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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Developing Countries Reporting & Representation in Foreign / International Media
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Africa: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Mobile Phone Use
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Community Radios
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Millenium Development Goals (MDG)
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Radio for Development
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Blogging, Blogs
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Development Websites, Blogs & Online Communities
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Agricultural Issues: Reporting & Media Representation
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Protestantism (Mainline)
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Communication Rights
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Development Organizations: Communication Strategies & Media Representation
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Government Communication Strategies
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Community Radio Contents & Programming
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Community Reporters, Media Volunteers
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Participatory Communication
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Development Assistance
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Human Development
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Development Issues and Development Assistance
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Communication for Social Change
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Development Communication: Design & Implementation
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Development Education: Use & Role of Media
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Rural Communication for Development
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Wikipedia
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Media Ownership
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Adult Education
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Extractive Industries & Mining Reporting
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Good Practice Examples
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Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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Health Radio Programmes
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History of Public Service Broadcasting
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Indigenous Issues Reporting & Media Representation
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Indigenous Television Broadcasting
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Foreign News, International News
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Civic Journalism, Public Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalism Studies & Research
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Skills
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Basic Journalistic Skills
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Journalists
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Radio News
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Television News
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News Agencies
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Reporting & Media Representation: Specific Issues
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Government & Government Performance: Media Representation & Reporting
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Internews
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Communication Networks
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Media, Mass Media
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Media & Communication Policies
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Adoption of Western Communication Models & Media Practices
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Press Landscapes
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Consulting, Consultants, Consultancies
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS)
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Political Communication
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Public Opinion
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Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Press
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Public & State Press
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Rural Press
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Public Media, State Media
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Public & State Television
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Media Effects
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Religion and Communication
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Rural Issues: Media Representation & Reporting
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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Resilience
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Social Change
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Sociology
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Telecommunications
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
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"The Law of Victims and Land Restitution, ratified in June 2011 and enforced since January 2012, constitutes an unprecedented attempt to end armed conflict in Colombia by applying a transitional justice framework and fostering rural development. Drawing on a methodology that integrates framing and r ... more
"Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries is a crucial reference source for the latest scholarly material on the impacts of development journalism on contemporary nations and the media’s responsibility to inform citizens of government and non-government activities. High ... more
"As news organizations cut correspondent posts and foreign bureaux, non-governmental organizations have begun to expand into news reporting. But why and how do journalists use the photographs, video, and audio that NGOs produce? What are the effects of this on the kinds of stories told about Africa? ... more
"What role does mass media play in the promotion of global norms? We address this question through an analysis of Human Development Reports (HDRs) produced by the United Nations Development Programme. Although HDRs have promoted human development ideology over the past twenty-five years, little is k ... more
"Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted ... more
"Plus d'un demi-siècle après sa création sous Félix Houphouët-Boigny, la RTI a-t-elle atteint l'objectif fixé au départ, renforcer la cohésion sociale, positionner le pays sur la scène internationale et promouvoir le développement ? A-t-elle été un organe de développement souhaité, où ... more
"This article challenges the traditional role ascribed by liberal and developmental media theory that journalists should either be watchdogs or developmental journalists but not both at the same time. As part of the South African leg of the Worlds of Journalism (WJS) project this article argues that ... more
"This handbook provides a distinctly African perspective on how to create direct linkages between consumers of information and development projects by using words and images that communicate and resonate with ease. Development issues can seem dull and flat but they can create a huge impact in societ ... more
"Development journalism has been a key focus of discussion among journalism scholars for around half a decade, but most of the attention has been firmly on African and Asian countries. This article examines the situation on the little-researched island nation of Fiji, which has experienced considera ... more

Development Journalism and Gender: A Case Study of Broadcasting Media in Tanzania

Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 277 pp.
"While development journalism was mainly a top-down form of communication (authoritative) during the socialistic era, in the liberal era the development-oriented journalists draw on both the Social Responsibility and Libertarian Theories of the media. The ‘state–public service’ broadcasters re ... more
"Through its accessible and provocative chapters, Popular Representations of Development introduces the idea that while the issue of 'development' - defined broadly as problems of poverty and social deprivation, and the various agencies and processes seeking to address these - is normally one that i ... more
"Writing weblogs (blogs) has become a substantial part of how development is discussed on the Internet. Based on research with development bloggers and the authors' own social media practice, this article is an exploratory case study to approach the impact of blogging on reflective writing, work pra ... more

Ten Practical Tips for Covering Development

Washington, DC: International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2013), 10 pp.
"By definition, development stories are big news in developing countries. The problem is media reports are typically just government announcements of infrastructure development – roads, bridges, hospitals, etc. – and official claims that lives will improve. Those articles turn off the reading an ... more

Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa

Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2012), xiv, 250 pp.
"Glenda Daniels examines the pattern of paranoia that has crept into public discourse about the media and the ANC, and their conflictual relationship. She analyses this fraught relationship through various popular media stories, such as Manto and Mondli, Zapiro and Zuma. Her argument ist that there ... more
"Im subsaharischen Afrika orientieren sich die Medien am Entwicklungsjournalismus und am westlichen Journalismusverständnis. Daniel Kuehnhenrich untersucht mit verschiedenen Methoden die Ausprägung dieser Konzepte in den ghanaischen Zeitungen. Seine umfassende Analyse beruht auf der ersten Journal ... more
"In 2008, Ethiopian authorities presented a draft policy document which established development journalism as the official reporting style for the state media. The policy prescribes that the media an journalists should play an active role in the country's development scheme. Assigning such a role th ... more

Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?

Madang; Auckland: DWU Press, Divine Word University;Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology (2011), xi, 235 pp.

Facing the Dragon: The Case of Basamuk and Kurumbakare People in the Ramu Nickel Project

In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Evangelia Papoutsaki; Michael McManus; Patrick Matbob (eds.)
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 125-134
"This research looks at the distribution of balanced and accurate information about one of China's biggest investments in the South Pacific region, the Ramu Nickel Project. Are the local people in the project impact areas of Kurumbukare and Basamuk well informed and do they have a voice that is fair ... more