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Area of Origin: Communication Channels and Social Media Report Syria

REACH (2015), 8 pp.
"With 4 million refugees in neighbouring countries and six and a half million Internally Displaced Persons within Syria, communication tools have become critical for the Syrian population to maintain contact with their family and friends both inside and outside the country. The costs associated with ... more
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Towards a Political Economy of Communication in Development?

Florencia Enghel
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 11-24
"In the development communication equation, whether more theoretical, empirical and analytical attention is given to ‘development’ or to ‘communication’ makes a difference: where the emphasis is on development, it is at the expense of communication. Since communication and media arguably pla ... more
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Participatory Film-Making for Social Change: Dilemmas in Balancing Participatory and Artistic Qualities

Margriet Goris, Loes Witteveen, Rico Lie
Journal of Arts & Communities, volume 7, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 63-85
"This study contributes to the field of films for social change by exploring the production process of participatory film-making for social change, whereby explicit claims of community empowerment, participation and social change are the very justification of the production. To do so, it investigate ... more
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The New Boots on the Ground: NGOs in the Changing Landscape of International News

Matthew Powers
Journalism, volume 17, issue 4 (2015), pp. 401-416
"This article explores the role that nongovernmental organizations play in the changing landscape of international news. Drawing on archival analysis and 65 interviews with nongovernmental organization professionals, it examines the resource commitments and values guiding research at leading humanit ... more
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The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication

Anders Hansen, Robert Cox (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), xix, 434 pp.
"The first section looks at the history and development of the discipline from a range of theoretical perspectives. Section two considers the sources, communicators and media professionals involved in producing environmental communication. Section three examines research on news, entertainment media ... more
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Effective Communication: Introductory Level. Manual for Natura 2000 Managers in Europe

Janice Burley
Regensburg: EUROPARC Federation (2015), 82 pp.
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Malakal: Nile FM: Baseline Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.
"In February 2015, Internews established Nile FM, a community radio station in Malakal County, Upper Nile state [South Sudan]. As part of Internews' Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) that brings information to displaced and vulnerable populations throughout the country, Nile FM responds to the ... more
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Surface Tension: Navigating Socially Engaged Documentary Photographic Practices

Gemma-Rose Turnbull
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 79-95
"As Documentary Photographers increasingly introduce the collaborative and participatory methodologies common to socially engaged art practices into their projects (particularly those that are activist in nature, seeking to catalyse social change agendas and policies through image making and sharing ... more
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Nachhhaltigkeit und Journalismus (Teil 1): Zum Stand der wissenschaftlichen Debatte. Studienbrief im Zertifikatsstudium Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus

Gerd Michelson (ed.)
Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität (2015), 51 pp.
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Teaching Journalism for Sustainable Development: New Syllabi

Fackson Banda (ed.)
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 165 pp.
"This work aims to extend the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education to include new syllabi covering emerging or particularly relevant themes in journalism education globally. As such, it builds on the model curricula – as well as the supplementary UNESCO publication titled A Compendium o ... more
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Effective Communications: Participant Handbook for WHO Staff

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2015), 93 pp.
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Humanitarianism, Communications and Change

Simon Cottle, Glenda Cooper (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 279 pp.
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Testing the Influence of Radio Programs on Climate Change Knowledge: A Pilot Experience from the Congo Basin

Alba Saray Perez-Teran, Anne Marie Tiani, Merline Touko-Tchoko, Bérenger Tchatchou
Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2015), v, 17 pp.
"We provide an assessment of the change in knowledge of a rural village in the Congo Basin after inhabitants listened to one of the radio programs that were prepared on climate change. The document also provides potential indicators for result up-scaling. After applying a micro-economic model to a c ... more
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Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response

Patrick Meier
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (2015), xxv, 233 pp.
"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information'social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an ... more
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Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals

Jagtar Singh, Alton Grizzle, Sin Joan Yee, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2015), 334 pp.
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Global Mental Health Communications Toolkit

Agnes Becker, S. Usmani, G. Ryan, M. De Silva
London: Mental Health Innovation Network; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2015), 27 pp.
"This toolkit aims to help global mental health researchers communicate their findings to their stakeholders. The principles in this toolkit can be applied to all stakeholders, including policy-makers, and to key messages about your project’s implementation and policy influence activities. This to ... more
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Writing and Producing for Television and Film
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Esta de Fossard, John Riber
New Delhi et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2015), xiii 234 pp.
"This book is intended as a guide on the use of the visual media for behavior change communication. It is not intended as a textbook for those just entering the world of television or film writing and production. While there are some reminders of good writing and production techniques for many progr ... more
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Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)
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Andrew Skuse et al.
Adelaide; New York: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU); UNICEF, working version (2015), 67 pp.
"Welcome to the Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit, CHAT. It has been designed with practitioners in mind and is a resource that you can work with and adapt as you strive towards your communication for humanitarian action goals. The toolkit provides guidance to humanitarian and developmen ... more
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Coordination Around Communicating with Disaster-Affected Communities: Insights from Typhoon Haiyan

Caroline Austin, Nicki Bailey
Humanitarian Exchange, issue 65 (2015), pp. 19-23
"Sudden-onset emergencies are typically chaotic, making effective communication between communities, humanitarian responders and governments, whether local or international, challenging. Building on experience from the response to Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao in 2012, the United Nations Office for the ... more
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Disciplines in the Field of Communication for Development and Social Change

Rico Lie, Jan Servaes
Communication Theory, volume 25, issue 2 (2015), pp. 244-258
"This article provides an overview of subdisciplines in the field of Communication for Development and Social Change. Different subdisciplines of communication science are analyzed to assess their connection to the field. Building on these subdisciplines the article reviews health communication, agr ... more