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Social Communication
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Human Resources Development, Personnel Management
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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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Public & State Television
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Visual Perception, Visual Reception
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Buddhism and Communication
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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Social Aspects
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
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Access to Media & Information
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Advertising Planning & Implementation
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agricultural Cooperatives
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Family Farming
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Land Property, Land Grabbing, Land Reforms
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Audience Composition
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Media Use: Families
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Book Publishing
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Radio Icengelo (Kitwe, Zambia)
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Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
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Radio Veritas Asia
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Communications (CICS) at the Pontificial Gregorian University (Rome)
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Solidarity
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Development Organizations: Communication Strategies & Media Representation
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Community Communication
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Community Reporters, Media Volunteers
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Development Communication: Donor Organizations
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Development Communication: Experiences
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Development Communication: Project Design & Implementation
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Development Education: Use & Role of Media
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Information for Development
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World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) (Rome, 2006)
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Digital Media, Internet & Religion
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Communication Among Disadvantaged Persons
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Diaspora Media
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Educational Policies
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Universities
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Natural Resources
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Sexuality
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Tuberculosis Communication
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History (General)
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Guaraní
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Glocalization of Media
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African Union (AU)
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Deutsche Welle DW Akademie
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Media Assistance: Research Communication
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Media Assistance: South-South Cooperation
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USA: Media Assistance
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Media & Communication General
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Communication Channels
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Information Exchange
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Information Transfer
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Communication & Conversation Skills
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Radio Landscapes
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Television Law & Regulation
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Media Management
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Administration
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Consulting, Consultants, Consultancies
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Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Knowledge Management
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Low-Cost Solutions, Low Budget Calculation
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Marketing & Branding
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Broadcasting Companies
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Organisational Development & Capacity Building
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Religious Media Management & Financing
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Politics
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Military
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Political Systems
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Democracy
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State
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Bureaucracy
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Communication
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Public Spheres
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Magazines
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Radio Production
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Project Management
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Decision Making
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Pilot Projects
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Project Impact, Project Effects, Project Effectiveness, Project Efficiency
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Project Implementation
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Small Projects
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Public Media, State Media
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Radio Stations
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Radio Progress (Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana)
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Regional Radios
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Radio Engineering & Technologies
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Gatekeeping Function of Media
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Media Reception
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Media Reception & Effects: Rural Population
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Everyday Life
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Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Creativity
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Hinduism and Communication
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Taoism
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Participatory Research Methods
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Ethnographic Research
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Interviewing (Journalistic Genre)
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Rural Areas, Rural Communities, Rural Development
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Social Conflicts, Social Problems
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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Society
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Social Anthropology
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Networks & Networking
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Communities of Practice
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Population Policies
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Revolutions
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Social Systems
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Sociology
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Traditional Society
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Alternative Technologies
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Digital Television
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Technology Transfer
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telefax, Telegrams, Telex, Telegraphy
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Telephone
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Drawing, Drawings
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Youth and Media
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth, Adolescents
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Youth Television Programmes
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Youth Media
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Language
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"This article provides an overview of subdisciplines in the field of Communication for Development and Social Change. Different subdisciplines of communication science are analyzed to assess their connection to the field. Building on these subdisciplines the article reviews health communication, agr ... more

Media and Development

London: Zed Books (2014), 231 pp.
"From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and ... more

Media Development

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 226-241
"Clear categorization of what is media development and what is communication for development is often problematic and much of this chapter focuses on continuities that exist across the fields whilst acknowledging there are genuine, well-argued, and real reasons why there should be a strong conceptua ... more
"This sourcebook is meant to equip development and communication professionals with a useful set of guidelines, reference materials and learning resources to apply communication in rural development initiatives. The main goal is to enable readers to design and implement rural communication strategie ... more
"Communication for Development (ComDev) is a participatory approach that integrates community media, low-cost ICTs, mobile phones and other communication tools to facilitate access to information, knowledge sharing and social dialogue. Well-planned and managed ComDev activities are crucial to ensure ... more

Good Practices in Development Communication

OECD Development Centre (2014), 99 pp.
"This report reviews and highlights some key issues in the current debate on development communication. To do so it draws on experiences and inputs from members of the Informal Network of Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Development Communicators (DevCom) [...] The report starts by looking at ... more
"This document has been prepared to inspire reflection about the role of communication in advancing family farming. It includes an analysis of examples of ComDev approaches applied to smallholder farming and rural development and the issues that they encompass: food security, natural resource manage ... more

Communication, Development, and Social Change: Future Alternatives

In: Global Communication: New Agendas in Communication
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Joseph D. Straubhaar; Shanti Kumar (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2014), pp. 119-141
"To a certain extent the field's shortcomings could be the consequence of academic work increasingly trapped in the normativity of the development industry and out of touch with the variety of agents concerned with social injustice worldwide, who are deploying communication and media strategies to a ... more

La constitución del campo de la comunicación, el desarrollo y el cambio social: Un campo de resistencia al paradigma dominante

In: Comunicación educación un campo de resistencias
Aura Isabel Mora (comp.)
Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto), Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación (2014), pp. 455-531
"Este trabajo es el referente conceptual de la Maestría en Comunicación, desarrollo y cambio social de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Uniminuto. Tiene como obejtivo presentar un recrrido histórico de la construcción del campo académico de la comuni ... more

Youth-Generated Media

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 439-452
"This chapter debates the relationship between youth and media by focusing on communication for social change and gives readers a sense of the history, development, and central concepts of youth-generated media. It offers a comprehensive framework for understanding young people's self-expressive art ... more

Comunicología de la liberación, desarrollismo y políticas públicas

Manuel Chaparro (ed. y prólogo);Barranquero, Alejandro
Girona: Luces de Gálibo;Comanalucía (2014), 471 pp.
"Communicators who work with photography and video in the development context know the power visuals can have in bearing witness to the reality people living in poverty face. When contextualized, visuals can transcend distance and create a global dialog around topics in need of deeper understanding ... more
"In this paper I investigate how community radio is conceptualized within and outside of the development frame, as a solution to development problems, as part of development projects communication strategy, and as a tool for increasing democratic political participation in development projects. I wa ... more

Telling Stories That Matter: A Toolkit

Partners for Democratic Change (2013), 39 pp.
"This toolkit is designed to inspire meaningful conversations with the people involved in and affected by your work. It will help you discover how people have been affected by conflict, continuity, and change. It will show you how to share your stories with others in exchange for theirs. Stories and ... more

Reflexiones sobre una comunicación que transforma

Inter Press Service (IPS);Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP);Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (2013), 291 pp.
"Los medios de información son responsables de la propagación de una idea noble y salvadora del desarrollo, sin que los análisis que lo cuestionan hayan sido sometidos a debate público. En este sentido, comunicación y desarrollo son parte de un binomio sobre el que se ha venido trabajando en la ... more