, BBC Media Action carried out a small scale qualitative research study that sought to understand more about Rohingya men and womens’ understanding and attitudes towards child marriage, intimate partner violence ... more

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Humanitarian Feedback Mechanisms in the Rohingya Response, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Stijn Aelbers, Viviane Lucia Fluck, Jyoti Rahaman

Internews (2018), 53 pp.

"Since August 2017 over 671,000 people (mostly Rohingya) have crossed the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape violence in Rakhine State. There are now more than one million Rohingya refugees staying in campsites along the Bangladeshi side of the border. In September 2017 Internews conducted ... more

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Rapid Assessment on Information Ecosytem and Access to Justice for SGBV Survivors, Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Brice Rambaud, Stijn Aelbers, Nkirote Laiboni, Kenneth Okwir

Internews (2018), 39 pp.

"Between October and December 2018, Internews carried out a rapid assessment in Kyangwali to examine two key issues: the settlement’s information ecosystem, and the formal and informal justice system operational in the settlement and available particularly to survivors of sexual and gender-based v ... more

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Diaspora and Media in Europe: Migration, Identity, and Integration

Karim H. Karim, Ahmed K. Rawi (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xv, 192 pp.

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Spaces of Inclusion: An Explorative Study on Needs of Refugees and Migrants in the Domain of Media Communication and on Responses by Community Media

Nadia Bellardi, Brigitta Busch, Jonas Hassemer, Helmut Peissl, Salvatore Scifo

Strasbourg: Council of Europe; Community Media Institute (COMMIT) (2018), 56 pp.

"This report explores the media habits and particular needs of refugees and migrants in the domain of media communication. Good practice examples show how community media can meet the communicative needs of refugees and migrants by offering training and space for self-representation, and by offering ... more

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Audience Responses to Migration Stories: Research Component of 'Voices of African Migrants'

Jessica Noske-Turner, Mirjam Twigt, Zakaria Sajir

Leicester; Copenhagen: University of Leicester; International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 46 pp.

"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 ... more

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ISolezwe’s Coverage of the May 2008 Xenophobic Riots: An Irresolute Start and an Ambivalent End

Simphiwe Ngwane

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 3 (2018), pp. 297-315

"IsiZulu is one of South Africa’s Lingua francas and has two successful news publications, iLanga and iSolezwe, both written in isiZulu but vastly different in how they convey, craft and package news. This article aims to examine how iSolezwe, an isiZulu-language tabloid, used two editorials to sh ... more

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Refugee Connectivity: A Survey of Mobile Phones, Mental Health an Privacy at a Syrian Refugee Camp in Greece

Mark Latonero, Danielle Poole, Jos Berens

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Data & Society Research Institute (2018), 40 pp.

"The study reveals key aspects of digital connectivity in the lives of refugees at the Ritsona camp in Greece in January 2017. Of the approximately 750 residents of the camp, 135 adults were sampled and interviewed [...] Mobile phone access is 'important' to over 80% of refugees in this study. Women ... more

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Shifting Narratives on People on the Move: A New Approach

Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) (2018), 7 pp.

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Information Needs Assessment: Agadez, Niger

Lucas Destrijckes et al.

Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 57 pp.

"Much migration within Niger and across its borders is driven by poverty and the hope for a better life, but these movements are also risky and open new vulnerabilities. Migrants from Niger or other African countries constantly face difficulties and are often among the poorest and most disadvantaged ... more

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The Language Lesson: What We've Learned About Communicating with Rohingya Refugees

Translators Without Borders (2018), 32 pp.

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Immigration Nation: Exploring Immigrant Portrayals on Television

USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project (2018), 20 pp.

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Reporting on Refugees: Guidance by and for Journalists

UNHCR Ireland; National Union of Journalists (2018), 11 pp.

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Evaluating the impact of information campaigns in the field of migration: A systematic review of the evidence, and practical guidance

Jasper Tjaden, Sandra Morgenstern, Frank Laczko

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM); Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) (2018), 50 pp.

"Information campaigns designed to raise awareness of the potential risks of (irregular) migration have attracted much attention and investment across the world in recent years. Studies have repeatedly shown that many migrants start their journeys with limited or biased information and end up in vul ... nerable situations. In response, information campaigns have increased in number and the type, format, messages and strategy of such campaigns have diversified. This report presents the results from a systematic literature review of evaluations of such information campaigns in the field of migration. The study reveals that the evidence base available for programming and policymaking in this area is strikingly limited. We find that the uptake in the use of information campaigns has far outpaced any rigorous assessment of the effects that different campaigns may have on their respective target groups. In the absence of reliable evidence, the debate on the potential of this policy tool often relies on largely anecdotal evidence. Better evidence can show how information campaigns can be designed to best achieve their intended effects given the particular circumstances. The current lack of evidence limits the impact of future campaigns. While rigorous assessment of campaign impact can be difficult and costly, better evidence is clearly needed – wherever feasible and appropriate. Based on an extensive, systematic literature review, 60 relevant evaluations of information campaigns that targeted potential migrants and traffickers, as well as communities at large, were identified from a pool of 3,600 records. Only 30 of the selected campaign evaluations had publicly available results; the rest were collected through expert referrals. Two studies were published in peer-reviewed journals. Among the campaigns featured in the 60 studies, the most popular communication tools were workshop-type activities and cable TV programmes/advertisements. Most campaigns focused on trafficking, followed by irregular migration and, more generally, smuggling. A common issue is the lack of a clearly defined campaign objective and/or target group. This hampers any rigorous evaluation of programme effects. Whenever an objective is defined, it is most often aimed at “awareness-raising” and “knowledge generation.” The majority of the campaign evaluations claimed that the campaign under study was “successful” in inducing a change in knowledge, perceptions, attitudes and – to a lesser degree – (intended) behaviour. However, most of the evaluations reviewed provided relatively little evidence of the full impact of information campaigns. While many of the evaluations reported the number and profiles of campaign recipients or beneficiaries, impact was not directly measured. (In the evaluation literature, impact is defined as a change in outcome that is directly attributable to the programme and not any other factor.) Most of the evaluations identified did not meet minimum standards for robust evidence on programme effects. The large majority of evaluations were based on based on cross-sectional surveys of small numbers of participants (N) sampled at convenience, limiting the generalizability of the results. Only a few large-N studies employed a control-group design or involved pre- and post-measurements. None employed a (quasi-)experimental method for causal inference (e.g. randomized controlled trial, which is considered the “gold standard” for measuring impact)." (Executive summary) more

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Public Attitudes on Migration: Rethinking How People Perceive Migration. An Analysis of Existing Opinion Polls in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

James Dennison, Lenka Drazanová

European Union; International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); EUROMED Migration (2018), 102 pp.

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When Facts Don't Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively About Immigration's Costs and Benefits

Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan

Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (2018), 25 pp.

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Physical Fences and Digital Divides: A Global Detention Project Investigation Into the Role of Social Media in the Context of Migration Control. Part I: Exposing the "Crisis"

Tom Rollins

Geneva: Global Detention Project (2018), 29 pp.

"This Global Detention Project Special Report is aimed at improving our understanding of how people use social media during their migration journeys, with a special emphasis on their use in the context of detention and migration control in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Part I, “Exposing the ... more

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Digital Lifeline? ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Carleen F. Maitland (ed.)

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2018), xxii, 281 pp.

"Today's global refugee crisis has mobilized humanitarian efforts to help those fleeing persecution and armed conflict at all stages of their journey. Aid organizations are increasingly employing new information technologies in their mission, taking advantage of proliferating mobile phones, remote s ... more