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Sending Messages to Reduce Violent Conflict

Sumedh Rao
GSDRC (2014), 11 pp.
"Sending messages is likely to only be effective in conjunction with a comprehensive approach involving a wider range of activities, such as dialogue or training. The media, such as newspapers, radio and television, are the main way that messages to change attitudes and behaviour are communicated in ... more
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Philibert de Mercey, Daniel Skillings, Camille Le Coz
Altai Consulting; USAID (2014), 90 pp.
"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general ... more
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Our Voice, Our Power: Empowering Women Through Community Media in Bangladesh

Fahmida Akhtar, Protiva Banerjee (eds.)
Dhaka: Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) (2014), 27 pp.
"The book contains profiles of 12 women between the ages of 18 and 26 that were selected to follow a 3-month journalism fellowship and work at community radio stations. The program was designed and implemented by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in cooperation with 11 comm ... more
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Nexus Between State, Civil Society and Media: Innovative Projects

Tim Auracher, Katharina Kammerer, Sonja Taylor
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ); Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 6 pp.
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The Development and Sustainability of Indigenous African Language Newspapers: A Case Study of 'Seipone', 'Nthavela' and 'Nghoho News'

Edgar Julius Malatji
Limpopo: University of Limpopo, Master Thesis (2014), ix, 149 pp.
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Nvtramkaiñ Kom Taiñ Ixofil Mogen: Reflection, Learning and Knowledge Sharing Through Indigenous Community Filmmaking. Final Technical Report

Thora Herrmann, Ariella Orbach
Montréal: Université de Montréal; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2014), 34 pp.
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How Do I Know? Strategic Planning, Learning and Evaluation for Peacebuilding

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Armed with Pen and Microphone: Media as Tools for Social Development

Caroline Haidacher
Wien: FrauensolidaritätWomen's Solidarity (2014), 78 pp.
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Reflections on a Two-Week Global LinkedIn Debate: Community Participation for Radio Financial Sustainability

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"A lively debate on (community) radio sustainability took place on the LinkedIn platform, with more than 200 people, from all continents, sharing and discussing simultaneously in English, French and Spanish. The debate was initiated in April 2014 by the communication consultancy CAMECO, run by its t ... more
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Raquel Vazquez Llorente, Imogen Wall (eds.)
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014), 68 pp.
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More or Less Equal: How Digital Platforms Can Help Advance Communication Rights

Philip Lee, Dafne Sabanes Plou (eds.)
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Geraldine de Bastion, Melanie Stilz, René Herlitz
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2014), 35 pp.
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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Literacy Teaching and Learning: Effective Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Computers

Ulrike Hanemann
Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2014), 195 pp.
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Isabel Rodde, Friederike Brinkmeier
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ); Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 5 pp.
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The role of community radio in empowerment and social change: An analysis of Radio Jamia 90.4 FM, Delhi and Sangham Radio 90.4, Medak, Andhra Pradesh

Moina Khan
Indira Gandhi National Open University, School of Journalism and New Media Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 256 pp.
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Status of Content and Programming by Community Radio Stations in Kenya

Nairobi: Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET) (2014), 73 pp.
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Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann (2014), 205 pp.
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Windows of Opportunity: The Transformation of State Media to Public Service Media in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Moldova and Serbia

Jan Lublinski, Erik Albrecht, Petra Berner, Laura Schneider, Merjam Wakili, Jackie Wilson
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 30 pp.
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A Guide for Professional Journalism in Conflict Zones

Jerusalem: Search for Common Ground (2014), 59 pp.
"This manual is an output of a two year project, funded by USAID, involving Israeli and Palestinian senior and mid-level journalists in Israeli and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Our goal is to share the learnings from the participating journalists, and the project as a whole, in the hope that ... more
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Religious Offence and Human Rights: The Implications of Defamation of Religions

Lorenz Langer
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2014), lxii, 419 pp.