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Using the Universal Periodic Review for Human Rights Online

Sheetal Kumar, Deborah Brown

London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 31 pp.

"The guide is designed to help human rights defenders working on human rights online navigate the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, with resources and case studies of real life advocacy to help inform and structure engagement. It also provides examples of how the UPR has been used for human r ... more

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Guide to Reporting on Civic Space: Media Toolkit

Palwesha Yusaf, Connie Nagiah, Deborah Walter (eds.)

CIVICUS (2016), 21 pp.

"This guide helps to define what civic space is, its threats, challenges and the pivotal work being done across the world to protect and promote civic space. It seeks to identify, refine and explain the different groups and processes involved. Most importantly, it provides story ideas, angles, and p ... more

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Political Islam and Global Media: The Boundaries of Religious Identity
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Noha Mellor, Khalil Hanna Rinnawi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 288 pp.

"The development of new and social networking sites, as well as the growth of transnational Arab television, has triggered a debate about the rise in transnational political and religious identification, as individuals and groups negotiate this new triad of media, religion and culture. This book exa ... more

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Deutscher Kolonialismus - ein vergessenes Erbe? Postkolonialität in der rassismuskritischen Bildungsarbeit

Susanne Heyn, Deborah Krieg, Mendel Meron

Frankfurt am Main: Bildungsstätte Anne Frank (2015), 48 pp.

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Media, Margins and Civic Agency

Heather Savigny, Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson, Jenny Alexander (eds.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiii, 219 pp.

"This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change." (Publisher descrip ... more

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Communications Handbook for Clinical Trials: Strategies, Tips, and Tools to Manage Controversy, Convey Your Message, and Disseminate Results

Elizabeth T. Robinson, Deborah Baron, Lori L. Heise, Jill Moffett, Sarah V. Harlan

Research Triangle Park, North Carol.: FHI 360;USAID;Microbicides Media and Communications Initiative (mmci) (2014), xv, 252 pp.

"This handbook is designed to serve the needs of anyone who conducts, plans, or implements clinical trials—especially trials that evaluate new drugs or interventions in a community setting. We want to make your job easier, whether you are a researcher, a study coordinator, or a communications prof ... more

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Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual Handouts
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Jacobo Quintanilla, Jesse Hardman, Matt Abud, Alison Campbell, Deborah Ensor

Internews (2014), 161 pp.

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Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers
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Jacobo Quintanilla, Jesse Hardman, Matt Abud, Alison Campbell, Deborah Ensor

Internews (2014), 110 pp.

"Presents a combination of standard, professional reporting techniques for journalists covering humanitarian response scenarios, plus a basic education in and understanding of the humanitarian sector, its architecture, mandates and modus operandi. The goal of the manual and the handouts section is t ... more

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The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis

Peter J. Anderson, George Ogola, Michael Williams (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2014), xi, 330 pp.

"This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluat ... more

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Raising Women’s Voices Through Radio Drama: Reflections from South Africa

Deborah Walter (ed.)

Johannesburg: People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA);Community Media for Development (CMFD) (2012), 12 pp.

"This case study is being produced to share the process, techniques, and lessons learned from "Zaphamban' izindlela!" radio drama both as way to document, as well as facilitate others working on women’s issues to undertake similar initiatives. The case study demonstrates how entertaining forms of ... more

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Espacios mediáticos: Cultura y representación en México

Ingrid Kummels (ed.)

Berlin: Edition Tranvía, Verlag Walter Frey (2012), 410 pp.

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Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa

Andrew Edward Van der Vlies (ed.)

Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press (2012), 476 pp.

"This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives—historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as ... more

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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation

Marta Poblet (ed.)

Dordrecht et al.: Springer (2011), xii, 220 pp.

"Mobile phones are the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world. Besides transforming the way in which we communicate, they can also be used as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and management. This book presents innovative uses of mobile technologies in the areas of early warnin ... more

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The Handbook of Internet Studies

Robert Burnett, Mia Consalvo, Charles Ess (eds.)

Malden, MA; Oxford; Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell (2011), xiii, 498 pp.

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Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010

Deborah Amos

Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy (2010), 45 pp.

"After the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003, Iraq's news media environment transformed almost overnight from the tightly controlled propaganda arm of Saddam Hussein's rule into one of the most diverse and unrestricted news environments in the Middle East. Built in an atmosphere of chaos and conflict ... more

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Shifting Sands: The Impact of Satellite TV on Media in the Arab World

Deborah Horan

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 30 pp.

"The political landscape of individual countries, including their level of internal legitimacy and perceived vulnerability to political extremists, influences the level of media freedom enjoyed in that country at any given moment. In many MENA countries, media freedom is a privilege bestowed by mona ... more

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Telling Stories: Language, Narrative, and Social Life

Anna De Fina, Anastasia Nylund, Deborah Schiffrin (eds.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (2010), vi, 219 pp.

"This collection of seventeen contributions provides a small but significant window into some of the themes that, in our view, will define research on narrative in the coming years. Some of these themes have already started taking center stage— for example, the diversification of methodological to ... more

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Key Challenges for Media After War's End: Report of the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka

Sukumar Muralidharan

Deborah Muir (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2010), 25 pp.

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Gender, Diversity, Elections and the Media

Deborah Walter (ed.)

Gender and Media Diversity Journal (Johannesburg), issue 6 (2009), 185 pp.

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Disaster and Crisis Coverage

Deborah Potter, Sherry Ricchiardi

Washington, DC: International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2009), 59 pp.

Political Islam and Global Media: The Boundaries of Religious Identity Top Insights

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual Handouts Key Guidance

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers Key Guidance

Political Islam and Global Media: The Boundaries of Religious Identity
Top Insights

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual Handouts
Key Guidance

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers
Key Guidance