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The COVID-19 Story: Unmasking China's Global Strategy

Louisa Lim, Julia Bergin, Johan Lidberg
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2021), 7 pp.
"China has used Covid to benefit its global image through the activation of existing media dissemination channels overseas and the use of new tactics such as disinformation and misinformation. China’s largescale medical diplomacy campaign has also provided propaganda wins in many developing countr ... more
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Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences

Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos
Frontiers in Communication, volume 6, issue 627214 (2021), 21 pp.
"This paper asks: How do fact-checkers combat/halt Covid-19 myths and misconceptions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic? How do they engage in social media networks toward sense-giving and sharing corrective information? It discusses two cases of online media projec ... more
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Humanitarian Connectivity Needs and Usage Assessment: A Toolkit to Support in Assessing the Current and Potential Use of Mobile Technology and Connectivity in Humanitarian Crises

London: GSMA (2021), 14 pp.
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Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition Project: Reach and Engagement Survey Somalia

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 4 pp.
"BBC Media Action is helping to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus in Somalia by using a media campaign ‘hello hope: bye bye COVID’ to encourage uptake of preventative behaviours. Informed by research we are challenging attitudes and beliefs around coronavirus transmission and encouragin ... more
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Communication Infrastructure and Community Mobilization: The Case of Gram Vaani’s Covid-19 Response Network for the Marginalized in India

Hua Wang, Aaditeshwar Seth, Mira Johri, Esha Kalra, Arvind Singhal
Journal of Development Communication, volume 32, issue 2 (2021), pp. 73-86
"In this article, we employed communication infrastructure theory (CIT) to analyze Gram Vaani’s (“Voice of the Village”) Covid-19 Response Network in India. We reviewed key CIT components (i.e., storytelling network and communication action context) and their applications in civic engagement, ... more
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Supporting Young Ethiopians to Secure and Succeed in Employment: What Role Can Communication Play?

BBC Media Action (2021), 3 pp.
"Based on this research, it was found that media and communication interventions could seek to leverage young Ethiopians’ optimism and enthusiasm, providing informative and inspiring content to fuel their ideas. This insight informed the creation of a social and behaviour change (SBCC) strategy to ... more
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Beyond frame analysis: Formal analysis and genre typology in the communication study of short-form environmental video messaging

Hunter Vaughan, Lisa Johns
Journal of Environmental Media, volume 2, issue 1 (2021), pp. 55-78
"As connected platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and TikTok rise in popular use, communication strategies are forced to grow more condensed and to be transmitted primarily across digital screens. Online short-form video has consequently become a primary format for environmental communication, thou ... more
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Communications on Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss with Local Populations: Exploring Best-Practices and Postcolonial Moments in Eight Case Studies from Across the Globe

Dawud Ansari et al.
Berlin: DIW Berlin (2021), 51 pp.
"[...] in this article, we present the results of a collective self-assessment exercise for a panel of eight case studies (covering four continents) [Amazon rainforest, Brazil; Colombia; India; Bangaldesh; Egypt; Lake Manyara Basin, Tanzania; Baltic Sea, Germany; Isles of Scilly, UK] ] of communicat ... more
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Le rôle de la radio rurale dans la communication pour le développement au Mali

Adama Kodjo
Grenoble: Université Grenoble Alpes, Thèse de Doctorat (2021), 351 pp.
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WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2021), xii, 53 pp.
"The five research streams are listed below. For each stream, three top research questions were identified, resulting in a list of 15 top priority research questions for the public health research agenda for infodemic management. Further, we listed for each subcategory a second tier of important res ... more
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The Role of Religious Actors in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Theory-Based Empirical Analysis with Policy Recommendations for Action

Alexander Yendell, Oliver Hidalgo, Carolin Hillenbrand
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa); Universität Münster, Religion und Politik (2021), 144 pp.
"The subject of religion and the behaviour of religious actors in the COVID-19 crisis appear at first glance to constitute either just marginal issues or factors which tend to be negative. On the other hand, there is far less public discussion on the key role played by religious communities as civil ... more
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Corona: Pandemie und Krise

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2021), 437 pp.
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African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics

Cajetan Nwabueze Iheka
Durham; London: Duke University Press (2021), xiii, 322 pp.
"In African Ecomedia, Cajetan Iheka examines the ecological footprint of media in Africa alongside the representation of environmental issues in visual culture. Iheka shows how, through visual media such as film, photography, and sculpture, African artists deliver a unique perspective on the socioec ... more
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Where Are the Women? Insights from Across Asia on the Barriers to Including Women as Sources and Journalists in Environmental Reporting

Sweta Daga, Okky Madasari, Zofeen Ebrahim, Edz dela Cruz et al.
Earth Journalism Network (EJN) (2021), 59 pp.
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Improving Environmental Outcomes Through the Media: An Evaluation of How Support for Journalism Changes Environmental and Climate-Related Policy and Practice

Cathy Shutt
Internews; Earth Journalism Network (EJN) (2021), 157 pp.
"In recent years, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has invested time and resources to better understand the results of the support it provides to journalists and media outlets. EJN already uses a suite of methods to gauge the impact of its efforts to improve environmental media, such as e ... more
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La radio y la televisión en "Aprendo en casa": Hallazgos por codificación abierta

Luis-Rolando Alarcón-Llontop, Karl Torres-Mirez, Sindy Pasapera-Ramírez, Mirtha Carrasco-Yovera
Contratexto (Universidad de Lima), issue 36 (2021), pp. 119-147
"Esta investigación versa sobre lo que significó la estrategia “Aprendo en casa” en el Perú, en el año 2020, desde dos de sus recursos principales: la radio y la televisión. El objetivo fue analizar comunicacionalmente y evaluar los programas de ambos medios. Se discutió sobre treinta y do ... more
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Traditional Folk Media in India: Jathara as a Mode of Communication for Development and Social Change

Srinivas Panthukala
White Falcon Publishing (2021), xxii, 153 pp.
"The contents of this book deals with an overview of traditional folk media, characteristic elements of the study, empirical data of Jathara, Importance of Jathara as a medium of communication for the development of society. The analyzed the role of Jathara as a local and traditional mode of communi ... more
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Digital Literacy and Socio-Cultural Acceptance of ICT in Developing Countries

Emmanuel Eilu, Rehema Baguma, John Soren Pettersson, Ganesh D. Bhutkar (eds.)
Cham: Springer (2021), viii, 313 pp.
"This book discusses the role of human computer interaction (HCI) design in fostering digital literacy and promoting socio-cultural acceptance and usage of the latest ICT innovations in developing countries. The book presents techniques, theories, case studies, and methodologies in HCI design approa ... more
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Supply Chain Analysis: Malawi

Washington, DC: Global Book Alliance; Education Development Center (EDC); USAID (2021), vii, 78 pp.
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Handbook of Communication and Development

Srinivas R. Melkote, Arvind Singhal (eds.)
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2021), xvii, 397 pp.
"This incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Outlining the genealogy and history of the field, it then investigates the possible new directions and obje ... more