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Interactive Radio for Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners

FHI 360 (2014), 149 pp.
"The primary audience of this toolkit is anyone using or planning to use radio to enhance the impact of their development programs. It does not assume any level of prior knowledge of interactive radio from the reader. It will primarily appeal to practitioners who are planning to work through establi ... more
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Information in the Midst of Crisis: Addressing the Information Needs of Internally Displaced Persons at the Tong Ping Protection of Civilians Site, Juba, South Sudan. July 2014

Forcier Consulting; Internews; USAID, July version (2014), 54 pp.
"This report demonstrates how providing information to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in South Sudan can dramatically increase their health, safety and well-being and make a positive impact on their lives in the midst of an ongoing conflict [...] Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) was the first Humanit ... more
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Barriers to Coverage of Transborder Environmental Issues in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia

Eric Freedman
Applied Environmental Education & Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2014), pp. 48-55
"Three former Soviet republics occupy Central Asia's Ferghana Valley, a region of serious transborder environmental problems, especially ones that involve water and energy. Most news organizations in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan provide little in-depth coverage of these issues. Journalists ... more
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Historia y evolución de la Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas (FGER)

Vilma Marleny Aguilar Gómez
Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Thesis (2014), 123 pp.
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Textbook Development in Low Income Countries: A Guide for Policy and Practice

Richard A. B. Crabbe, Mary Nyingi, Helen Abadzi
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 199 pp.
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Practice Brief: Communicating with Communities During the First Six Weeks of an Emergency Response

CDAC Network (2014), 9 pp.
"This practice brief outlines the essential ‘Communicating with Communities’ (CwC) elements’ required during the first six weeks of a humanitarian response. Many of the core elements are not ‘new’ to humanitarian response; however, while practitioners will be familiar with many of them, ev ... more
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Designing Behavior Change Communication Interventions in Education: A Practitioner's Guide

USAID (2014), 33 pp.
"Section 2 introduces some behavioral theories and models of behavior change. Section 3 describes the process of designing an intervention using behavior change communication strategies: (1) identifying the specific behavioral objectives and conducting the formative research to understand barriers a ... more
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Mass Communication Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

UNHCR; REACH (2014), 5 pp.
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Struggle, Vatican II, and Development Communication Practice

Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Keyan G. Tomaselli
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 241-254
"This chapter examines the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) theology as the implicit background to Robert White's studies on development communication. We will then examine White's influence on the Center for Communication, Media and Society's graduate program in development communication." (Page ... more
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Media Capacity Building and Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Resilience and Protecting Socio-Economic Development Gains in Southeast Asia

Akina Mikami et al.
ABC International Development (2014), 33 pp.
"This literature review focuses on the value of investing in building the communication capacity of broadcasters in the ASEAN region, for the purpose of strengthening civic resilience and sustainability of socioeconomic development in the context of environmental disasters. Both are drivers for pove ... more
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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Literacy Teaching and Learning: Effective Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Computers

Ulrike Hanemann
Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2014), 195 pp.
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Dissemination Tools and Materials

Andrea Castelletti, Matteo Giuliani, Andrea Cominola et al.
Smart H2O Project (2014), 29 pp.
"This report contains a detailed description of the SmartH2O project dissemination strategy and the tools set up to effectively support the communication of the project progress and results to a wide community of citizens, decision-makers, water utilities, and scientists. It reports dissemination an ... more
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Shamba Shape Up Series 4: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey Report

The Media Company (2014), 46 pp.
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Radio and Audio Strategies for External Cultural Relations: Conference Report, Berlin, 24–25 October 2013

Frank Kaspar
Berlin, Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2014), 30 pp.
"Radio and online audio-formats are valuable instruments for international cultural work, and for education and development programmes. However, political developments following the end of the Cold War and the rise of satellite TV and online media have brought with them far-reaching cuts in the radi ... more
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Reclaiming the Public Sphere: Communication, Power and Social Change

Tina Askanius, Liv Stubbe Østergaard (eds.)
Basingstoke, Hampshire et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xii, 231 pp.
"This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms. ... more
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Blueprint: Ebola Mobile Response

GSMA (2014), 15 pp.
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Schreiben und Berichten über Armut: Leitfaden für respektvolle Armutsberichterstattung

Wien: Armutskonferenz (2014), 15 pp.
"Sprache kann abwertend, diskriminierend oder rassistisch sein, wenn nicht sensibel mit ihr umgegangen wird. Sprache trägt dazu bei, Vorurteile zu verfestigen oder aber im Gegenteil, Vorurteile abzubauen und negative Wahrnehmungen zu verändern. Ziel dieses Leitfadens ist es, Anregungen für eine r ... more
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Why Information Matters: A Foundation for Resilience
Deep Insights

Tara Susman-Peña
Internews (2014), 84 pp.
"This report: 1. Defines “information ecosystems” and proposes an analytic framework of eight critical dimensions for understanding them; 2. Analyzes information ecosystems across a spectrum of change and their impact on resilience, referencing four case studies of Internews’ previous work [In ... more
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Communications Handbook for Clinical Trials: Strategies, Tips, and Tools to Manage Controversy, Convey Your Message, and Disseminate Results

Elizabeth T. Robinson, Deborah Baron, Lori L. Heise, Jill Moffett, Sarah V. Harlan
Research Triangle Park, North Carol.: FHI 360; USAID; Microbicides Media and Communications Initiative (mmci) (2014), xv, 252 pp.
"This handbook is designed to serve the needs of anyone who conducts, plans, or implements clinical trials—especially trials that evaluate new drugs or interventions in a community setting. We want to make your job easier, whether you are a researcher, a study coordinator, or a communications prof ... more
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Farming for the Future: Communication Efforts to Advance Family Farming

Linda Austin
Rome: FAO (2014), ix, 57 pp.
"This document has been prepared to inspire reflection about the role of communication in advancing family farming. It includes an analysis of examples of ComDev approaches applied to smallholder farming and rural development and the issues that they encompass: food security, natural resource manage ... more