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Living Archives: An Introductory Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations in the Creation of Human Rights Oral Archives and Organizing Their Documentation
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Ernesto Mora Forero, Rosario Arias Callejas

Global Initiative for Justice Truth & Reconciliation (GIJTR) (2021), 151 pp.

"This document was developed as an instrument to support civil society organizations (CSOs) in Colombia in the development of oral archives and in the organization of their archival collections. It draws from the experience of GIJTR partners International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) and ... more

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Handbook of Communication and Development

Srinivas R. Melkote, Arvind Singhal (eds.)

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2021), xvii, 397 pp.

"This incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Outlining the genealogy and history of the field, it then investigates the possible new directions and obje ... more

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Voices from the Favelas: Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below

Fernanda Amaral

New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield (2021), xiv, 184 pp.

"The mainstream media in Brazil portrays favelas (unregulated low-income neighbourhoods) in a negative light. This has been the case since their emergence over a century ago. Voices from the Favelas navigates through the contemporary representation of the favelas in the established media, discussing ... more

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Derecho a la comunicación en América Latina

Carlos Andrés Tobar Tovar (ed.)

Santaigo de Cali; Guadalajara: Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús en América Latina (AUSJAL);Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Sello Editorial Javeriano;Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) (2021), 287 pp.

"[...] el libro propone un diálogo a partir de tres categorías, a saber: 1) las limitaciones al acceso a la información y sus impactos en la vida política; 2) el régimen jurídico de la comunicación; y 3) los medios de comunicación y la representación política. Esta perspectiva, nos ayuda a ... more

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Pioneras en los estudios latinoamericanos de comunicación

Yamila Heram, Santiago Gándara

Buenos Aires: Teseo (2021), 209 pp.

"Este libro tiene por objetivo visibilizar y reconocer las contribuciones de las mujeres pioneras en los estudios de comunicación en América Latina, y lo hace con un doble propósito. Por un lado, como aporte a la historia del campo de la comunicación, a la que pretende completar con estas otras ... more

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Fake News is Bad News: Hoaxes, Half-Truths and the Nature of Today's Journalism

Ján Visnovský, Jana Radosinská (eds.)

Intech Open (2021), 260 pp.

"The publication is focused on the ways fake news, disinformation, misinformation and hateful statements are spread across society, predominantly within the online environment. Its main ambition is to offer an interdisciplinary body of scholarly knowledge on fake news, disinformation and propaganda ... more

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Media, Development and Democracy

Heloisa Pait, Juliana Laet (eds.)

Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), xviii, 141 pp.

"[...] this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct va ... more

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Práxis religiosa digital em tempos de pandemia: O caso católico

Moisés Sbardelotto

Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), 27 pp.

"Este texto busca analisar a práxis religiosa digital da Igreja Católica no Brasil, isto é, as práticas católicas brasileiras no ambiente digital e as reflexões eclesiais sobre tal processo, ao longo da pandemia do coronavírus. Para isso, realizou-se um estudo de caso sobre o site da Conferê ... more

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Evaluación rápida del ecosistema de información en derechos de la comunidad venezolana migrante y retornada en Pasto

Francisco Torres Gómez, Andrés Cuervo Ulloa, Jasmín Pantoja Bolaños

Internews;USAID (2021), 50 pp.

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The Mennonitization of the Mass Media in Paraguay

Henri Gooren

Exchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context, volume 50, issue 2 (2021), pp. 128-152

"This article investigates how the churches in Paraguay have used multiple mass media as evangelization instruments and which churches dominate the mass media in 2010–2012, following the growth explosions of Pentecostalism in the 1980s–1990s and especially after 2002. Church uses of the printed ... more

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Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift

Lisa Schirch (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 239 pp.

"Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, So ... more

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Performance Evaluation of USAID/Colombia Programa De Alianzas Para La Reconciliación

Olga Nazario, William Orlando Prieto, Juan Camilo Rivera

USAID;Democracy International, Inc (2021), vii, 26 pp.

