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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Use
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Mobile Phone Markets
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Community Radios
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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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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Agriculture & ICTs, e-Agriculture
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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ICT Development Assistance
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Human Rights Protection
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Empowerment
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Agricultural Radio Programmes
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Audience Research: Online Surveys
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Campaigning: Planning & Implementation
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Radio Campaigns
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Social Media Marketing & Digital Public Relations
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Participatory Communication
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Conflicts, Conflict Prevention & Management, Mediation, Peacebuilding
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Development and Media
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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WeChat (Messaging, Social Media & Mobile Payment App, China)
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Electronic Commerce
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Online Fundraising
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Social Media
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Websites
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Development
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Information Management
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Alternative Economy, Solidarity Economy, Social Economy Businesses, Fair Trade
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Educational Radios
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Nonformal Education
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Environmental Communication
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Fair Technology
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Election Reporting
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Public Spheres
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Business & Economics Radio Programmes
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Symbols
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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Resilience
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Radio Production Equipment & Technologies
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GIS, Geospatial Services
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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WLAN Wireless Internet Access
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone
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Mobile Phones and Participatory Communication for Poverty Eradication on Public Service Broadcasting: The Case of Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 3 (2014), pp. 281-297
"In this article it is argued that members of audience from different parts of Tanzania use mobile phones to participate in dialogue taking place on national radio (TBC-TAIFA) and/or national television (TBC1), and share their knowledge and lived experiences with the national audience as if they liv
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Community Radio, Gender & ICTs in West Africa: A Comparative Study of Women’s Participation in Community Radio Through Mobile Phone Technologies
Nokoko (Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada), issue 3 (2013), pp. 71-95
"This case study analyses the intersection between radio, gender and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Specifically, it examines whether recent improvements in radio broadcast coverage and the spread of SMS technology are increasing women’s acce
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World Disaster Report 2013: Focus on Technology and the Future of Humanitarian Action
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2013), 283 pp.
Health on the Move: Can Mobile Phones Save Lives?
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 24 pp.
"With its rapidly expanding penetration within the developing world, mobile telephony offers major new opportunities to build upon and augment existing health communication efforts. As Usha Kiran Tarigopula of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India Programmes put it: “It is increasingly… clea
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The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (2013), xxxii, 293 pp.
"Over just a decade in India, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare, unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized staple that even poor fisherman can afford. Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey investigate the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant communications device in history and
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Learning with Community Media: Stories from the Commonwealth and Latin America
Inspiring Practice
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), viii, 148 pp.
"This publication provides readers with fresh insights into the practice of participatory educational communication. The first section explores the educational potential of community media, reaching from participatory radio campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa to school radios in Brazil. The second secti
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Freedom Fone Advocacy and User Guide
freedomfone (2012), 134 pp.
#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights
World Bank Institute;Open Development Technology Alliance;ICT4Gov (2012), 45 pp.
"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form
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Mapping with Mobiles: Lessons Learnt from the Use of Smartphones for Fast Humanitarian Surveys in Zimbabwe
Harare; Copenhagen: Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre (HIFC);International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 10 pp.
"SMS services have become a very efficient tool to warn people of health threats such as epidemics or water pollution, but smartphones can also be utilised to stream information in the opposite direction when they are used as tools for snap surveys. In both emergency settings and well-planned nation
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Comunicación móvil y desarrollo económico y social en América Latina
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica;Ariel (2011), 390 pp.
"La rápida difusión de la telefonía móvil en los países emergentes está cambiando las relaciones entre los actores económicos, los modos de relación interpersonal y la dinámica política de estas sociedades de forma acelerada y difícil de predecir. A lo largo de la historia, la tecnología
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Texting, Tweeting, Mobile Internet: New Platforms for Democratic Debate in Africa
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 48 pp.
Freedomfone
freedomfone (2011), 117 pp.
"Freedom Fone allows anyone with a phone to access or contribute information on a specific issue 24 hours a day and seven days a week. It takes advantage of audio and text to address language and literacy barriers when reaching out to marginalised audiences that don't have access to other media. No
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The New Age of Radio: How ICTs Are Changing Rural Radio in Africa
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 138 pp.
"Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically increase the capacity of rural radio to help farmers improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weekly SMS alerts sent to
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Community Radio, Gender & ICTs in West Africa: How Women Are Engaging with Community Radio Through Mobile Phone Technologies
Washington, DC; Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2011), 38 pp.
"Women on the air are usually viewed through a traditional model - in the context of their relationship to their husbands or children – and not as individual beings with a broad range of interests and needs. As a result, radio does not currently meet the needs of women, and women do not participat
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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation
Dordrecht et al.: Springer (2011), xii, 220 pp.
"Mobile phones are the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world. Besides transforming the way in which we communicate, they can also be used as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and management. This book presents innovative uses of mobile technologies in the areas of early warnin
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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Study on Potentials of Mobile Phones in Investment and Development Projects
Rome: FAO (2010), 24 pp.
"The report draws on the experiences of projects using mobile phone-based information and communication technologies (ICT) applications in a number of situations, including mobile monitoring and evaluation, m-banking, community development, literacy, anti-corruption, agricultural extension and agric
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Mobiles for Development
UNICEF;Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO);Gamos (2010), 116 pp.
"There are increasing numbers of mobile-based projects, and donors such as the World Bank infoDev and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continue to invest in mobiles for development (M4D). A scan of projects in the 14 focus countries for this study indicated that the most common sectors for inve
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Mobiles for Development: How Mobile Technologies Can Enhance Plan and Partners in Africa
Helsinki: Plan Finland (2009), 44 pp.
"This guide provides an overview of relevant and innovative examples of how mobile telephones have been successfully integrated into development projects and processes; and a three stage process to help Plan staff and other development practitioners identify the key social, economic and technical fa
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