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Information Communication Technologies for Gender and Development in Africa: The Case for Radio and Technological Blending

Christobel Asiedu
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 3 (2012), pp. 240-257
"The information communication technologies for development literature (ICT4D) has identified information communication technologies (ICTs) as a significant tool for economic and social development of least developed countries. The discourse has marginalized radio and promoted ICTs. However, there a ... more
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Comunicación y desarrollo: Prácticas comunicativas y empoderamiento local

Marcelo A. Martínez Hermida, Francisco Sierra Caballero (coord.)
Barcelona: Gedisa (2012), 429 pp.
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Sistematización: Experiencias de educación a distancia por radio

Martha Isabel Pereira López, Rocío Gonzales Flores, Roxana Reynaga Padilla, Gustavo Ramos Espejo
Sucre: Fundación Acción Cultural Loyola (ACLO) (2012), 81 pp.
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Communications for Change: How to Use Text Messaging as an Effective Behavior Change Campaigning Tool

FrontlineSMS; Text to Change (2012), 7 pp.
"Getting SMS campaigns right is not simple. The right content, delivered at the right time in the right context, is critical. Adding the right kind of interaction to campaigns can make them more engaging, and increase their power in encouraging positive change. Positive behavior change campaigns sho ... more
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Raising Women’s Voices Through Radio Drama: Reflections from South Africa

Deborah Walter (ed.)
Johannesburg: People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA); Community Media for Development (CMFD) (2012), 12 pp.
"This case study is being produced to share the process, techniques, and lessons learned from "Zaphamban' izindlela!" radio drama both as way to document, as well as facilitate others working on women’s issues to undertake similar initiatives. The case study demonstrates how entertaining forms of ... more
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Developing countries in the e-learning era

Christian Depover, François Orivel
Paris: UNESCO; International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) (2012), 97 pp.
"In addition to reducing geographical isolation,distance education, thanks to its more favourable cost structure, allows the monitoring of social and economic remoteness.It may thus have much to offer for developing countries. Digital technologies not only bring remote populations closer, they also ... more
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Investigating Communication, Health and Development: 10 Years of Research in the Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS)

Emma Durden, Eliza Govender (eds.)
Auckland Park: Jacana Media; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) (2012), xxx, 480 pp.
"This book traces some of the key research conducted over a ten-year period by honours, MA and PhD students who have attended the CCMS Entertainment Education / communication for participatory development course from its inception in 2002, until 2011. There has been a marked shift in the paradigm gu ... more
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A Practical Guide to Sustainable IT

Paul Mobbs
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2012), 167 pp.
"This practical guide to sustainable IT offers a detailed, hands-on introduction to thinking about sustainable computing holistically; starting with the choices you make when buying technology, the software and peripherals you use, through to how you store and work with information, manage your secu ... more
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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea

Andrea Babon, Daniel McIntyre, Ronald Sofe
Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2012), vi, 28 pp.
"The study found that the media often framed REDD+ in political and economic terms, at the expense of, for example, ecological concerns or discussions of the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. Issues associated with carbon trading were a frequent topic of media articles, with many stor ... more
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The Message Matrix: A Participatory Programme Design Tool

Charles Simbi
In: Learning with Community Media: Stories from the Commonwealth and Latin America
Ian Pringle, Ekta Mittal, Mónica Valdés (eds.)
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), pp. 99-111
"The message matrix facilitates local stakeholder groups and community members to take an active, empowered role in content development for an educational communication programme. The method enables active participation of target audiences and stakeholder groups in the identification, analysis and r ... more
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The Role of Participation in Community Theatre for Development Interventions: A Case Study of the Wadzanayi Farm Project in Lalapanzi, Zimbabwe

Julia Yule
University of Witwatersrand (2012), vii, 79 pp.
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Reality Must Improve: The Perversity of Expertise and the Belatedness of Indian Development Television

William Mazzarella
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 215-241
"This essay argues against reducing the recent history of global television to an oversimplified transition between ‘statist’ and ‘consumerist’ dispensations. As apparently irreconcilable ideologies of television, the statist and consumerist models represent two ways of imagining the relatio ... more
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Communication on Immunisation: Building Trust

Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2012), iv, 41 pp.
"This guide highlights the importance of trust and credibility for public health organisations in order to communicate effectively on immunisation. The document aims at supporting Member States in planning and implementing communication initiatives on vaccination, by presenting an overview of the ma ... more
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FAO Expert Consultation: Communication for Development. Meeting Today's Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges

Rome: FAO (2012), ix, 53 pp.
"[...] FAO’s Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension (OEK) organized an Expert Consultation on Communication for Development: Meeting Today’s Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges, that was held at FAO headquarters from 14 to 16 September, 2011. The main purpose was to identi ... more
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Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: Key Messages

Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2012), 64 pp.
"DRR (Disaster risk reduction) advocates are increasingly asked by government and local partners what the exact scope and content of their subject is, and to explain, beyond generalities, the ‘actionable risk reduction messages.’ Key messages comprise the core, common and comprehensive informati ... more
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The Power of the Puppet
Deep Insights

Livija Kroflin (ed.)
Zagreb: Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA), UNIMA Puppets in Education, Development and Therapy Commission; Croatian Centre of UNIMA (2012), 117 pp.
"The power of the puppet shows itself in diverse fields: not only in the puppet theatres, not only in rituals and magical spells, but also in the broad range of education and therapy. This has also been recognised by the international puppetry organisation – UNIMA – and the Puppets in Education ... more
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La participation de la communauté dans les radios locales et communautaires: Une étude exploratoire en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique latine et en Océanie

Julia Fröhlich, Daniel Däschle, Andrés Geerts, Sofie Jannusch
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"Ce rapport présente les principales conclusions de trois enquêtes régionales sur la participation dans certaines stations de radio locales et communautaires en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique latine et en Océanie. Les enquêtes ont porté sur la participation des communautés dans la programmati ... more
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Strategic Communication for ABS: A Conceptual Guide and Toolkit for Practitioners

Kathrin Heidbrink, Manfred Oepen
ABS Capacity Development Initiative; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 86 pp.
"This Guide offers advice about the role, relevance and use of communication for implementing Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) systems at the national level. It provides an overview of communication considerations, approaches and methods for the different phases of ABS implementation. Establishing A ... more
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A Rapid Evidence Review of Interventions for Improving Health Literacy

Maureen D’Eath, Margaret M Barry, Jane Sixsmith
Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2012), 22 pp.
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Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Stefano Liberti
Alexander Knaak (transl.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.