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Reinventing Professionalism: Journalism and News in Global Perspective

Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2013), vii, 266 pp.

La comunicación en mutación: Remix de discursos

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2013), 198 pp.
"The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change. It brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wid ... more

La investigación en periodismo político en el entorno de los nuevos medios

Madrid: Sociedad Española de Periodística (SEP) (2012), 297 pp.
"This new issue of Westminster Papers of Communication and Culture is dedicated for the first time to Latin America, and by re-visiting the cultural and communication standpoints undertaken in the region, it will help to address the ongoing questions on globalisation, and cultural hybridisation from ... more
"Press freedom indices such as those administered by Freedom House, IREX, and Reporters Without Borders have emerged as crucial tools, not only for the general public, but also for donors, implementers, and academics in their attempts to understand the relationships among media assistance, democrati ... more
"This review from the BBC World Service Trust examines why and how the role of communication can be mainstreamed into programme-based approaches (PBAs), one of the main methods now used by bilateral donors to disburse funding to developing countries. The review, which has been developed in associati ... more
"Objectives: to assess the challenges in reducing tuberculosis (TB) in prisons in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay and propose ways to address them through communication interventions. Methods: challenges to two central goals of TB control—early diagnosis of positive cases and successful application ... more
"This article analyzes the strategies and the impact of two ‘media movements’ in Latin America — the experiences of civic coalitions working on media policy reform in Uruguay, and advocacy journalism about tobacco control in Argentina — through interviewing the principle actors involved in t ... more

International Media Assistance and Aid Effectiveness: Conceptual Blindspots and Institutional Incentives

[Washington, DC]: Paper prepared for presentation at American Political Science Association Conference (2010), 39 pp.
"This article analyzes how selected programs articulate broad media objectives with program goals and apply indicators to determine impact with the goal of understanding how media assistance goals are operationalized and measured, and how program goals are linked to broad objectives. Guided by the n ... more

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.
"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more

Advocacy Journalism in a Global Context

In: The Handbook of Journalism Studies
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen; Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2009), pp. 371-385
"This chapter reviews historical and contemporary advocacy journalism in a global context, and identifies future directions for research. The intention is not to offer a comprehensive survey, a rather ambitious scope given the diversity of journalistic practices worldwide, but rather to review conce ... more

The Handbook of Journalism Studies

New York: Routledge (2009), xx, 446 pp.
"This article offers an explanation for the limited uses of participatory communication in development by taking an institutionalist perspective that examines prevalent notions about communication and organizational uses in international aid institutions. The argument is that institutional goals and ... more

Why Invest in Communication for Immunization? Evidence and Lessons Learned

Baltimore: Health Communication Partnership;Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs;UNICEF (2005), iv, 20 pp.
"This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication (IEC) activities. It identifies communication challenges that af ... more

Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.

Assessment of Communication Programs in Support of Polio Eradication: Global Trends and Case Studies

Washington, DC: Change Project;Academy for Educational Development (AED);Manoff Group (2004), 42 pp.

Comunicación en salud: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos en el desarrollo curricular. Informe de conferencia

Lima; Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS);Academy for Educational Development (AED) (2003), 47 pp.