"Colombia’s history of violence and armed conflict has eroded people’s trust in each other and trust, which ranks low among the components that Colombians consider important for reconciliation, is difficult to restore during the course of a project. Still, the Program of Alliances for Reconcilia ... tion (PAR) has achieved changes in perception that represent an important component in changing mindset that could eventually extend through the communities where participants live and work. Though implementers recognized positive effects on perceptions of reconciliation among participants, these further effects in communities may only be visible among non-participant indirect beneficiaries. Similarly, though PAR participants overwhelmingly reported positive effects of PAR participation on their behavior and some drivers of reconciliation, examples were limited to their personal thoughts and actions and not those of their communities. Without a baseline for comparison, the degree of shifts in attitudes and behaviors cannot be determined, but indications of changes in attitude paired with reporting of ongoing participation and continued use of skills indicate participants remain changed, at least in the short term, by their participation in PAR activities. DecidoSer workshops and the Ambassadors for Reconciliation initiatives are successful tools that provide the opportunity to identify lessons learned and good practices in the management of community changes beyond individual changes. DecidoSer is valuable not just for participants, but implementers (who are themselves members of communities whose contributions to reconciliation are worthwhile and necessary) as well, and the changes in trust and dialogue that contributed to improved business practices are a positive (and perhaps unexpected) result. Respondents generally saw the conceptual benefits of both DecidoSer and Ambassadors for Reconciliation for sustainability of reconciliation, though without specific evidence for believing this, or enough time to demonstrate it. Contrary to the notion that multi-sectoral relationships within a community might contribute to sustainability, the evaluation team did not find evidence of a correlation between PAR’s activities in a community and long-term engagement with other community actors." (Conclusions, page 28) more

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Monseñor Leonidas Proaño, historia y contemporaneidad

Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja, Julio Adolfo Bravo Mancero et al.

Riobamba: Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH) (2021), 211 pp.

"La vida, obra y legado del “obispo de los indios”, como hemos visto en los diferentes capítulos del libro, es un referente que se nos ofrece siempre actual; no es el volver sobre lo mismo, sobre lo sabido, es, en cada momento, la oportunidad de descubrir y redescubrir las intuiciones de quien, ... more

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Regional good practices: Accelerating innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation in the Americas region

Geneva: ITU (2021), viii, 70 pp.

"This report provides an overview of the comparative innovation capacity of the Americas region through ICT-centric innovation policy monitors and insights on how good practice can strengthen capacity to integrate ICT innovation into national development agendas. Overall, the Americas region has sho ... more

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Desigualdades digitales: Aproximación sociojurídica al acceso a Internet en Colombia

Víctor Práxedes Saavedra Rionda, Daniel Ospina Celis, Juan Carlos Upegui, Diana C. León Torres

Bogotá: Dejusticia (2021), 106 pp.

"En este texto nos preguntamos, en concreto, por los efectos de la desigualdad económica en el acceso a las tecnologías digitales, en especial a Internet y, por ende, a los derechos que se ejercen a través suyo. También nos preguntamos por la caracterización jurídica del acceso a Internet, tan ... more

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Policy Brief and Recommendations for an Enabling Environment for Community Networks in Brazil

Adriana Labardini Inzunza, Bruna Zanolli et al.

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2021), 152 pp.

"The policy brief we hereby present to the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) includes recommendations and specific proposals to enable community networks in Brazil, considering extensive research in both the global and Brazilian context, the state of the art of these small, not-f ... more

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Paz territorial y radios escolares y comunitarias

Jairo Gómez Rodríguez

Bogotá: Grupo Comunicarte (2021), 18 pp.

"Las emisoras comunitarias y escolares están dedicadas a sembrar paz. Ellas son la voz de las comunidades y de las víctimas y, al mismo tiempo, llevan mensajes de paz, conviviencia y reconciliación a todos los rincones. Apyoarlas y fortalecerlas es una contribución invaluable a la paz. Ese es el ... more

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A Igreja e a comunicação: Desafios do ambiente digital

Vida Pastoral, volume 62, issue 340 (2021), pp. 6-38

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Evolución de las inversiones publicitarias en los medios de comunicación. Nivel nacional: 2016-2020

Lima: CPI (2021), 6 pp.

"En el Perú al igual que en muchos otros países, la principal medida para mitigar el avance de la pandemia de Covid-19 fue el confinamiento social y la inmovilización obligatoria, acciones que llevaron al cierre temporal de diversos sectores, causando una crisis económica cuan cada en una caíd ... more

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Encuentros de Paulo Freire con la comunicación

Punto de Encuentro (Signis ALC), volume 10, issue 134 (2021), pp. 3-31

"[...] En este número leemos relatos de personas de varios países de América Latina que encontraron en Freire y sus obras inspiración para su trabajo en las áreas de educación, derechos humanos, investigación y comunicación. Descubrimos en Freire un referente intelectual, pero también pers ... more

Living Archives: An Introductory Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations in the Creation of Human Rights Oral Archives and Organizing Their Documentation Key Guidance

Living Archives: An Introductory Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations in the Creation of Human Rights Oral Archives and Organizing Their Documentation
Key Guidance