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Critical Reflections on the Theory Versus Practice Debate in Communication for Development

Linje Manyozo
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 32, issue 61 (2016), pp. 116-134
"Even though the cliché ‘theory is practice’ registers in most communication for development debates, available evidence seems to suggest there is a growing chasm between the theory and practice of communication for development. This discussion argues that, with the increasing demand by governm ... more
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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
Deep Insights

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.
"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t ... more
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Let’s be Responsible Citizens! Contesting the Agenda of a Sponsored Call-In Radio Programme

Alastair Fraser
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2016), 25 pp.
"This working paper considers in detail how the hosts of and listeners to one call-in radio programme in Zambia were influenced by, resisted and co-opted the agendas of the sponsor that paid for its production. It develops a detailed case-study covering fifteen episodes of, ‘Let’s Be Responsible ... more
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Cuentos y mitos amazónicos en la construcción de la identidad cultural indígena desde la educomunicación

Mónica Janeth Villanueva Galdos
Barcelona: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Master en comunicación y desarrollo (2016), 79 pp.
"Frente a la ausencia de material educativo elaborado desde los valores y la cosmovisión de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía, este proyecto presenta una serie de cuentos y mitos amazónicos, al servicio de los procesos educativos interculturales -formales y no formales- en la ciudad de Lima-P ... more
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Digital Humanitarians: Citizen Journalists on the Virtual Front Line of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters

Wendy Norris
Journalism Practice, volume 11, issue 2-3 (2016), pp. 213-228
"Eyewitness user-generated content has dominated the study of citizen journalism in crisis and conflict zones. However, the convergence of online networked technologies, like social media, collaborative mapping and real-time information management, gives ordinary people the capacity to commit acts o ... more
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Disaster Risk Reduction Information Kit for Media

Vientiane Capital (LA): Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change (DDMCC) (2016), 61 pp.
"The media can make a real difference in the way people think about and act on disasters. Reporters, commentators, editors, broadcasters, and all members of the media can do more than just inform and raise awareness about disasters. By exploring the root causes of disasters and their social dimensio ... more
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Journalistic Narrations for Deliberative Ends: A Country Comparison of Narrative News and its Contribution to the Deliberative Quality of Mediated Debates on Climate Change

Julia Lück
Mannheim: University of Mannheim, Doctoral Thesis (2016), viii, 199 pp.
"The dissertation investigates journalistic news narrations. It aims at assessing their deliberative qualities by applying a quantitative instrument for a content analysis of newspapers that focuses comparatively on climate change coverage in Brazil, Germany, and the United States . Results reveal t ... more
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A Report on the Role of the Media in the Information Flows That Emerge During Crisis Situations

Paul Reilly, Dima Atanasova
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden (2016), 41 pp.
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Binary Opposites – Can South African Journalists be Both Watchdogs and Developmental Journalists?

Arnold S. De Beer, Vanessa Malila, Sean Beckett, Herman Wasserman
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 1 (2016), pp. 35-53
"This article challenges the traditional role ascribed by liberal and developmental media theory that journalists should either be watchdogs or developmental journalists but not both at the same time. As part of the South African leg of the Worlds of Journalism (WJS) project this article argues that ... more
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Lexique de la ville durable: 80 mots pour comprendre la ville en devenir

Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2016), 42 pp.
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Communicating Climate Change and Biodiversity to Policy Makers

Madrid: Scienseed; Council of Europe, Bern Convention (2016), 24 pp.
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Communication at FAO

FAO (2016), 16 pp.
"FAO communication in numbers: Over 1.5 million followers on its social media networks. More than 100 000 articles published every year in the media, containing information or statements by FAO experts. Every month millions of users access fao.org to read news or find information. Every year more th ... more
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Open Learning Guide

rOg agency for open culture & critical transformation (2016), 2 pp.
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The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research

Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W. Seeger, Claudia Auer (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xix, 525 pp.
"The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises, featuring the work of global scholars from a range of sub-disciplines ... more
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Radio as a Tool of Health Education: What Makes for an Effective HIV/AIDS Radio Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Kaitlin Schroeder
Intersect, volume 9, issue 3 (2016), pp. 1-14
"Public health interventions often take the form of media campaigns, which utilize television, radio, and print advertisements to spread awareness and inform the population of risk factors, prevention methods, and treatment options. This paper will focus on HIV/AIDS radio programs in Malawi, Zambia, ... more
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PhotoVoice: Facilitator’s Guide

Silvia Jongeling, Margo Bakker, Ruth van Zorge, Karijn van Kakebeeke
Rutgers (2016), 132 pp.
"PhotoVoice: A creative and effective tool for purposes such as monitoring, participatory research, data collection and capacity building. This guide has been developed to help you prepare, organise and facilitate a PhotoVoice training course in low, middle and high-income countries." (Back cover)
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Polio Communication Global Guide: A How-To Manual for the Art and Science of Maximising Immunisation Rates Through Communication

Polio Global Eradication Initiative; UNICEF (2016), 33 pp.
"The Polio Communication Global Guide is a how-to manual for planning and building effective mass media and interpersonal communication strategies with the ultimate goal of eradicating polio. This document outlines UNICEF’s global approach to polio communication informed by data and on-the-ground ... more
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Identification with Characters, Elaboration, and Counterarguing in Entertainment-Education Interventions Through Audiovisual Fiction

Juan-Jose Igartua, Jair Vega Casanova
Journal of Health Communication, volume 21, issue 3 (2016), pp. 293-300
"The aim of this article is to further knowledge of the explanatory processes of narrative persuasion in the field of health communication, using data obtained in a research study of entertainment-education based on audiovisual fiction. Participating in the study were 208 young persons between the a ... more
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Using Media and Communication to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Ebola

Sophia Wilkinson
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 30 pp.
"This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action learned in delivering and supporting health communication in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014–15. It has a particular focus on Sierra Leone as this was the hub of the organisation’s response. The paper aims to contribute t ... more
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Risk Communication Basics

NOAA (2016), 18 pp.