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Community Radio, Democratic Participation and the Public Sphere

Niamh Gaynor, Anne O'Brien
Irish Journal of Sociology, volume 25, issue 1 (2017), pp. 29-47
"In this article, which draws on a detailed study of four community radio stations, we have highlighted a number of elements of community radio which contribute towards a democratisation of the public sphere as envisaged by Habermas and his followers. However, we have argued that democratic particip ... more
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Humanitäre Kommunikation: Entwicklung und Emotionen bei britischen NGOs 1945-1990

Matthias Kuhnert
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg (2017), vi, 318 pp.
"Matthias Kuhnert geht der Frage nach, wie zivilgesellschaftliche Gruppen bei der Bevölkerung um Unterstützung für ihre Tätigkeit warben. Am Beispiel zweier britischer NGOs, War on Want und Christian Aid, wird deutlich, welche Emotionen humanitäre Organisationen einsetzten, um ihre Botschaften ... more
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Health Information and Monitoring Among Qatari Adolescents

Klaus Schoenbach, Marium Saeed Ellen Wartella et al.
Doha: Northwestern University in Qatar (2017), 63 pp.
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El rol de las relaciones públicas comunitarias en una década de conflictos sociales en el Perú

Luis Urquizo Valdeiglesias
Lima: Universidad de San Martín de Porres (2017), 341 pp.
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Moving from Information Dissemination to Community Participation in Forest Landscapes: How Development Organizations in Asia and the Pacific Are Using Participatory Development Communication Approaches

Bangkok: Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC); FAO (2017), 64 pp.
"This paper offers a brief overview of the basic and practical steps involved in the participatory development communication (PDC) process to assist sustainable forest practitioners and communication officers to adopt a PDC approach in their work. The paper then reviews the PDC components of six cas ... more
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The Fight Against Lassa Fever in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: A Clash of the People’s Culture and Broadcast Media Campaign

Simon Ugochuwu Nwankwo, Agatha Orji-Egwu
IDOSR Journal of Communication and English, volume 2, issue 1 (2017), pp. 159-180
"Ebonyi State of Nigeria is among the states where the incidence of Lassa fever has become endemic; and has consequently led to the death of many people including health practitioners in the state. To mobilize the people against the disease, government and stakeholders in the health sector resorted ... more
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WHO Strategic Communications Framework for Effective Communication

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2017), ii, 52 pp.
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Utilising Social Media to Support HIV/STI Prevention: Evidence to Inform a Handbook for Public Health Programme Managers

Judit Takács et al.
Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2017), 21 pp.
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Modeling Collective Action Through Media to Promote Social Change and Positive Intergroup Relations in Violent Conflicts

Rezarta Bilali, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Jason Ray David Rarick
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, volume 68 (2017), pp. 200-211
"Does social influence exerted through role modeling of collective action impact social change in contexts that are not conducive to collective action, such as long-lasting violent conflicts? We examined this question in two field experiments in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We created t ... more
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Shine a Little Light: Celebrities, Humanitarian Documentary, and 'Half the Sky'

Heather McIntosh
In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), pp. 395-404
"'Half the Sky' is an ambitious humanitarian documentary about the global crises in gender discrimination. Based on Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book (Kristof and WuDunn 2010), the nearly four-hour documentary visits six countries to explore six issues: gender-based violence in Sierra Leone, ... more
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Technology and Journalism: ‘dissolving’ Social Media Content Into Disaster Reporting on Three Chinese Disasters

Jingrong Tong
International Communication Gazette, volume 79, issue 3 (2017), pp. 400-418
"This article examines how three Chinese and two British newspapers sourced content from social media in their coverage of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, the 2013 Ya'an Earthquake, and the 2015 Tianjin Explosion. The media outlets citing of social media content present different patterns in line with ... more
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Going to Scale with ICTs for Agriculture

Elizabeth Willmott-Harrop
Wageningen: Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2017), 31 pp.
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Spielend lernen! Computerspiele(n) in Schule und Unterricht

Wolfgang Zielinski, Sandra Aßmann, Kai Kaspar, Peter Moormann (eds.)
Düsseldorf; München: kopaed (2017), 198 pp.
"Computerspiele sind Kulturgut. Sie sind etablierte und treibende Kraft gesellschaftlicher Transformationsprozesse in der Freizeitgestaltung und des Medienkonsums zu Unterhaltungszwecken. Aber lassen sich gerade in kommerziellen Spielen – sogenannten off-the-shelf games – auch Bildungspotenziale ... more
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Videos für Citizen Science: Tipps zur erfolgreichen Konzeption und Durchführung eines Video-Workshops

Astrid Vogelpohl, Alex Grimm, Wiebke Rettberg, David Ziegler
Deutsches Zentrum für Integrative Biodiversitätsforschung (2017), 29 pp.
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Connected for Development? Theory and Evidence About the Impact of Internet Technologies on Poverty Alleviation
Deep Insights

Hernan Galperin, Maria Fernanda Viecens
Development Policy Review, issue 3 (2017), pp. 315-336
"Based on the assumption that increased access to internet services boosts economic growth and improves the well-being of the poor, governments in both developed and emerging regions are heavily investing in internet connectivity projects. This article reviews the existing evidence as to the impact ... more
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Media coverage of climate change: An international comparison

Ralf Barkemeyer, Frank Figge, Andreas Hoepner, Diane Holt, Johannes Kraak, Pei-Shan Yu
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, volume 35, issue 6 (2017), pp. 1029-1054
"We present an international comparison of broadsheet newspaper coverage of climate change. We employ two complementary theoretical lenses, multiple streams theory and institutional theory, to explore why climate change has become headline news in some countries but has received comparatively little ... more
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Mapeamento de Rádios Comunitárias na Amazônia como ferramenta ao Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Rosane Albino Steinbrenner
Logos 46, volume 24, issue 1 (2017), pp. 78-92
"O presente artigo apresenta os principais resultados do projeto de pesquisa “Mídia Cidadã e Desenvolvimento Sustentável: mapeamento e análise de rádios comunitárias em áreas de pressão socioambiental na Amazônia”, que busca entender a dimensão e o papel potencial das rádios comunitá ... more
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Reporting in Nigeria

nnaEmeka Meribe
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 40-65
"While scholarly inquiries into the coverage of climate change in Africa are growing, there appears to be a dearth of studies focusing on how the political economy shapes the coverage. This qualitative study addresses this gap by exploring how vested interests, corruption and declining advertising r ... more
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ICT4AG Handbook: A Quick Guide to ICT Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

Namita Singh
Digital Green (2017), 30 pp.
"This handbook gives an overview of a broad range of technologies and can be useful for professionals engaged in agriculture extension, organizations working with smallholder farmers, implementors, donors and other public sector partners. Those interested in the use ICTs for development may also fin ... more
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Music Activists: A Participatory Film Project. Facilitator's Guide

Musola C. Kaseketi, John Chiti, Elaine Maane
Cape Town; Livingstone: Steps; Vilole Images Productions (2017), 12 pp.