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Imaging and Assessing Mobile Technology for Development

Richard Musabe, John Sören Pettersson (eds.)
Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2024), xvi, 186 pp.
"Several studies have already depicted the development of M4D and of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D), and that will not be repeated here. However, as this collection of chapters have sprung out from one of the M4D conferences – the M4D 2022 in Kigali – some notes ... more
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‘Action Plans’ to Support the African Book Industries: Current Initiatives in Progress, and an Inventory of Earlier Projects

Hans Zell
African Book Publishing Record, volume 50, issue 4 (2024), pp. 312-321
"Over the past eight years or more there have been a wide range of projects to support the African book industries and the book sector generally. This has included a series of ambitious ‘action plans’ that followed a number of high-level conferences held in Africa. This investigation offers a su ... more
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“We All Have Power”: Using Photovoice to Document Challenges and Strengths of Lakota Women With Histories of Incarceration

Katie M. Edwards, Emily E. Camp, Tiffani N. Luethke et al.
Feminist Criminology, volume 19, issue 3 (2024), pp. 191-219
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ICT and Rural Development in the Global South
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Willem van Eekelen
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 211 pp.
"Drawing on years of experience across 45 countries, as well as extensive original academic research, Willem van Eekelen situates the evolving role of ICT in wider development patterns in the Global South. He discusses the effects of ICT on agriculture, trade, financial flows, resource management an ... more
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The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia

Selbi Durdiyeva
London; New York: Routledge (2024), 212 pp.
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Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
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Using social impact games to overcome intractable conflicts: The case of Fact Finders and PeaceMaker

Ronit Kampf, Lolie Nicolaidou
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 16 pp.
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Russia's Information Warfare in the Middle East

Arik Segal
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2024), 36 pp.
"This policy paper provides an overview of Russian information warfare in the Middle East. It includes a brief overview of Russian information warfare methods and Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. It then delves into Russian information warfare in the Middle East, evaluates its effectivenes ... more
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Safety Training in a War Zone: Effectiveness and Long-Term Impact: HEFAT Evaluation Study

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Radio Free Afghanistan: A twenty-year odyssey for an independent voice in Kabul

Saad Mohseni, Jenna Krajeski
New York: Harper Collins (2024), 307 pp.
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Fotopädagogik in der sozialen Arbeit

Martin Geisler, Johannes Rück (eds.)
Weinheim; Basel: Beltz Juventa (2024), 267 pp.
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AI for Good: Impact Report

Geneva: ITU (2024), viii, 80 pp.
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Im Krieg: Zwei illustrierte Tagebücher aus Kiew und St. Petersburg

Nora Krug
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2024), 127 pp.
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Eyewitness Textures: User-Generated Content and Journalism in the Twenty-First Century

Michael Lithgow, Michèle Martin
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press (2024), 365 pp.
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Manual de Buenas Prácticas de Responsabilidad Social Comunitaria

Harold Hütt Herrera
San José: Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM) (2024), 87 pp.
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Low-connectivity Educational Technology: A Case Study of Supporting Learning during Covid-19 via SMS with ‘Keep Kenya Learning’

Katy Jordan, Albina Mumbi, Phoebe Khagame, Lydia Njuguna
Journal of Learning for Development, volume 11, issue 3 (2024), pp. 553-562
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Mapeo de Iniciativas de Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional en Iberoamérica - 2023

Plataforma de Reguladores del Sector Audiovisual de Iberoamérica (PRAI)
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO (2024), 34 pp.
"Este documento presenta el Mapeo de iniciativas de Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional en Iberoamérica, realizado a lo largo de 2023, a partir de un cuestionario dirigido a los miembros de la Plataforma de Reguladores del sector Audiovisual de Iberoamérica (PRAI), a los medios audiovisuale ... more
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Democracy and AI: How Technological Progress Can Strengthen Democratic Structures

Nikolai Horn, Matthieu Binder
Potsdam; Berlin: Friedrich Naumann Foundation; iRights.Lab (2024), 39 pp.
"[...] this paper presents approximately 30 worldwide examples of successful AI use to promote various aspects of democracy. At the same time, the corresponding challenges that need to be addressed are highlighted. From the examination of international examples, the following theses can be derived: ... more
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Reading Justice Claims on Social Media: Perspectives from the Global South

Phillip Santos, Cleophas T. Muneri (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxi, 326 pp.
"This book explores how unresolved questions of social justice shape the character of the political terrain and political actors, through the lens of social media. It treats communication as the medium through which social issues and processes are made visible. Given the rise and spread of populist ... more
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Inklusive Medienarbeit: Menschen mit Behinderung in Journalismus, Radio, Moderation und Film

Ernst Tradinik (ed.)
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2024), 432 pp.
"Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über Theorien zu und Beispiele von inklusiver Medienarbeit aus Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich. Der Herausgeber definiert Inklusive Medienarbeit als "die Medienarbeit von und mit Menschen mit (Lern-)Behinderung und/oder psychischer Erkrankung". Das Fel ... more