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The Retirement Project of George Stuart Atkins: Development Radio in the Time of Cybernetics

Ian Smillie
Development in Practice, volume 27, issue 8 (2017), pp. 1133-1140
"For years after its start-up in 1979, Farm Radio International (FRI) sent radio scripts and other material to broadcasters in more than 100 developing countries, believing it reached as many as 100 million people. By 2000, however, its unidirectional scattershot approach was being questioned by bot ... more
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Periodismo y comunicación de riesgos de desastres

Lima: Calandria (2017), 66 slides
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Journalists’ Development Journalism Role Perceptions: Select Countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa

Yusuf Kalyango et al.
Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 576-594
"Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted ... more
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Connected for Development? Theory and Evidence About the Impact of Internet Technologies on Poverty Alleviation
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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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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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Humanitarian Response and Media in the Arab Gulf Countries

Fadwa Ahmed Obaid
In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), pp. 329-340
"Two major media revolutions transformed the humanitarian response to disasters facing the Arab Gulf States, namely the 1991 launch of Pan-Arab satellite TV channels, and the 2010 advent of social media. Drawing on her own professional experience, the author argues that both media revolutions have h ... more
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Utilising Social Media for HIV/STI Prevention Programmes Among Young People: A Handbook for Public Health Programme Managers

Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2017), 21 pp.
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Terminal Evaluation of “The Partnership for Behavior and Social Change in Yemen” Project in Taiz and Hodeidah

Sadeq Noman Al-Nabhani
UNICEF; Search for Common Ground (2017), 80 pp.
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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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Late Capitalism, Urbanisation, and Cultures of Economic “survivalism” in the BBC’s 'Welcome to Lagos'

Aghogho Akpome
Africa Spectrum, volume 52, issue 1 (2017), pp. 101-113
"This article examines the depiction of three impoverished Lagosian slums in the controversial British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary, Welcome to Lagos, which highlights the negative impacts of globalised capitalism on urban culture in Nigeria’s commercial centre and biggest city. In r ... more
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Communication and Social Change: A Citizen Perspective

Thomas Tufte
Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2017), 256 pp.
"Drawing on examples ranging from the Indignados movement in Spain to media activists in Brazil, from rural community workers in Malawi to UNICEF's global outreach programs, [the author] presents cutting-edge debates about the role of media and communication in enhancing social change. He offers bot ... more
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Inclusive Rural Communication Services: Building Evidence, Informing Policy
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Rome: FAO; University of Queensland (2017), viii, 90 pp.
"This publication is the first scoping study aimed at compiling existing evaluation cases in the field of Communication for Development as applied to agricultural and rural development initiatives. It draws on a literature review and 19 cases across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribb ... more
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Digital Tools and Changing Behaviour in Relation to Violence Against Women

William Robert Avis
Birmingham: University of Birmingham, GSDRC (2017), 23 pp.
"Campaigns are likely to be more successful when they include messages about legal penalties for non-compliant behaviour and fresh information, and when they reach a large proportion of the intended audience. Digital campaigns must therefore work alongside laws and policies. Legislation can be a key ... more
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Communicating Biodiversity & Climate Change: A Guide for Crafting Effective Messaging

John Ryan, Jacob Sharrard, Danielle O'Hanley
Ontario Biodiversity Council (2017), 51 pp.
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Communication and Awareness Raising in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: Activities and Challenges

Eric Mulholland, Alessia Bernardo, Gerald Berger
Vienna: European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) (2017), 48 pp.
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The Next Ronald Reagan? Celebrity, Social Entrepreneurism, and the Case of Brazilian TV Host Luciano Huck

Bruno Campanella
In: The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture
Toby Miller (ed.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 397-406
"Taking the participation in social and humanitarian campaigns of TV host and social entrepreneur Luciano Huck as a case in point, this chapter investigates how new models of celebrity civic engagement are becoming increasingly popular in Brazil. Huck belongs to a growing group of Brazilian celebrit ... more
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Celebrities in Global Development

Karin Gwinn Wilkins
In: The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture
Toby Miller (ed.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 128-136
"Celebrities champion global development, bringing public visibility to poverty while spotlighting neoliberal strategies as heroic adventures. The wealthy few are applauded for their noble gestures toward helping the projected grateful beneficiaries. These narratives of individual sacrifice and bene ... more
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Climate Change in Asia-Pacific

Pacific Journalism Review, volume 23, issue 1 (2017), pp. 7-205
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Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding: A Communication for Development Approach to Rebuilding Peace from the Bottom-Up

Valentina Baú
Progress in Development Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (2016), pp. 1-13
"By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communication and civic engagement with the reality of postconflict peace, this article demonstrates how a communication for development (C4D) approach to engaging citizens in peacebuilding contributes to strengthening the recon ... more
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A Comparative Study on the Role of Digital Media and Print Media in Enhancing Literacy and Reading Culture in Africa

Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (WGBLM)
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2016), 33 pp.