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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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Reinforcement or Reactance? Examining the Effect of an Explicit Persuasive Appeal Following an Entertainment-Education Narrative

Emily Moyer-Gusé, Parul Jaion, Adrienne H. Chung
Journal of Communication, volume 62, issue 6 (2012), pp. 1010-1027
"Entertainment-education interventions frequently include an explicit persuasive appeal, such as an epilogue, at their conclusion. This may help to overcome potential limitations of narrative persuasion by highlighting and clarifying the underlying message. Despite this potential, an explicit persua ... more
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A Pragmatic Trial in the Rio De Janeiro Subway to Capture Smokers for a Quitline: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

Adré Salem Szklo et al.
Journal of Health Communication, volume 17, issue 8 (2012), pp. 899-914
"To encourage smoking cessation, persuasive messages can be used to raise smokers' risk perception. This article discusses challenges and solutions in designing a study to evaluate the effect of two different communication strategies ("gains from quitting" vs. "losses from continuing smoking") in en ... more
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Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists & Engineers

Felice Frankel, Angela H. DePace
New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press (2012), 53 pp.
"Any scientist or engineer who communicates research results will immediately recognize this practical handbook as an indispensable tool. The guide sets out clear strategies and offers abundant examples to assist researchers-even those with no previous design training-with creating effective visual ... more
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Writing Health Communication: An Evidence-Based Guide
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Charles Abraham, Marieke Kools (eds.)
London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2012), xv, 175 pp.
"[This] is a practical guide to producing effective written materials. The book presents easy-to-understand, evidence-based guidance on providing information, presenting persuasive messages and promoting behaviour change. Topics include: message framing; use of fear appeals; tailoring messages; usin ... more
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Media, Communication and Development: Three Approaches
Deep Insights

Linje Manyozo
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xix, 258 pp.
"Media, Communication and Development: Three Approaches critically investigates the three approaches that have characterised most debates in the field of Media, Communications and Development since its emergence in the 1950s, namely, media development, media for development and stakeholder and commu ... more
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Still Left in the Dark? How People in Emergencies Use Communication to Survive – and How Humanitarian Agencies Can Help

Imogen Wall, Lisa Robinson
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 15 pp.
"In 2008, a BBC World Service Trust policy briefing argued that people affected by earthquakes, floods or other emergencies often lacked the information they needed to survive and that this only added to their stress and anxiety. Left in the Dark: the unmet need for information in humanitarian emerg ... more
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Forum Theatre on the Air: Towards a Model of Participatory Radio Drama for Development on Community Radio

Mary Traynor
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 10, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-187
"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat ... 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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Visualizing Climate Change: A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Stephen R. J. Sheppard
London; New York: Routledge; Earthscan (2012), xiii, 511 pp.
"Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future landscapes, community mapping, and iconic photographs, this book demonstrates new ways to make carbon and climate change visible where we care the most, in our own backyards and local communities. Extensive color imagery expla ... more
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State of the Development Communication Field

Srinivas R. Melkote, Pradeep Krishnatray
In: Asian Communication Handbook
Sundeep R. Muppidi (eds.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2012), pp. 57-66
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Report on Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Education for Persons with Disabilities

Pilar Samaniego, Sanna-Mari Laitamo, Estela Valerio, Cristina Francisco
Quito: UNESCO (2012), 77 pp.
"Significant progress has been made in regional agreements, providing a suitable frame of reference for a social approach to the care model. Although adjustments are required to harmonize domestic norms with international referents, much remains to be done for educational norms in the regions to ado ... more
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Linking Community, Radio, and Action Research on Climate Change: Reflections on a Systemic Approach

Blane Harvey, Danny Burns, Katy Oswald
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 3 (2012), pp. 101-117
"This article reflects upon the opportunities and challenges of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) with community radio broadcasters in southern Ghana to investigate the impacts of climate change. Through a detailed outline of the methodological approach employed in this initiative as well as ... more
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La obesidad infantil y la publicidad de alimentos no saludables en el Perú

Alexander Chiu Werner
Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2012), 9 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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CDAC Haiti: Learning Review

Cecilia M. Ljungman
Ohain: CDAC Network; Channel Research (2012), 88 pp.
"In the immediate aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the CDAC (Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities) Network undertook its first ever ground initiative. This initiative, which came to be known as CDAC Haiti, was funded largely through the OCHA’s ERRF with some additiona ... more
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Training Material Development Guide

Mo Hamza
Karlstad (SE): Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) (2012), 61 pp.
"This guide is designed to document the process and good practice in developing training material, piloting and testing it. The guide is aimed to help you (the course organiser) to plan and conduct the course. The guide includes information on the main steps and stages in sequence of designing a tra ... more
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop Per Child Program

Julián P. Cristia, Pablo Ibarrarán, Santiago Cueto, Ana Santiago, Eugenio Severin
Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2012), 40 pp.
"Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementat ... more
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Facing the Dragon: The Case of Basamuk and Kurumbakare People in the Ramu Nickel Project

Joel Hamago
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. 125-134
"This research looks at the distribution of balanced and accurate information about one of China's biggest investments in the South Pacific region, the Ramu Nickel Project. Are the local people in the project impact areas of Kurumbukare and Basamuk well informed and do they have a voice that is fair ... more
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Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers

Jane B. Singer et al.
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), xi, 227 pp.
"This book is based on a collaborative research project by a team of journalism scholars from Europe, North America and Israel. It provides insights into how journalists at websites affiliated with leading national newspapers in ten Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclu ... more