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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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Framing Famine: An Analysis of Media Coverage of the 2011 Famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart, Larry Strelitz
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 100-119
"This study examines media coverage of the 2011–2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al-Jazeera. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it explores why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of its inevitable unf ... more
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Methodological Reflections on Researching Communication and Social Change

Norbert Wildermuth, Teke Ngomba (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 219 pp.
"This book identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to research in communication and social change. It examines the methodological opportunities and challenges occasioned by rapid technological affordances and society-wide transformations. This study provides gr ... more
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Online-Trainings und Webinare: Von der Vermarktung bis zur Nachbereitung

Silvia Luber, Inga Geisler
Weinheim; Basel: Beltz (2016), 227 pp.
"Der virtuelle Klassenraum hat sich als interaktives Medium für synchrone Online-Trainings bewährt. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie solche »Live Online Trainings« geplant und Schritt für Schritt umgesetzt werden: von der technischen Installation über Fragen zur IT-Sicherheit bis zur Aufbereitung eines ... more
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Albinism, Stigma, Subjectivity and Global-Local Discourses in Tanzania

Giorgio Brocco
Anthropology & Medicine, volume 23, issue 3 (2016), pp. 229-243
"Societal ideas and explanations of albinism at the local level in Tanzania are conceived in terms of family history, social relations, economic status, moral-religious positions, global-local flows of information and humanitarian actions on behalf of people with the congenital condition. This paper ... more
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Affirmative Duties: The Institutional and Individual Capabilities Required in Disaster Coverage

Lee Wilkins
Journalism Studies, volume 17, issue 2 (2016), pp. 216-230
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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
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Erfolgsfaktoren von audiovisuellen Medienprojekten in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern

Andrea Herrmann
Offenburg: Hochschule Offenburg, Studiengang Medien und Informationswesen, Bachelorarbeit (2016), 83 pp.
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ICT for Disaster Risk Management

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Zika Virus Infection: Step-By-Step Guide to Risk Communication and Community Engagement

Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2016), 33 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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Stratégie nationale de communication pour le changement social et comportemental pour la promotion de la nutrition au Bénin et son plan opérationnel 2017-2021

Aloys Hakizimana
Cotonou: Conseil National de l'Alimentation et de la Nutrition (CAN) (2016), 120 pp.
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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
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Ravindra Kumar Vemula, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxv, 238 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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Writing About Biodiversity: Tips and Templates for Policy and Media Material

London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2016), 20 pp.
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From Garamut to Mobile Phone: Communication Change in Rural Papua New Guinea

Amanda H. A. Watson, Lee R. Duffield
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Rural Communication Services for Family Farming: Contributions, Evidence and Perspectives

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Participatory Theatre for Change

Rebecca Herrington
Washington, DC: Search for Common Ground (2016), 56 pp.
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Food Security and Nutrition Media Training Workshop

Sheril Hendrix, Suresh Babu, Noor-Lisa Aberman, Chimala Hamilton
Pretoria; Washington: University of Pretoria, Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being; Michigan State University; International Food Policy Research Institute; Food Security Policy Innovation Lab (FSP) (2016), 32 pp.
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Social Media Strategy Development: A Guide to Using Social Media for Public Health Communication

Stockholm: ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016), iv, 44 pp.