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Big Crisis Data

Carlos Castillo
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2016), 224 pp.
"Social media is an invaluable source of time-critical information during a crisis. However, emergency response and humanitarian relief organizations that would like to use this information struggle with an avalanche of social media messages that exceeds human capacity to process. Emergency managers ... more
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Citoyenneté numérique: Ce que l’Afrique prépare. Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, République démocratique du Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Sénégal

Cédric Kalonji, Philippe Couve, Julien Le Bot
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 39 pp.
"L’approfondissement des pratiques démocratiques dans les pays étudiés passe non seulement par le renforcement des capacités des médias et des journalistes, pour qu’ils puissent s’emparer pleinement des outils numériques, mais aussi par la montée en puissance d’un grand nombre de nouv ... more
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The Scramble for Textbooks in Tanzania

Sonia Languille
African Affairs, volume 115, issue 458 (2016), pp. 73-96
"In 2014, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) government in Tanzania decided to discontinue the market-based system for textbook provision that was established in the early 1990s and revert to full state control. Drawing on the theory of political settlements and the literature on Tanzania's industrial po ... more
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Audiences and Disasters: Analyses of Media Diaries Before and After an Earthquake and a Massive Fire

Teresa Correa, Andres Scherman, Arturo Arriagada
Journal of Communication, volume 66, issue 4 (2016), pp. 519-541
"Media diaries of 36 Chilean adults were being collected as two disasters unfolded: an earthquake on the northern coast and 11 days later a massive fire in Valparaiso. From an audience reception theoretical approach, these events provide a unique opportunity to compare people's engagement with media ... 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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Laudato Si: Sobre el cuidado de nuestra casa común. Radionovela

Red Eclesial Panamazónica (REPAM) (2016), 212 pp.
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Desarrollo territorial, innovación y comunicación rural: Hacia un enfoque integrado en apoyo a la agricultura familiar

Brasilia: FAO (2016), ix, 80 pp.
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Guinée info santé: Guide de référence pour les journalistes

Fatoumata Binta Bah, Mariam Francoise Diallo
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 29 pp.
"Ce guide a pour objectif de fournir aux journalistes formés un support de communication adapté et efficace, leur permettant de diffuser des messages sur les problèmes prioritaires de santé en Guinée. Il doit également leur donner le même niveau d’information et des messages harmonisés sur ... more
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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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Climate Change Reporting for Rural Broadcasters: Mobilizing the Philippine Media for Climate Change Awareness

Amy Christine Cruz, Louie Tabing, Rex Navarro
Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) (2016), 28 pp.
"Radio broadcasting is an important means for reaching, informing and engaging rural communities in the Philippines. Many households in fact rely on radio for their information and communication needs. Media practitioners are therefore important actors in the communication process, especially in com ... more
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The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia

Alastair Fraser
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2016), 19 pp.
"This working paper provides a context for the assessment of hopes that there might be a transformation in political accountability in Africa as a result of previously powerless and voiceless populations having their agendas strengthened via interactive media. It describes the ways in which many rad ... more
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The International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit: Summary Report 2016

Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit (2016), 50 pp.
"The first International SBCC Summit 2016 brought together the global community of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) organizations, practitioners and researchers from February 8 - 10, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three-day event offered talks from SBCC field practitioners, a mar ... more
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Effective Education and Communication Strategies to Promote Environmental Engagement: The Role of Social-Psychological Mechanisms

Lisa Zaval, Francis James Cornwell
UNESCO (2016), 32 pp.
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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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Interactive Radio Program Report: An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania

Heather Gilberds, Adena Brown, Mark Leclair
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2016), 23 pp.
"Here we discuss a unique and innovative radio-based approach to improving mental health literacy and creating a demand for mental health services—part of a larger project called 'An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania'. Grounded in theories of so ... more
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Africa’s Voices Versus Big Data? The Value of Citizen Engagement Through Interactive Radio

Sharath Srinivasan, Claudia Abreu Lopes
In: Voice & Matter: Communication, Development and the Cultural Return
Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 155-171
"We draw on insights from a two-year research project, Politics and Interactive Media in Africa (PiMA), and the related applied research pilot, Africa’s Voices, which worked with local radio stations in eight Sub-Saharan African countries. We examine the social and political significance of new op ... more
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Understanding the Donor-Driven Practice of Development Communication: From Media Engagement to a Politics of Mediation

Florencia Enghel
Global Media Journal - Canadian Edition, volume 9, issue 1 (2016), pp. 5-21
"It is a paradox of communication and media studies that while media are widely seen as key institutions in the “project of time, space and life management” (Silverstone, 2005), not enough attention is given to the ways in which mediation is socially produced and becomes politically effective. A ... more
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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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Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

Monica Prendergast, Juliana Saxton
Bristol: intellect, 2nd ed. (2016), xxi, 273 pp.
"Six years after its initial publication, Applied Theatre returns with a second edition. As the first book to assist practitioners and students to develop critical frameworks for implementing their own theatrical projects, it served as a vital addition to this area of growing interest, winning the D ... more