"In this paper we will be looking at the evidence of impact from interventions in the so-called ‘traditional’ media – TV, radio and, to a much lesser extent, print – and factors contributing to that impact. By ‘media interventions’ we mean using mass-media in support of development objec
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tives and as part of development projects to help bring about behaviour change – for instance, the use of TV/radio spots (also known as PSAs – public service announcements) to promote condom use, or radio programmes to promote better agricultural practices. This should not be confused with so-called ‘media development’, which aims to create independent and professional media, recognising the potential of the media as an important independent agent of social and political change, for example in governance." (Introduction)
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"This is intended to be a "practical" book. It is filled with examples and case studies that illustrate ways that carefully planned and implemented communication interventions have produced positive results. It is also filled with ideas from people who have experienced the challenges of communicatin
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g effectively in development programs. We are indebted to them and I am pleased to provide their ideas - frequentyl in their own words - to th readers of this book, and provide web links to their works. In spinning all of these valuable resources together I have added my own insights based on almost four decades of communication and development experience in countries ranging from Guatemala to Western Samoa, with many other stops in Asia, Africa and Latin America." (Foreword)
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"En este cuadernillo, el objetivo es profundizar y explorar el concepto de información a partir de su reflexión en tanto proceso comunicacional. Por esta razón, los contenidos aquí desarrollados se articulan con los abordados en los cuadernillos 1 y 2 y están organizados en cuatro capítulos: E
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n el primero se realiza un recorrido conceptual de los aportes de las estrategias de información, desde el difusionismo, pasando por el marketing social y el entretenimiento educativo. En el segundo se desarrolla el significado y las implicancias de un proceso de información, la diferencia entre información y comunicación, entre informar y conocer. Y fundamentalmente, qué significa que una información sea significativa para las personas, grupos o comunidad a la que está destinada. En el tercero se describe la campaña de bien público como estrategia integral de información y sensibilización, los pasos y tareas para su realización. En el último capítulo se hace una reseña de los diversos canales a utilizar en campañas de este tipo." (Presentación)
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"This collection of 10 original essays honors the intellectual legacy of Prof Everett M Rogers (1931–2004), a pioneering and distinguished teacher—scholar of diffusion of innovations, communication networks, and social change. Well-known colleagues and contemporaries write on topics that not onl
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y piqued Rogers' curiosity, but to which he made seminal and lasting contributions. The concluding documents Rogers' life journey from his modest farm boy beginnings in Iowa, through his distinguished academic career, to his final return to the farm." (Publisher description)
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"This guide profiles public campaigns from around the world that have already proved their positive impact on the public, including communications on energy savings, water and air pollution, waste management, and natural resources' shortage. The guide is a first step towards the development of an in
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ternational network of public and private communicators working on sustainability campaigns." (Publisher description)
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"This paper is premised on the notion that awareness-raising and communications about the MDGs in the industrialised countries are crucial in order to remind and hold national governments accountable to their aid, trade and debt commitments, which are found in the MDGs." (OECD website)
"Original essays define the scope of and show how to improve campaigns that promote public service programmes - among them, anti-smoking, family planning, heart disease prevention, and fire prevention campaigns. Academics, programme administrators, evaluators and policy makers show how to assess nee
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ds and goals, plan a campaign, evaluate its success, and select appropriate media." (Publisher description)
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