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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Article 19;Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), 87 pp.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service ... more

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Community Radio as Amplification of Rural Knowledge Sharing

Bridget Backhaus

Asia Pacific Media Educator, volume 29, issue 2 (2019), pp. 137-150

"Community radio’s relationship with the farming communities has a long history in India. The earliest successful experiments in community broadcasting involved both farmers and agriculture. In terms of development communication, community radio in India represents a confluence of somewhat conflic ... more

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A Participatory Filmmaking Process with Children with Disabilities in Rural India: Working Towards Inclusive Research

Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Jeshuran Gunaseelan, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Debra Cameron, Colleen McGrath, Samuel Prasanna Vinoth Kumar

Methodological Innovations, issue September-Dezember (2019), pp. 1-19

"Children with disabilities often experience exclusion within their communities, and this exclusion can extend into research processes. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, however, emphasizes that children of all abilities need to be involved as decision makers in matters affec ... more

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Trust in the Media

Ipsos (2019), 48 pp.

"People across 27 countries are divided on whether they trust traditional media (magazines and newspapers, TV and radio). These sources are equally trusted as they are distrusted. However, levels of trust in media sources vary greatly at the country level. Trust in traditional media is perceived to ... more

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Small Group Discussion to Promote Reflection and Social Change: A Case Study of a Half the Sky Intervention in India

Lauren Kogen

Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 4 (2019), pp. 695-712

"An important sub-discipline within the field of Communication and Social Change addresses how meaningful participation can be practically implemented. This article presents the case of an intervention developed by the NGO ‘Half the Sky Movement’ and reflects upon how participation took shape wi ... more

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Development and Communication in Trade Relations: New Synergies in Theory and Practice

Maria Touri

Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 388-399

"This article examines trade relations in alternative food networks as a space where communication practices can prove empowering for rural communities. Drawing on a theory of diverse economies, the article offers an alternative view of the global market, highlighting the social relations that under ... more

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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
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Yoel Cohen (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp.

"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on- ... more

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Social Media as a Gateway for Young Feminists: Lessons from the #IWillGoOut Campaign in India

Divya Titus

Gender & Development, volume 26, issue 2 (2018), pp. 231-248

"Over New Year’s Eve in 2016, a slew of sexual assault cases against women came to light in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru. Four years prior, against the backdrop of a violent rape in the nation’s capital of Delhi, prominent feminists and activists took to the streets as part of mass public pro ... more

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Transnationalizing Radio Research: New Approaches to an Old Medium

Golo Föllmer, Alexander Badenoch (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 313 pp.

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This is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies
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Bielefeld: transcript;Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2018), 352 pp.

"This Is Not an Atlas gathers more than 40 counter-cartographies from all over the world. This collection shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in art and education: from indigenous territories in the Amazon to the anti-eviction movement ... more

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Communication for Development: Case Study Compendium 2013-2017

New Delhi: UNICEF (2018), 205 pp.

"This compendium of 15 SBCC cases presents results and learning from the Communication for Development (C4D) cross-sectoral interventions from 15 states of India – all implemented during the country programme 2013- 2017. Additionally, a national level C4D Results Report ‘Resonating Change’ has ... more

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Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Practising Independence

Shweta Kishore

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2018), 209 pp.

"Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts, this book identifies independence as a 'tactical practice', contesting the normative definitions and functions assigned to culture, cultural production and producers in a neoliberal ... more

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Korrespondenten des Wandels: Lokale Akteure der globalen Nachrichtenindustrie

Martin Heidelberger

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 325 pp.

"Der Auslandsjournalismus des 21. Jahrhunderts stützt sich zunehmend auf lokale Akteure der globalen Nachrichtenindustrie, die häufig als lokale »Stringer« oder »Fixer« bezeichnet werden. Auf Basis von Feldforschungen in Indien und Europa untersucht Martin Heidelberger diese lokale Teilhabe an ... more

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Dangerous Disinformation

D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue May (2018), pp. 23-38

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Kept in the Dark: Social and Psychological Impacts of Network Shutdowns in India

Zothan Mawii, Ritu Srivastava, Shivani Lal, Bijo P. Abraham

New Delhi: Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) (2018), 70 pp.

"While the State has been justifying network shutdowns as matters of “national interests”, it is interesting to note that the effect has been the total opposite. Interviewees in Kashmir and Darjeeling have stated that their mistrust in the Indian government has grown due to these actions. These ... more

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Online Supplement to Working Paper 2018.1. Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard

Oxford: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute;Computational Propaganda Research Project (2018), 81 pp.

"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s ... more

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Environmental Education and Communication and the Agenda 2030

Bangkok: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 29 pp.

"The Agenda 2030 strives for a transformative approach that requires a broad shift in values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and practices towards more sustainable societies. In this debate on sustainable development, environmental communication and learning processes are driving forces for success. Crit ... more

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Digital Asia

Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2018), 40 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 259 pp.

"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe ... more

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Agriculture Extension System in India: Review of Current Status, Trends and the Way Forward

Ashok Gulati, Pravesh Sharma, Anisha Samantara, Prerna Terway

New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (2018), xvi, 106 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
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This is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies
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