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Handbook for Journalists

Paris: Reporters Without Borders;UNESCO (2010), 108 pp.

"This handbook is to help journalists working in war zones. There is no magic way to avoid a rocket attack or an ambush, but the tips here are based on common sense (which is too often ignored) and should help many journalists solve ... more

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Rumour Management Manual: A Training Guide

Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2010), 16 pp.

"Investigative, serious journalism seeks to verify rumours and report on facts only. Unfortunately, shortages of staff and resources make it often hard for journalists to check every aspects of a rumour. Add the pressure of deadlines and the public ... more

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Strategic Communication for Peacebuilding: A Training Guide

Oscar Bloh

Brussels; Washington, DC: Search for Common Ground (2010), 48 pp.

"This guide is for trainers of media workers and government officials in the strategic communication of major development objectives. It is intended to improve the skills of media practitioners and policy makers by helping them create and disseminate policy information in ways which are accessible t ... o different constituents. It also highlights the importance of giving citizens space to react, comment and interact with policy decisions in real and creative ways. As such the guide is at the centre of a regional project set up by the conflict transformation NGO Search for Common Ground (www.sfcg.org), and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Finnish Government. The project, 'Radio: A Platform for Peacebuilding (RAPP)', which includes the website www.radiopeaceafrica.org, covers seven West and Central African countries. The project's overall objective is, to improve the population's access to information about policies and decisions that affect their lives [...] The RAPP project has undertaken media sector mappings in the seven countries. Media sector mapping (MSM) is a tool that identifies how information is generated and communicated to citizens and how they in turn use this information to participate in the implementation of government policies. The findings of the MSMs suggest that few governments are successfully communicating their major development policies to the citizens. They therefore run the risk that the policies will never take hold, and the essential reforms will not occur, so increasing the risk of conflict. Once citizens are able to become involved in policy decisions and programmes which affect their lives, rather than being viewed and treated as the simple (and grateful) recipients of largesse from above, these policies take on a more meaningful existence - one in which strategies are created, and decisions are made by the people who are most affected by them. In this model strategic communication becomes a key component of the development process, meaning that communication is a dialogue, from the government to the people and from the people to government (vertical communication), as well as allowing for communication across society from one community to another (horizontal communication)." (Introduction) more

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Target Audiences for Peacebuilding Radio: A Training Guide
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Francis Rolt

Search for Common Ground;Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2010), 19 pp.

"This training guide explains what a target audience is, why a target audience should be defined for every radio programme, and how conflict and target audience sensitive journalism can contribute ... more

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Writing National Cinema: Film Journals and Film Culture in Peru

Jeffrey Middents

Hanover, NH; London: Dartmouth College Press;University Press of New England (2009), viii, 276 pp.

"Writing National Cinema traces the twenty-year history of the Peruvian film journal Hablemos de cine alongside that of Peruvian filmmaking and film culture. Similar to the influential French journal Cahiers du cinéma, Hablemos de cine began with ... more

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Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent

Bruce Etling, John Kelly, Robert Faris, John Palfrey

Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2009), 62 pp.

"This study explores the structure and content of the Arabic blogosphere using link analysis, term frequency analysis, and human coding of individual blogs. We identified a base network of approximately 35,000 active Arabic language blogs (about ha ... more

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International Blogging: Identity, Politics, and Networked Publics

Adrienne Russell, Nabil Echchaibi (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2009), x, 205 pp.

"Through case studies of blogs written in English, Chinese, Arab, French, Russian, and Hebrew, this book explores the way blogging is being conceptualized in different cultural contexts. The authors move beyond the most highly trafficked sites to s ... more

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Cartooning in Africa
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John A. Lent (ed.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2009), xi, 383 pp.

"This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are co ... more

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TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment
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Stuart Adams

Eschborn: German HIV Peer Review Group (PRG);Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2009), 38 pp.

