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The Limits of Communication: The Gnat on the Elephant

Wendy Quarry, Ricardo Ramirez
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 121-134
"When asked by a Mozambican firm to assist in the development of a communication strategy for the country’s Land Law, we had doubts. We had read about the issue of ‘land grabbing’ in Africa and feared we might become part of that problem. We knew that any communication strategy devoted solely ... more
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A Story a Day...: The Media as a Preventive Tool in Public Health. A Legacy Assessment of Internews' Health Journalism Program in Kenya and its Impact on the Media, the Public Health Sector and the Audience

Callie Long
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2012), 69 pp.
"Guided by two overarching questions – do people want or need health news, and are they satisfied with the health news available to them – Internews used a mixed methods approach, conducting surveys, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, as well as mining years of project data and rep ... more
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Information Technology and Farm Households in Niger

Jenny C. Aker, Christopher Ksoll
UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (2012), 17 pp.
"This technical report seeks to understand the impact of improved access to information technology on farmers’ agricultural production and marketing practices in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Niger. Related research suggests in that access to mobile telephony can reduce communicatio ... more
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Health Communication Message Design: Theory and Practice

Hyunyi Cho (ed.)
Los Angeles: Sage (2012), xvi, 277 pp.
"This one of a kind text illustrates the importance of effective communication in disease prevention and health promotion by building theory-based messages while being responsive to diverse audience needs. This book clearly explains core health communication principles and processes for designing ef ... 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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Communication for Water Sector Reform: Obstacles and Opportunities

Karla Chaman, Tracey Miller, Paul Mitchell
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), vi, 16 pp.
"This Learning Note is published by the Operational Communications Division in the World Bank’s External Affairs Vice Presidency. It aims to help task managers communicate with service providers as they prepare for an urban water supply reform project. The focus is on how strategic public communic ... more
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Community Participation at Local and Community Radio Stations: An Explorative Study in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

Julia Fröhlich, Daniel Däschle, Andrés Geerts, Sofie Jannusch
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"This report presents the main findings of three regional surveys on participation at local and community radio stations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. The studies examined the involvement of the radio stations’ communities in programming, management, ownership and funding. Partic ... more
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Un diagnóstico de la radio rural en el Perú

Oscar Martín Fajardo Gallego
Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2012), 120 pp.
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Participatory Video with Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Program Report

Sara Asadullah
Oxford: InsightShare (2012), 57 pp.
"In 2011 five UK-based development agencies were given a unique opportunity to pilot the use of participatory video with farmers in six sub-Saharan countries, through small supplementary grants awarded by Comic Relief. The UK-based funder Comic Relief recognises that the impacts of climate change th ... more
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Mapping with Mobiles: Lessons Learnt from the Use of Smartphones for Fast Humanitarian Surveys in Zimbabwe

Harare; Copenhagen: Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre (HIFC); International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 10 pp.
"SMS services have become a very efficient tool to warn people of health threats such as epidemics or water pollution, but smartphones can also be utilised to stream information in the opposite direction when they are used as tools for snap surveys. In both emergency settings and well-planned nation ... more
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Climate Asia: A New Approach to Research on Public Understanding of Climate Change

Tan Copsey, Sonia Whitehead
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 32 pp.
"Climate Asia will be the largest ever research study into public understanding of climate change in Asia with more than 33,000 interviews conducted across seven countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam. This working paper explains the distinctive research approach ... more
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Do You Hear Me? Understanding Information Needs for Disaster, Preparedness and Compensation

Institute for Development and Humanitarian Advancement
Islamabad: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2012), v, 70 pp.
"This report documents the findings, analysis and recommendations regarding key aspects of humanitarian communications gleaned from an assessment conducted in the aftermath of the 2010 and 2011 monsoon floods in Pakistan. The aim of the assessment was to assess communities' access to information aft ... more
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Comparing Health Communication

John C. Pollock, Douglas Storey
In: Handbook of Comparative Communication Research
Frank Esser, Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2012), pp. 161-182
"This review of available scholarship in international health communication reveals a curious disconnect between an abundance of material available in selected nations and regions (e.g., Australia, southern Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the United States), on the one hand, and relatively little atten ... more
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Representações midiáticas da pobreza: O programa "Esquenta!" e o reposicionamento do discurso sobre os pobres na TV brasileira

Francislanda Rodrigues Penha
Goiânia: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Master Thesis (2012), 229 pp.
"A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a rede simbólica de enunciados construídos ao longo da história acerca das categorias pobre/pobreza e, mais precisamente, discutir os recentes discursos produzidos sobre esses grupos no âmbito da televisão brasileira, encontrando as continuidades e ... more
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When Information Saves Lives: Internews Humanitarian Information Projects. 2011 Annual Report

Jacobo Quintanilla, Lizzie Goodfriend
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC; Paris; London: Internews; Internews Europe (2012), 77 pp.
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Food Security Communications Toolkit
Key Guides

Rome: FAO (2011), 213 pp.
"This toolkit is geared towards helping food security professionals develop a communication strategy and communicate more effectively with their target audiences. Specific sections of the toolkit focus on policy makers and the media, because of the important role they play in implementing and influe ... more
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Radio Madang: Tuned in for Development?

Anisah Issimel
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Evangelia Papoutsaki, Michael McManus, Patrick Matbob (eds.)
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 147-156
"The findings of this research have indicated that Radio Madang [the public service broadcaster in Madang province] is an appropriate medium for disseminating information and messages on development issues to people in rural areas of Madang province. With an audience of about 200,000 throughout the ... more
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Climate-Change Journalism in China: Opportunities for International Cooperation

Sam Geall
Copenhagen; Beijing: International Media Support (IMS); Caixin Media (2011), 137 pp.
"How do Chinese journalists cover climate-Change stories – and what opportunities for international cooperation in the field of climate change reporting exist for funders, NGOs and governments? These are the two related questions that this report attempts to address. The report – produced jointl ... more
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Radio Sound and Social Realism: In the Terrain of Drama for Development Production

Andrew Skuse
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 7 (2011), pp. 595-609
"This article explores the use of sound in the context of two BBC World Service development-focused social realist radio drama productions in Afghanistan (New Home, New Life) and Nepal (Sweet Tales of the Sarangi). It examines the various ‘sound strategies' employed to enhance the realist aspirati ... more
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Comunicar para transformar, transformar para comunicar: Tecnologías de la información, organizaciones sociales y comunicación desde una perspectiva de cambio social

Víctor Marí Sáez
Madrid: Editorial Popular (2011), 235 pp.