Humanitarianism, Communications and Change
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 279 pp.
Contains index
Series: Global Crises and the Media, 19
ISBN 978-1-4331-2526-3
Signature commbox: 10-Development-E 2015
Introduction: Humanitarianism, Communications, and Change / Simon Cottle and Glenda Cooper
I. HUMANITARIANISM AND COMMUNICATIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD
1 Humanitarianism, Human Insecurity, and Communications: What's Changing in a Globalised World? / Simon Cottle
2 Media Futures and Humanitarian Perspectives in an Age of Uncertainty and Complexity / Randolph Kent
3 From Buerk to Ushahidi: Changes in TV Reporting of Humanitarian Crises / Richard Sambrook
4 Digital Humanitarianism / Paul Conneally
II. CASH, CHARITY, AND COMMUNICATION
5 'Give us your ****ing money': A Critical Appraisal ofTV and the Cash Nexus / Glenda Cooper
6 NGOs, Media, and Public Understanding 25 Years On: An Interview with Paddy Coulter, Former Head of Media, Oxfam
7 3,000 Words that Explain How to Build a Powerful Fanbase, Make Your Message Go Viral, and Raise Millions for Your Cause / Liz Scarff
III. THE POLITICS OF PITY AND THE POVERTY OF REPRESENTATION
8 International NGOs, Global Poverty, and the Representations of Children / Nandita Dogra
9 Underline, Celebrate, Mitigate, Erase: Humanitarian NGOs' Strategies of Communicating Difference / Shani Orgad
10 Solidarity in the Age of Post-humanitarianism / Lilie Chouliaraki
IV. NGO COMMUNICATIONS: IMPACTS, AUDIENCES, AND MEDIA ECOLOGY
11 From Pictures to Policy: How Does Humanitarian Reporting Have an Influence? / Suzanne Franks
12 Learning from the Public: UK Audiences' Responses to Humanitarian Communications / Irene Bruna Seu
13 NGO Communications in the New Media Ecology: How NGOs Became the 'New(s) Reporters' / Kimberly Abbott
V. CHANGING COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION POWER
14 Visualizing Human Rights: The Video Advocacy of WITNESS / Stuart Allan
15 Big Data and Humanitarian Response / Patrick Meier
16 'Power in my Pocket': How Mobile Citizen Reporting Challenges Digital Elitism / Alice Klein
17 New Approaches to Aggregation and Verification in Humanitarian Newsgathering and Coverage / Claire Wardle
18 Mobile Emergencies, Mobile Phones: The Hidden Revolution / Imogen Wall and Kyla Reid
CONCLUSION
19 Humanitarianism, Communications, and Change: Final Reflections / Glenda Cooper and Simon Cottle
I. HUMANITARIANISM AND COMMUNICATIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD
1 Humanitarianism, Human Insecurity, and Communications: What's Changing in a Globalised World? / Simon Cottle
2 Media Futures and Humanitarian Perspectives in an Age of Uncertainty and Complexity / Randolph Kent
3 From Buerk to Ushahidi: Changes in TV Reporting of Humanitarian Crises / Richard Sambrook
4 Digital Humanitarianism / Paul Conneally
II. CASH, CHARITY, AND COMMUNICATION
5 'Give us your ****ing money': A Critical Appraisal ofTV and the Cash Nexus / Glenda Cooper
6 NGOs, Media, and Public Understanding 25 Years On: An Interview with Paddy Coulter, Former Head of Media, Oxfam
7 3,000 Words that Explain How to Build a Powerful Fanbase, Make Your Message Go Viral, and Raise Millions for Your Cause / Liz Scarff
III. THE POLITICS OF PITY AND THE POVERTY OF REPRESENTATION
8 International NGOs, Global Poverty, and the Representations of Children / Nandita Dogra
9 Underline, Celebrate, Mitigate, Erase: Humanitarian NGOs' Strategies of Communicating Difference / Shani Orgad
10 Solidarity in the Age of Post-humanitarianism / Lilie Chouliaraki
IV. NGO COMMUNICATIONS: IMPACTS, AUDIENCES, AND MEDIA ECOLOGY
11 From Pictures to Policy: How Does Humanitarian Reporting Have an Influence? / Suzanne Franks
12 Learning from the Public: UK Audiences' Responses to Humanitarian Communications / Irene Bruna Seu
13 NGO Communications in the New Media Ecology: How NGOs Became the 'New(s) Reporters' / Kimberly Abbott
V. CHANGING COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION POWER
14 Visualizing Human Rights: The Video Advocacy of WITNESS / Stuart Allan
15 Big Data and Humanitarian Response / Patrick Meier
16 'Power in my Pocket': How Mobile Citizen Reporting Challenges Digital Elitism / Alice Klein
17 New Approaches to Aggregation and Verification in Humanitarian Newsgathering and Coverage / Claire Wardle
18 Mobile Emergencies, Mobile Phones: The Hidden Revolution / Imogen Wall and Kyla Reid
CONCLUSION
19 Humanitarianism, Communications, and Change: Final Reflections / Glenda Cooper and Simon Cottle
