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“Drop a Bomb on Them . . . and Problem Solved!”: An Analysis of Poverty Discourse on TikTok

Ana Mayagoitia-Soria, Juan Manuel González-Aguilar, Salvador Gómez-García, María Antonia Paz-Rebollo
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1135-1156
"This research analyzes the discursive characteristics of hate messages posted on TikTok Spain against people at risk of social exclusion. Using critical discourse analysis, we analyzed 679 hateful messages generated by 100 videos found about poverty. This method considered the social groups mention ... more
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Pathways for strengthening community feedback and complaints approaches in Papua New Guinea

London: CDAC Network (2024), 5 pp.
"Acknowledging the contextual challenges in Papua New Guinea, CDAC recommends the following actions to UNDP and other response organisations to strengthen approaches to two-way communication with communities in disaster response activities. 1. Utilise the newly established Community of Practice for ... more
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Ethical judgments of poverty depictions in the context of charity advertising?

Shannon M. Duncan, Emma E. Levine, Deborah A. Small
Cognition, volume 245, issue 105735 (2024), [no pag.]
"Aid organizations, activists, and the media often use graphic depictions of human suffering to elicit sympathy and aid. While effective, critics have condemned these practices as exploitative, objectifying, and deceptive, ultimately labeling them ‘poverty porn.’ This paper examines people's eth ... more
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Language and Digital Humanitarian Action: The state of inclusion and exclusion for marginalised language speakers in digital humanitarian services

London: GSMA (2024), 22 pp.
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Mapping humanitarian tech: Exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes

Giulio Coppi
Access Now (2024), 69 pp.
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Latin American History Goes to the Movies: Understanding Latin America's Past through Film
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Stewart Brewer
London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2024), xiii, 264 pp.
"This new edition of Latin American History Goes to the Movies uses a variety of feature films as a method of studying key historical themes in Latin America, from pre-Columbian cultures to contemporary debates. The book provides historical context as a way of interpreting Latin American filmography ... more
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Edtech platforms from below: A family ethnography of marginalized communities and their digital learning post-pandemic

Kiran Vinod Bhatia, Payal Arora, Siddhi Gupta
Learning, Media and Technology (2024), 15 pp.
"In this article, we reveal how students in low-income communities in India use and ascribe meaning to dominant proprietary EdTech platforms and conferencing tools through family ethnographies. We explore how these platforms and associated online learning tools influence existing educational practic ... more
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From Statistics to Stories: Indices and Indicators as Communication Tools for Social Change

Lauren Kogen
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 4 (2024), pp. 1090-1108
"The terms ‘indices’ and ‘indicators’ may immediately cause eyelids to droop. How, then, might they serve to impassion publics and, ultimately, promote social change? This paper examines the extent to which indices and indicators can be considered communication tools for social movements and ... more
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Climate and Environmental Journalism under Fire: Threats to Free and Independent Coverage of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

Barbara Trionfi
International Press Institute (IPI) (2024), 59 pp.
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Unlearning Communication for Social Change: A Pedagogical Proposition

Thomas Tufte
Social Sciences, volume 13, issue 335 (2024), 16 pp.
"We have in recent years seen growing calls for pedagogies for social change amongst communication and development scholars, identifying resistances, critiques, and emerging practices in the field. This review article addresses this ‘pedagogical turn’, suggesting that it is in these pedagogies w ... more
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Integrating supply and demand in social marketing programs: The Nosh-e-Jaan campaign to promote nutrition in Afghanistan

Nedra Kline Weinreich, Mustafa Basij Rasikh
Health Marketing Quarterly, volume 42, issue 1 (2024), pp. 24-47
"This case study describes a successful nutrition social marketing program in Afghanistan. By building up the domestic soy industry and supply chain, while creating consumer demand for high-protein soy products to combat malnutrition, the Nosh-e-Jaan campaign rebalanced the market dynamics for this ... more
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The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies

Antonio Lopez, Adrian J. Ivakhiv, Stephen Rust, Miriam Tola, Alenda Y. Chang, Kiu-wai Chu (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2024), xxiii, 371 pp.
"The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies gathers leading work by critical scholars in this burgeoning field. Redressing the lack of environmental perspectives in the study of media, ecomedia studies asserts that media are in and about the environment, and environments are socially and materially ... more
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Conjuring a Blockchain Pilot: Ignorance and Innovation in Humanitarian Aid

Margie Cheesman
Geopolitics (2024), 28 pp.
"When aid professionals adopt high tech pilot projects, ignorance, blind faith, misplaced trust, and authentic expertise all come into play. Based on ethnographic research in Jordan, I examine how a refugee aid organisation produces and applies a blockchain pilot. Innovative pilots help internationa ... more
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Case Study: Talk to Loop

GSMA (2024), 6 pp.
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Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
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Massimo Marelli (eds.)
Cambridge et al.: Cambrigde University Press; International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 3rd ed. (2024), xxvii, 351 pp.
"This handbook is a foundational text which offers a comprehensive, accessible analysis of personal data protection law, and its significance to humanitarian organizations. Bringing together years of research on personal data protection principles, it outlines how humanitarian organizations can use ... more
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Producing and Managing an SBC Mass Media Campaign
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Justin DeNormandie, Mwikali Kioko
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2024)
"This toolkit is a step-by-step guide to develop, produce, broadcast, and monitor a social and behavior change (SBC) mass media campaign. The outputs from this creative development process can and should be used to guide the design of additional communication channels in an integrated, mixed-media c ... more
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Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education
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Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Insung Jung (eds.)
Singapore: Springer (2023), 1437 pp.
"This open access handbook offers a one-stop-shop for both new and established researchers, educators, policy makers and administrators in the field of open, distance and digital education (ODDE) to gain a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice at all levels of ODDE, and at the s ... more
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‘Repackaging the emptiness’: How Russian regional journalism adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic

Elina Erzikova, Wilson Lowrey
Newspaper Research Journal, volume 44, issue 1 (2023), pp. 92-110
"The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the role news organizations play in disseminating information and shaping public response to the crisis. This study adopts an ecological approach in examining Russian regional journalists’ adaptations to the pandemic. Based on in-depth interviews, the study f ... more
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Communicating Climate Change

London: Apolitical (2023)
"Climate change is complex and multifaceted and can prompt a whole host of emotional reactions. This free course will take you step-by-step through the journey of creating effective, powerful climate communications, from setting objectives to identifying key messages to evaluating your success." (ht ... more
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The State of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in the Horn of Africa Drought Response: A Snapshot Report for Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

Andrew Nzimbi, Alyssa Thurston
London: CDAC Network (2023), 21 pp.