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Climate Information Services Toolkit

Alison Sneddon
Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing (2020), 43 pp.
"In order for climate information services to be effective in building resilience and supporting food and income security, they need to be designed and implemented in a way that is inclusive and accessible, reaching the last mile; relevant; actionable; holistic; accountable; part of a cohesive syste ... more
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Change the Story, Change the World. Annual Report 2019-2020

Video Volunteers (2020), 61 pp.
"At Video Volunteers, we will always remember this year as the year that our network of correspondents came of age. They demonstrated their commitment not just to the work but to the organization; they proved to the world that Video Volunteers is a resilient organization, and thanks to them, we fini ... more
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Rapid Review: Vaccine Hesitancy and Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination

Tabitha Hrynick, Santiago Ripoll, Megan Schmidt-Sane
Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 18 pp.
"This brief draws on social science literature and informal interviews with experts to illustrate that vaccine hesitancy is more complex and context-specific, and often reflects diverse, everyday anxieties – not just, or even primarily, exposure to misinformation or anti-vaccine campaigners. Based ... more
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Kommunikationskampagnen im Gesundheitsbereich: Grundlagen und Anwendungen
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Heinz Bonfadelli, Thomas N. Friemel
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 3., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2020), 256 pp.
"Dieses Buch bietet eine systematische Einführung in die wichtigsten Theorien der Kommunikationswissenschaft und Gesundheitspsychologie sowie deren Anwendung in Kommunikationskampagnen. Basierend auf dem aktuellen Forschungsstand wird aufgezeigt, welche Strategien für die gezielte Veränderung von ... more
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Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019

Care International (2020), 19 pp.
"With CARE’s fourth global 'Suffering In Silence' report, we are starting to see a trend of certain countries annually remaining on the list of the most under-reported crises. While we expanded the analysis in 2019 by including Spanish and Arabic online media coverage (in addition to English, Fren ... more
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Social Media Monitoring April–May 2020

World Bank (2020), 4 pp.
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Data Visualization in Society
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Helen Kennedy, Martin Engbretsen (eds.)
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 464 pp.
"This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain vie ... more
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Entertainment-Education Versus Extremism: Examining Parasocial Interaction Among Arab Viewers of Anti-ISIS TV Drama
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Kareem El Damanhoury
Journal for Deradicalization, issue 24 (2020), pp. 40-77
"Recent reports indicate that over 20,000 Arab fighters traveled to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria and another 5-15 percent of millennials across seven Arab countries consider some violent extremist groups to be on the right path. In response, Arab countries have experimented with entertainment-educati ... more
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Ensuring Effective Distance Learning During COVID-19 Disruption: Guidance for Teachers
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Fengchun Miao, Ronghuai Huang, Dejian Liu, Rongxia Zhuang
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 76 pp.
"This Guidance aims to help teachers understand key issues related to home-based distance learning during COVID-19 school closures and design and facilitate effective learning activities. While we fully recognize the complementary relationship between formal and non-formal education, and continuity ... more
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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition in Nepal: Informing and Motivating Communities to Pursue Healthier Practices in Mid- and Far-Western Districts

Sanjib Saha, Astha Siwakoti, Bhabasagar Ghimire
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 11 pp.
"This research briefing presents three case studies that demonstrate how BBC Media Action used insights from formative qualitative research to create public service announcements (PSAs) in 12 districts of midand far-western Nepal. BBC Media Action worked with local radio stations to target specific ... more
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Neutral Press, Negative Opinions: Development Cooperation and the Dutch Media

Mirjam Vossen
Development in Practice, volume 30, issue 6 (2020), pp. 825-836
"Recent high-profile scandals raise concerns about how development cooperation is represented. This article examines how the subject gets in the media, examining the tone of voice and framing in newspaper articles and NGO advertisements in the Netherlands. It reveals a remarkable difference between ... more
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Mapping of Communication Resources – COVID19

Communication for Development Network (2020), 21 pp.
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COVID-19: How to Include Marginalized and Vulnerable People in Risk Communication and Community Engagement

UN Women; Translators Without Borders; Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Working Group on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response in Asia and the Pacific (2020), 12 pp.
"Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people become even more vulnerable in emergencies. This is due to factors such as ... more
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30 Critical Concepts for Fighting COVID-19 in the Age of Digital Interdependence

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 11 pp.
"Why understanding these 30 concepts is key during and post COVID19? As millions of people around the world are quarantined or in physical isolation, with border closings and restrictions in travel, Information Technologies (IT) have become the main means of interaction and communication. Suddenly, ... more
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Impact of ICTs-In-Agriculture on Rural Resilience in Developing Countries

William Hanson, Richard Heeks
Manchester: Centre for Development Informatics (2020), 67 pp.
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Communication, Culture and Social Change: Meaning, Co-Option and Resistance

Mohan Dutta
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxi, 395 pp.
"Drawing on the culture-centered approach (CCA), this book re-imagines culture as a site for resisting the neocolonial framework of neoliberal governmentality. Culture emerged in the 20th Century as a conceptual tool for resisting the hegemony of West-centric interventions in development, disrupting ... more
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Democratic Openings and Country Visibility: Media Attention and the Allocation of US Democracy Aid, 1975-2010

James M. Scott, Charles M. Rowling, Timothy M. Jones
Foreign Policy Analysis, volume 16, issue 3 (2020), pp. 373-396
"Late in the twentieth century, the United States embraced democracy promotion as a foreign policy priority, a central component of which involved allocating democracy aid to governments, political parties, and nongovernmental organizations around the world to support and encourage democratization. ... more
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A Communicator’s Tip Sheet for COVID-19 Vaccination

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2020), 1 p.
"Three communication considerations: 1. What - Define communication goals; 2. Who: Identify needs and persepctives of intended audience; 3. How: Create and disseminate tailored messages." (Page 1)
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Guidance for Covering Suicide and Self-Harm in Documentaries

Samaritans (2020), 5 pp.
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Covid 19 and the Safety of Media Personnel in Nigeria

Joseph B. Ayodele
Revista de Studii Media, volume 9 (2020), pp. 14-23
"This paper investigated media personnel employers’compliance with safety and protection of professionals in charge of dissemination of information whenever their assignments take them to places where their lives could be at risk. The occupational safety and health convention spells out the requir ... more