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Social Issues in Television Fiction

Lesley Henderson
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2010), vi, 200 pp.
"The book gives lively and engaging insights into how and why socially sensitive story lines were taken up by different TV programmes from the late 1980s to the 2000s. Drawing on a series of case studies of medicine, health, illness and social problems including breast cancer, mental distress, sexua ... more
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Post-humanitarianism: Humanitarian communication beyond a politics of pity

Lilie Chouliaraki
International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2010), pp. 107-126
"This article offers a trajectory of humanitarian communication, which suggests a clear, though not linear, move from emotion-oriented to post-emotional styles of appealing. Drawing on empirical examples, the article demonstrates that the humanitarian sensibility that arises out of these emerging st ... more
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Meta-Research of Development Communication Studies, 1997-2006

Hemant Shah
Glocal Times, issue 15 (2010), 21 pp.
"The most frequently reported conclusion in 1997-2006 is that development theory needs more attention. In 1987-1996 this conclusion was even more frequently mentioned, indicating that scholars were being urged to continue thinking carefully about what development means. Researchers in 1997-2006 freq ... more
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Speaking Out: Storytelling for Social Change

Linde Zingaro
Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press (2010), 205 pp.
"Many professionals in health, education, and community service roles are caught in a particular bind of identity-they live in a complex social borderland of credibility and professional authority while experiencing or having experienced the same discrimination, violence or trauma that they are comm ... more
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Kommunikation von Nachhaltigkeit in Fernsehen und Web 2.0

Caroline Glathe
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 157 pp.
"Nachhaltigkeit hat Hochkonjunktur – und doch ist das dahinter stehende Konzept längst nicht allen bekannt. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es von Interesse, wie (ausgewählte) Medien das Nachhaltigkeitsleitbild kommunizieren, zur Aufklärung beitragen und Verhaltensänderungen von Konsumenten unterst ... more
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Zum Umgang der Medien mit Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung: Abschlussbericht

Maja Malik
Münster: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft; Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (2010), 103 pp.
"In Vorbereitung auf das Europäische Jahr gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung (EJ 2010) gab das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) im Herbst 2009 das Forschungsvorhaben „zum Umgang der Medien mit Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung“ in Auftrag. Der Abschlussbericht zu diesem Forschung ... more
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Senegal Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, Miriam Burton, Patrick McCurdy, Anna Godfrey (comp.)
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 31 pp.
"In May 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Senegal to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus-group discussions with Senegalese citizens, as well as 17 in-depth interviews ... more
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Enhancing Rural Learning, Linkages, and Institutions: The Rice Videos in Africa

Paul Van Mele, Jonas Wanvoeke, Espérance Zossou
Development in Practice, volume 20, issue 3 (2010), pp. 414-421
"Africa Rice Center (WARDA) facilitated the development and translation of 11 rice videos. From 2005 to 2009, WARDA partners translated them into more than 30 African languages. Open-air video presentations enhanced learning, experimentation, confidence, trust, and group cohesion among rural people. ... more
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Racism and the Image of Africa in German Schools and Textbooks

Elina Marmer, Dalia Marmer, Leona Hitomi, Papa Sow
International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, volume 10, issue 5 (2010), pp. 1-12
"Poverty, violence and underdevelopment are the prevailing images of Africa in German history and geography textbooks. Pre-colonial African history, African culture and philosophy are not covered by Eurocentric curricula. Classic and modern western literature is interspersed with stereotypes about A ... more
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La perspectiva de género en las cuñas televisivas sobre VIH

Cristina Torres Parodi, Alejandra Hurtado et al.
Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2010), xi, 35 pp.
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Kenya Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Sam Otieno, Ed Pauker, Patrick Maina (comp.)
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 27 pp.
"In May 2009, the BBC world Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Kenya to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus-group discussions with Kenyan citizens, as well as 17 in-depth interviews with ... more
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Best Practice in Road Safety Mass Media Campaigns: A Literature Review

L. N. Wundersitz, T. P. Hutchinson, J. E. Woolley
Adelaide: University of Adelaide, Centre for Automotive Safety Research (2010), vi, 49 pp.
"This report provides a timely review of what is currently known about road safety advertising design and evaluation. Australian and international advertising literature published from 2001 to 2009 was reviewed to determine best practice for road safety mass media campaigns in South Australia. Inste ... more
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Capacity Development for Water and Environmental Journalists

Reza Ardakanian, José Luis Martin-Bordes, Douglas Williamson
Bonn: UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) (2010), 54 pp.
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New Opportunities for Environmental and Climate Change Journalism in China

Hugo de Burgh, Zeng Rong
Copenhagen; London: International Media Support (IMS); Chinese Media Center (2010), 24 pp.
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Farm Radio Programming: A Catalyst in Addressing Emerging Issues in Agricultural Development. Proceedings of the Second Farm Radio Symposium

Hector Malaidza, Francis Kapiri Grace Kapatuka, Gladson Makowa Mark Ndipita, Levi Manda Grace Malindi
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Extension Services; University of Malawi’s Bunda College; Zodiak Broadcasting Station; Total Land Care; Farm Radio International (2010), 123 pp.
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La Comunicología de Liberación, otra fuente para el pensamiento decolonial. Una aproximación a las ideas de Luis Ramiro Beltrán

Erick R. Torrico Villanueva
Quórum Academico, volume 7, issue 1 (2010), pp. 65-77
"El artículo plantea que la Comunicología de Liberación propuesta por el boliviano Luis Ramiro Beltrán en 1976 puede ser considerada entre las fuentes del pensamiento decolonial junto a otras elaboraciones del dependentismo y el anticolonialismo latinoamericano de entonces. El programa de invest ... more
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Democratic Republic of Congo Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Miriam Burton, Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, Anna Godfrey (comp.)
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 35 pp.
"Between September and November 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in DR congo to gauge public understanding of climate change. the research consisted of 12 focus group discussions in six locations with congolese ci ... more
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Researching Developmental Uses and Formats of Rural Radio: A Development Broadcasting Approach

Linje Manyozo
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 8, issue 2 (2010), pp. 141-160
"How should scholars approach the study of the developmental uses of rural radio? What is the theoretical framework within which to locate the study of rural radio formats employed as development communication? To answer these questions, this brief critique develops a theoretical matrix to be used a ... more
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Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation

Torbjörn Fredriksson (ed.)
Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010), xvii, 154 pp.
"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of ... more
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Applying Local Solutions to Local Problems: Radio Listeners as Agents of Change. An Evaluation of the Impact on Listeners of Radio Programming in Chad and Niger Under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Peace Through Development Project (PDEV)

Karen Greiner
USAID (2010), 45, 7 pp.
"This report documents the results of a two-month field research evaluation in Niger and Chad on the media component of the Peace Through Development (PDEV) program funded by USAID under the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP). Equal Access, a non-governmental organization (NGO) speci ... more