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Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities Around the World Make Sense of Climate Change
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Michael Brüggemann, Simone Rödder (eds.)

Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers (2020), xi, 270 pp.

"Global news on anthropogenic climate change is shaped by international politics, scientific reports and voices from transnational protest movements. This timely volume asks how local communities engage with these transnational discourses. The chapters in this volume present a range of compelling ca ... more

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Frontier Technologies to Protect the Environment and Tackle Climate Change

Geneva: ITU (2020), iv, 106 pp.

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Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change
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David Holmes, Lucy M. Richardson (eds.)

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing (2020), xv, 362 pp.

"Drawing together key frameworks and disciplines that illuminate the importance of communication around climate change, this Research Handbook offers a vital knowledge base to address the urgency of conveying climate issues to a variety of audiences. International scholars survey the key disciplinar ... more

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Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
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Jan Servaes (ed.)

Singapore: Springer (2020), 2 vols.

"The book contains 85 chapters written by persons who have been on those frontlines of communication and development [...] A variety of case studies appear in the book. For example, Kriss Barker and Fatou Jah – in a chapter titled “Entertainment-Education in Radio: Three Case Studies from Africa ... ” – explore in detail projects in Nigeria, Burundi and Burkina Faso that used a communication intervention approach advanced by the Population Media Center. Other chapters in the Handbook take the reader to Spain, Kenya, South Africa, Kazakhstan, and beyond. Song Shi examines “ICTs and Modernization in China,” revealing that assumptions and theories of the modernization paradigm have significantly influenced the policies and projects on ICT4D in contemporary China. And, Song Shi writes, discussion on the potential of other approaches in ICT4D in China has also emerged among scholars. Hina Ayaz discusses the “Multiplicity Approach in Participatory Communication” in Pakistan – wherein the country adopted the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – only to run into negative perceptions and banning of polio vaccinations. However, a shift to a more successful approach, grounded in UNICEF’s social mobilization and communityinvolvement communication strategy, brought significant success. While many of the Handbook case studies incorporate participation as a significant development factor, they also address a wide range of social and political issues including, for example, civic engagement, sexual harassment, empowerment, and community voices. In addition to an abundance of case studies from around the world, the Handbook delves into various research methods that are being used to understand and design communication for development and social change interventions [...] Handbook editor Jan Servaes' own chapter (with Rico Lie), “Key Concepts, Disciplines, and Fields in Communication for Development and Social Change ” identifies five clusters of concepts and practices that are evident in the field today and which determine the activities and approaches in communication for sustainable development and social change interventions: The clusters are (1) a normative cluster of concepts; (2) a cluster of concepts that sets an important context for communication activities for development; (3) a cluster of strategic and methodological concepts; (4) a cluster of concepts that relate to methods, techniques, and tools; and (5) a cluster of concepts that addresses the practices of advocacy, (participatory) monitoring and evaluation, and impact assessment. The authors extend their discussion into three subdivisions: (1) health communication, (2) agricultural extension and rural communication, and (3) environmental communication (including climate change communication). This leads the reader into issues related to (1) right to communicate; (2) education and learning; (3) innovation, science, and technology; (4) natural resource management; (5) food security; (6) poverty reduction; (7) peace and conflict; (8) children and youth, women, and senior citizens; and (9) tourism. Some of the forerunners of development communication have not been forgotten. In “Daniel Lerner and the Origins of Development Communication”, Hemant Shah links Lerner’s 1958 book Passing of Traditional Society to today’s modernization and faith in technology to solve social problems. Also contributing to the foundation of this field is Paulo Freire who contributed much to idea that participation should be a vital part of the development dialogue. Ana Fernández-Aballí Altamirano’s chapter on "The Importance of Paulo Freire to Communication for Development and Social Change" highlights his main work Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a "before-and-after" in the fields of education, research, and communication, initially in Latin America and later in both North and South. Particularly in the case of development communication and communication for social change, the author stresses, Freire’s work had a definitive impact ..." (Review by Royal Donald Colle, Journal of Development Communication, vol. 30 (2), page 92-94) more

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KSJ Science Editing Handbook
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Deborah Blum, Joshua Hatch, Nicholas Jackson (eds.)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Knight Science Journalism Fellowship; Kavli Foundation; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2020), 250 pp.

"This handbook aims to draw lessons from those who specialize in science writing and editing — to provide their insights, knowledge, tips, and resources to all editors. The goal is to help ensure that science journalism meets the highest standards of quality no matter what the publication or the a ... more

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Missing in action: Experiences of women with climate journalism

Zofeen Ebrahim

Oxfam Pakistan (2020), 20 pp.

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Los desafíos de la cobertura ambiental en tiempos de crisis
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Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), volume 144 (2020), pp. 11-238

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Best Practice Data Visualisation: Guidelines and Case Study

Emily Painter, Joan Zwar, Zoe Kermonde Sarah Carino

Monash University (2020), 25 pp.

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Training Community-Based Journalists for Climate Change Reporting: Lessons from South Africa

Brett Cohen, Leonie Joubert

Journal of Sustainability Education, volume 23, issue April (2020), 11 pp.

"Reporting to the public on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation requires journalists to be equipped to engage with a wide range of technical content in order to communicate it in an accessible and engaging way. Recognizing the need for journalists from a wide range of backgrounds, inc ... more

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Climate Information Services Toolkit

Alison Sneddon

Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing (2020), 43 pp.

"In order for climate information services to be effective in building resilience and supporting food and income security, they need to be designed and implemented in a way that is inclusive and accessible, reaching the last mile; relevant; actionable; holistic; accountable; part of a cohesive syste ... more

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ICT-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Cities: Case Studies

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 64 pp.

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Climate Change Communication in the Pacific Islands

David Holmes, Tahnee Burgess

Monash Climate Change Communication Research (2019), 31 pp.

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The #TalkingClimate Handbook: How to Have Conversations About Climate Change in Your Daily Life

Robin Webster, Marshall George

EIT Climate-KIC (2019), 26 pp.

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Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics
Key Guides

Ann Luce (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2019), xiv, 294 pp.

"Reporting on issues such as suicide, sexual abuse, or migration is a skill that is often glossed over in a journalist’s education. By combining theory and practice, this collection will correct this oversight and give journalists the expertise and understanding to report on these subjects respons ... more

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Reporting Climate Change in the Global North and South: Journalism in Australia and Bangladesh

Jahnnabi Das

London; New York: Routledge (2019), 162 pp.

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Gina McCarthy’s Advice to Climate Journalists: “Talk About Solutions and Build Hope”

Gina McCarthy

NiemanReports, October 28 (2019)

"The former EPA director on how to make climate journalism “relevant, personal, and actionable." (Intoduction)

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Climate and Sustainability Communication: Global Perspectives

Donnalyn Pompper (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2019), x, 149 pp.

"Climate and Sustainability Communication builds upon traditional approaches to understanding the role of mass media in shaping social issues by amplifying diverse perspectives of opinion leaders, as well as voices of those affected by climate and sustainability issues. From South Korea and China, t ... more