"This publication looks closely at cases where Germany has supported the production and broadcast of television soap operas as key components of Behavior Change Communication (BCC) in three very different countries with three very different HIV epidemics: In Kyrgyzstan, the epidemic is largely conce ... ntrated among injecting drug users (IDUs), mostly young males but some female sex workers. It is spreading rapidly and there is concern it could soon spread into the general population. Originally broadcast in 2006, "Love as a Test" aims to get across messages that HIV affects not only "them" but could easily affect you and your loved ones and there are things you can do to prevent its spread and reduce its harm. In Dominican Republic, there are extremely high rates of HIV prevalence among ethnic Haitians who live in bateyes (settlements on agricultural plantations), rural areas and urban barrios. Originally broadcast in 2007, "Amor de Batey" aims to promote the consistent and correct use of low-cost but reliable condoms and, also, to empower women, improve their health and reduce child mortality. In Côte d'Ivoire, there are high rates of HIV prevalence throughout the country but much higher rates among women than men. Contributing factors include the common practice of having multiple concurrent sexual relations and low levels of education and specific knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. Originally broadcast in 1994, "SIDA dans la Cité" has aims similar to those of "Amor de Batey." The first series proved so successful that it lead to a second series, originally broadcast in 1996-97, and then to a third, originally broadcast in 2003. All three series have proved popular throughout French-speaking West and Central Africa. This publication shows how each series was developed, provides brief synopses, summarizes the results of formal evaluations and provides informal assessments. It draws lessons and concludes that television soap operas can make significant contributions to national responses to HIV. The most successful series are based on sound research, reflect the realities of life as it is lived by their target audiences, and are developed in a professional manner that ensures they meet high standards both as entertainment and as educational tools." (Executive summary, page 5) more

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Make Poverty History: Political Communication in Action

Nicolas Sireau

Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xv, 248 pp.

"An analysis of the production and consumption of the communications of Make Poverty History, a high profile episode of social movement protest in the UK. The book follows the campaign throughout its lifetime and explores how attitudes towards gove ... more

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Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
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Wageningen; The Hague; Amsterdam: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);Royal Tropical Institute (KIT);International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2009), xi, 321 pp.

"This is a practical and well structured manual aiming to use self-evaluation for organisational learning. The book consists of four parts. "The evaluation context" introduces the role of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment as part of the ... more

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Twelve Years of Measuring Linguistic Diversity in the Internet: Balance and Perspectives

Daniel Pimienta, Daniel Prado, Alvaro Blanco

Paris: UNESCO (2009), v, 56 pp.

"FUNREDES and Union Latine have designed an original research method to measure linguistic diversity in cyberspace. The aim was to use search engines and a sample of word-concepts to measure the proportionate presence of these concepts in their var ... more

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Getting the Balance Right: Gender Equality in Journalism

Aidan White (ed.)

Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);UNESCO (2009), v, 50 pp.

"This handbook is an illustrated and easy-to-read guide and resource material for journalists. It evolved primarily out of a desire to equip all journalists with more information and understanding of gender issues in their work. It is addressed to ... more

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CINEDUC – Education Through Cinema: Introduction and Guide to the Method

Timo Weinacht, Denise Umutoni, Pascal Mwema, Inés Huwe

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2009), 62 pp.

"CINEDUC is an innovative educational method which uses cinema and participative discussion methods to facilitate access to information about topics associated with development. The method was developed as part of a project implemented by the Germa ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2009), 231 pp.

"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive ... more

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Radio, Newspaper and More: Media Tools for Peace. Experiences from the Field, 2002-2008

Martin Zint

Neuwied: Eirene (2009), 51 pp.

"This publication provides examples of the way in which media can be used for the non-violent management of regional conflicts. Practitioners from radio initiatives in Chad, Niger, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo report their experiences regarding the function and perception of the media i ... more

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The History of the Book in French-Speaking Africa: Where the Research Stands at Present

Diana Cooper-Richet

English in Africa, volume 35, issue 1 (2008), pp. 89-96

"The author believes that, in many respects, the history of the book remains ‘terra incognita’, despite the work that has been done in the field, and here presents a brief survey of the research that has been conducted on this topic in Germany, ... more

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Changing Paradigms in Media Education Aid in the Pacific

David Robie

In: South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues

Evangelia Papoutsaki; Usha Sundar Harris (eds.)

