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Humanitarian Journalists: Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 127 pp.
"Based on a 5-year study, involving over 150 in-depth interviews, this book examines the political, economic and social forces that sustain and influence humanitarian journalists. The authors argue that – by amplifying marginalised voices and providing critical, in-depth explanations of neglected
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Humanitarian Topics Explained: Forgotten Crises to Go
Berlin: Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) (2023), 10 pp.
When ‘Seeing Was Believing’: Visual Advocacy in the Early Decades of Humanitarian Cinema
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 3, issue 2 (2021), pp. 18-27
"Focusing on the pivotal period of 1919–23 and the large-scale humanitarian responses in Central and Eastern Europe, this paper discusses the development of advocacy in the movies made by organizations like the ICRC, Save the Children Fund or American Relief Administration. While aid agencies obse
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Humanitarian Journalism
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Communication
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2019), 22 pp.
"Humanitarian journalism can be defined, very broadly, as the production of factual accounts about crises and issues that affect human welfare. This can be broken down into two broad approaches: “traditional” reporting about humanitarian crises and issues, and advocacy journalism that aims to im
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Communication
In: Humanitarianism: A Dictionary of Concepts
Tim Allen, Anna Macdonald, Anna Radice (eds.)
London, New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 68-80
"This chapter focuses on one of the key areas within the field of humanitarian communication, namely the symbolic construction of distant suffering in image, text and sound. In particular, the chapter examines humanitarian communication produced by humanitarian non-government organizations (NGOs) fo
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The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Whose News?
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xviii, 266 pp.
"Closely examining the relationship between foreign correspondents of international news media and humanitarian organisations, Lena von Naso shows how the aid and media sectors cooperate in Africa in a unique way. Based on more than 70 interviews with foreign correspondents and aid workers operating
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Humanitarianism, Communications and Change
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 279 pp.
Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media
London: Hurst (2013), x, 236 pp.
"The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of
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Humanitäre Hilfe und Medien
In: Handbuch Humanitäre Hilfe
Jürgen Lieser, Dennis Dijkzeul (eds.)
Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer (2013), pp. 171-182
"In diesem Kapitel geht es um die Rolle der Medien in der humanitären Hilfe und um das Zusammenspiel von Medien und humanitären Akteuren bei der Katastrophenberichterstattung und der damit verbundenen Spendenwerbung. Dabei wird insbesondere der Frage nachgegangen, wie Medien und Hilfsorganisatione
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'The Things That We Have to Do: Ethics and Instrumentality in Humanitarian Communication
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2013), pp. 53-70
"This study critically reflects on a schism evident in debates surrounding ‘humanitarian communication’. On one hand, it is approached as embodying an ideal of ethical practice. On the other, ideal humanitarianism is deployed as the grounds for a critique, whereby ‘humanitarian practice’ is
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Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
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Bangkok; Nugegoda (LK): UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok; Television for Education Asia-Pacific (TVE Asia-Pacific) (2007), x, 150 pp.
"Our 21 contributors -– most of them from Asia, and representing media, development or humanitarian sectors -- do not engage in mere theoretical discussions. In 19 chapters of this book, they draw on their rich and varied experience working in either preparing disaster resilient communities or res
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Corruption in Emergencies: What Role(s) for Media? Report from U4 Working Meeting 30 May, 2006
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4) (2006), 32 pp.
"As part of a broader analysis of corruption in emergencies, the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre initiated a dialogue on the role(s) of the media. On 30 May 2006, a working meeting held at NORAD offices in Oslo brought together donors, NGOs and journalists, including media practitioners from Sri
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Media's Challenge: Asian Tsunami and Beyond
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Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2006), 266 pp.
"The tsunami demonstrated that modern journalists can do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world. One of the biggest lessons of the tsunami that is unravelling is that the modern journalist can also help to heal communities, rebuild lives, keep families intact and raise funds. The media
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World Disasters Report: Focus on Information in Disasters
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2005), 251 pp.
Media, Bureaucracies and Foreign Aid: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2004), ix, 179 pp.
"In many ways, this book is a simple and straightforward product of social science research. A conceptual expectation was created through the integration and extension of existing theory and research findings. The responsiveness argument presented in chapter 2 lead to the expectation that aid bureau
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From Massacres to Genocide: The Media, Public Policy, and Humanitarian Crises
Cambridge: World Peace Foundation (1996), x, 203 pp.
The News Media, Civil War, and Humanitarian Action
Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (1996), xi, 123 pp.
"This brief volume looks at institutional interactions between the news media (both print and electronic) on the one hand, and government policymakers and humanitarian agencies on the other. Case studies from Liberia, Northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, Haiti, and Rwanda distill some of t
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