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Inspiring Practice
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Key Guidance
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Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Disaster Risk & Preparedness Communication, Disaster Prevention Communication
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Early Warning: Disasters
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Information Management
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Artificial Intelligence
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Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Mobile Phone Use
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Radio in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Open Data
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Children & Childhood
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Crisis Communication
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Volunteers & Volunteer Management
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Social Media
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Reporting
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Infectious Diseases' Outbreak Communication
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Media Assistance: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Crowdsourcing
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Ushahidi (Crowdsourcing Mapping Software)
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Migrants & Refugees: Tailor-Made Media Products & Information Services
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Information Gathering
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Media Use: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Community Radios
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Countering Misinformation & Rumours
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Rumours & Rumour Management
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Disasters, Disaster Relief, Disaster Prevention
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet Shutdowns
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Chatbots
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Websites
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AI in Development Assistance
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT Regulation
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Emergency Health Communication
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Humanitarian Aid
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Data Bases, Digital Libraries, Open Access Repositories
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Mobile Money Cash Transfer Programmes
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Good Practice Examples
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Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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Media Assistance: Good Practice Examples
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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Design Thinking
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
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Human Security
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Rohingya
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Demography & Demographic Development
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Resilience
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Inequalities
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Blockchain Technologies
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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GIS, Geospatial Services
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Software
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Mobile Phone Apps
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SMS
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Visual Cultures
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Routledge Handbook of Humanitarian Communication
Top Insights
Milton: Routledge (2022), 486 pp.
"Recent years have seen the expansion of critical scholarship on humanitarian communication across a range of academic fields, sharing recognition of the centrality of media and communications to our understanding of humanitarianism as an agent of transnational power, global governance and cosmopoli
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World Risk Report 2022. Focus: Digitalization
Berlin; Bochum: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft; Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (2022), 63 pp.
"Digitalization has significantly changed disaster preparedness and management. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are used in all phases of disaster management for knowledge acquisition, information dissemination, communication, as well as control. Examples include the use of global d
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WeltRisikoBericht 2022. Fokus: Digitalisierung
Bochum: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft; Institut für Friedenssicherungsrecht und Humanitäres Völkerrecht (IFHV) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2022), 75 pp.
"Wie jedes Jahr wird der WeltRisikoIndex durch ein Fokusthema ergänzt. Dieses Jahr beschäftigen wir uns mit der Digitalisierung. Die Autor:innen analysieren auf der Basis qualitativer Forschung die große Bedeutung digitaler Lösungen für die Katastrophenrisikoreduzierung und die vorausschauende
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Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response
London: ODI; Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) (2022), 55 pp.
"This study forms part of the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)’s wider research on humanitarian ‘digital divides’. Drawing on existing literature, interviews with humanitarian practitioners and research with people affected by crisis in Venezuela and Uganda, it explores how the presence of soci
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Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response: ‘Caminantes’ at the Venezuela–Colombia Border
London: ODI; Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG); Medianálisis (2022), 18 pp.
"The testimonies of caminantes [migrants and refugees travelling primarily by foot] interviewed for this study highlight the significant limitations of social media as a tool for inclusion among populations on the move in Venezuela and Colombia. It is important to note that caminantes are an acutely
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Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action: The Case of Refugees in Uganda
London: ODI; Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG); Medianálisis (2022), 40 pp.
"The potential benefits of increased digitalisation to refugees, living in situations where access to information and spaces for communication exchange are of the essence, are yet to be realised. Uganda’s forced migrants, both those in refugee settlements and those self-settled in urban areas, hav
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Loss of Tonga’s Telecommunication: What Happened, What Were the Consequences and How Were They Managed?
Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2022), 4 pp.
"In January 2022 the subsea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga had a major eruption which also cut the country’s communication lines nationally, between Tonga’s inhabited islands and the outside world. The damage led to a complete halt in international communication (a “digital darkn
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Beyond Borders: Satellite Applications for Humanitarian Emergencies
Top Insights
Farnham, Surrey (UK): Caribou Space; UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (2022), 97 pp.
"Satellite applications are being developed by an increasingly complex web of supplyside stakeholders and are being applied across a range of use cases in the life cycle of a humanitarian emergency. However, there is a limited body of evidence to offer humanitarians guidance on where satellite techn
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Refugees in the Digital Economy: The Future of Work Among the Forcibly Displaced
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2022), pp. 1-12
"The current scale and duration of displacement prompts renewed urgency about livelihoods prospects for displaced people and the role of humanitarian organisations in fostering them. This special issue focuses on how aid organisations, together with the private sector and other actors, have worked t
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The Digitalisation of Armed Conflicts: Three Humanitarian Priorities
Brussels: Diplomacy and Strategy Centre for Security Brussels School of Governance (2022), 5 pp.
"States should interpret – and apply – existing rules in a manner that ensures adequate and sufficient protection for civilians and civilian infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) systems and data in our ever-increasingly digitalised societies. Academia, tech companies, s
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Digital Technologies and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2022), 29 pp.
"This paper brings together the key findings of research into digital humanitarian action and inclusion, asking what the impact of new digital approaches has been on how inclusion is understood and operationalised in humanitarian action. The Humanitarian Policy Group undertook three thematic case st
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The Climate Crisis: Mobile-Enabled Solutions in Humanitarian Emergencies
London: GSMA (2021), 27 pp.
Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund: Portfolio (2017-2022)
London: GSMA (2021), 28 pp.
Utilizing telecommunications / information and communication technologies for disaster risk reduction and management. Study period 2018-2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), xii, 162 pp.
[...] Early-warning systems play a crucial role in informing people about impending disasters and should therefore be deployed in disaster-prone areas. Effective information transmission and dissemination are important before, during and after a disaster. A workshop on early-warning systems held dur
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Plans nationaux pour les télécommunications d’urgence: Catalyseurs et garanties. Guide succinct d'évaluation à l’intention des spécialistes des politiques publiques
London: GSMA (2021), 16 pp.
"Ce guide a pour but d'aider à identifier les lacunes, les opportunités et les faiblesses du système afin de guider la définition d’une stratégie nationale plus cohérente et de positionner la téléphonie mobile comme appui aux activités de préparation, de réponse et de relèvement en cas
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Humanitarian Connectivity Needs and Usage Assessment: Guidance for Implementing the Toolkit
London: GSMA (2021), 39 pp.
Building and Strengthening Digital Ecosystems in Humanitarian Contexts
London: GSMA (2021), 24 pp.