Singapur: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (2008), pp. 59-81

"Journalism education (based for most of the past three decades at three Pacific universities) and industry short-course training have followed different yet parallel paths in the region. Aid donors have played important roles in both sectors, although often not particularly well coordinated. While ... journalism education was being established in the region for the first time at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1975, media industry executives met to plan a strategy to boost on-the-job training and to defend themselves from growing pressures from post-colonial governments. The industry established the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), which became a major regional media lobby group. Subsequently, the region’s state broadcasters broke away in 1988 to form a rival body, Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association (PIBA), and to establish the region’s first news cooperative, Pacnews. For a brief three-year period between 1988 and 1991, the university journalism education sector and industry training managed reasonable cooperation under UNESCO’s Pacjourn project. During this time, UPNG hosted Pacjourn and its staff of media academics and trainers ran short-courses for the benefit of the media industry. The focus then swung back to Fiji with a new UNESCO project leading to the establishment of the PINA-initiated Pacific Journalism Training Development Centre. While the UPNG Journalism Programme was funded initially by New Zealand aid, DWU was a private institution funded primarily by the Catholic Church and staffed mainly by volunteers. The degree programme founded at USP in the mid 1990s was funded by the French government for four years. In 1994, the Fiji media industry established a vocational training centre, the Fiji Journalism Institute (FJI), with UNESCO and other donor funding assistance along with the Fiji government, which provided office space. Although this venture collapsed after six years under a cloud over financial accountability, both the Fiji Media Council and PINA moved to revive the centre through the Fiji Institute of Technology. The Samoa Polytechnic (now the Samoa Institute of Technology) also established a vocational journalism school in 2002. Fiji has been the only Pacific country where the media industry has established a vocational programme competing with an established journalism school at a university—the region’s largest. This has prompted concerns about duplication and wastage of resources. AusAID, through its Pacific Media and Communications Facility and its associated Media in Development Initiative programme in Papua New Guinea, has gained ascendancy in the region as a media aid donor—and in most other fields, too. It has sought to achieve greater coordination in the region’s media training and aid cooperation between agencies. This also led to the merger of PINA and PIBA in 2004 for the benefit of the region. However, this trend has also led to growing concern in media and academic circles over a loss of independence and sovereignty over media training and educational policies—is aid a panacea or Pandora’s box for media training and education sustainability? It is critical for governance that future media training aid should have more transparency with funds being spread more evenly across several agencies so that no single industry group effectively holds too much power over journalism training policy. And the media should become proactive over reportage and debate over media aid issues and challenge conflicts of interest. Non-government organisations such as AusAID and the UN organisations need to tackle aid policy more robustly to push for a new funding paradigm in support of the Fourth Estate in the region in the digital age." (Conclusion) more

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Participatory Impact Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners

Andrew Catley, John Burns, Dawid Abebe, Omeno Suji

Medford, MA: Tufts University, Feinstein International Centre (2008), 63 pp.

"This guide aims to provide practitioners with a broad framework for carrying out project level Participatory Impact Assessments (PIA) of livelihoods interventions in the humanitarian sector. Other than in some health, nutrition, and water interven ... more

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Media Development Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Media Development
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Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2008), 101 pp.

"This paper aims to be 'an analytical tool designed to help stakeholders assess the state of the media and measure the impact of media development programmes' (page 7). It has been prepared to define indicators of media development in line with the priority areas of the International Programme for t ... more

Target Audiences for Peacebuilding Radio: A Training Guide Key Guidance

Cartooning in Africa Top Insights

TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment Inspiring Practice

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services Key Guidance

Media Development Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Media Development Key Guidance

Target Audiences for Peacebuilding Radio: A Training Guide
Key Guidance

Cartooning in Africa
Top Insights

TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment
Inspiring Practice

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
Key Guidance

Media Development Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Media Development
Key Guidance