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Post-Mortem: Russian and Chinese Covid-19 Information Operations
Washington, DC: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (2021), 72 pp.
"Russia recycled previous narratives and exacerbated tensions in Western society while attempting some propaganda about Russian scientific prowess. Russia’s approach evolved little; it recycled previous narratives, spreading a broad range of COVID-19 disinformation. Evidence supports the theory th
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Radio y salud mental en América Latina
Deep Insights
Buenos Aires: Teseopress (2021), 225 pp.
"Las 13 experiencias de radios de salud mental que se exponen aquí, han sido un medio terapéutico que a la fecha no ha logrado ser reconocida de manera relevante por las formas hegemónicas establecidas encaminadas al tratamiento de padecimientos mentales, pero la buena noticia es que este texto h
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A intersecção entre desinformação, religião e pandemia: A atuação de canais religiosos no YouTube no contexto da COVID-19
Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), 30 pp.
"Este artigo discute a interseção entre desinformação e religião a partir de canais do YouTube tendo como cenário a pandemia de COVID-19. Para tanto, são analisados 75 materiais audiovisuais postados em dois canais do YouTube – do Pastor Silas Malafaia e do Instituto Plinio Corrêa de Olive
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The Role of Religious Actors in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Theory-Based Empirical Analysis with Policy Recommendations for Action
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa); Universität Münster, Religion und Politik (2021), 144 pp.
"The subject of religion and the behaviour of religious actors in the COVID-19 crisis appear at first glance to constitute either just marginal issues or factors which tend to be negative. On the other hand, there is far less public discussion on the key role played by religious communities as civil
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Health and Safety Risks to Journalists During Pandemics
In: Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), pp. 90-103
"Journalists play a critical role in the dissemination of health information to the public. This chapter explores the challenges created by COVID-19 for journalists in Pakistan. It also examines how the pandemic has shed light on the disparities and safety risks in the Pakistani journalism and expos
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Towards Media Systems Framework in Asia Chinese and Korean Media on Framing the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic
International Communication Gazette, volume 83, issue 5 (2021), pp. 183-205
"Due to the relative lack of media comparison studies within Asian contexts, theoretical frameworks based in Western societies have been applied to knowledge production in the global South. Using a ‘most different’ design, this study compares the dimensions of media systems reflected in two Chin
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Radio comunitaria en pandemia: Aprendizajes y experiencias
Cuenca; Quito: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana; Abya-Yala (2021), 126 pp.
"¿Qué papel tuvieron las radios comunitarias durante la pandemia? Los autores de esta publicación analizan el contexto y los desafíos de la comunicación popular en Ecuador. La infodemia, la proliferación de noticias falsas, las dificultades de los medios de comunicación tradicionales en llega
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WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2021), xii, 53 pp.
"The five research streams are listed below. For each stream, three top research questions were identified, resulting in a list of 15 top priority research questions for the public health research agenda for infodemic management. Further, we listed for each subcategory a second tier of important res
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Ill Advice: A Case Study in Facebook’s Failure to Tackle COVID-19 Disinformation
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 34 pp.
"Despite detailed policies on mis- and disinformation and promises to enforce them, social media platforms are failing to tackle prominent groups and individuals who spread false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines online. Using the World Doctors Alliance1 as a case study, a group that has spread var
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Six Ways to Incorporate Social Context and Trust in Infodemic Management
Brighton: Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2021), 5 pp.
"Building trust in public health authorities and epidemic response takes time and is an ongoing process. However, in the short term, mistrust can be mitigated by responding in contextually appropriate ways through meaningful community engagement: 1. Use social science to understand the socio-economi
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"This quick start guide was developed to support FHI 360 programs and its partners to design and implement demand creation and advocacy activities as part of national COVID-19 vaccine introduction efforts. The guide draws primarily on FHI 360’s experience designing and implementing SBC programs to
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Revisiting COVID-19 Communication in Western Africa: A Health Literacy-Based Approach to Health Communication
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume 105, issue 3 (2021), pp. 708-712
"Adherence to protectiv emeasures is a major component of COVID-19 epidemic control. COVID-19 health literacy is a major driver of this adherence, and the evaluation of health literacy levels is the basis for designing an effective communication strategy. We conducted a quantitative socio-anthropolo
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The Societal Importance of Journalistic Health Reporting on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impressions from Science and Health Journalism Organizations
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 2 (2021), pp. 139-158
"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems and economies around the world. This is particularly true for developing and newly industrialized countries that often have to deal with poverty and inadequate health systems. A greater awareness of COVID-19 and its consequences, genera
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A Freelancers’ Guide for Reporting on Vaccines
Freelance Journalism Assembly; European Journalism Centre (2021), 4 pp.
"How we report on vaccines and vaccination programmes can affect public perceptions of vaccines and vaccine acceptance. In this field, our choice of words, narrative decisions, presentation of data and selection of sources are all crucial - not just journalistically, but from a public health perspec
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Communication Infrastructure and Community Mobilization: The Case of Gram Vaani’s Covid-19 Response Network for the Marginalized in India
Journal of Development Communication, volume 32, issue 2 (2021), pp. 73-86
"In this article, we employed communication infrastructure theory (CIT) to analyze Gram Vaani’s (“Voice of the Village”) Covid-19 Response Network in India. We reviewed key CIT components (i.e., storytelling network and communication action context) and their applications in civic engagement,
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How Media and Communication Are Helping to Tackle Malaria in Sierra Leone
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 11 pp.
La radio indígena ante la pandemia de la COVID-19 en la Amazonía peruana: El caso de Radio Ucamara (Nauta, Loreto, Perú)
America Critica, volume 5, issue 1 (2021), pp. 33-45
"Las comunidades indígenas de la región amazónica peruana fueron duramente golpeadas por la pandemia de la COVID-19. Prácticamente desde sus inicios, surgieron distintas iniciativas para informar adecuadamente en las lenguas originarias a las comunidades, pero también otras que permitieran cont
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Comunicar el autocuidado: Pueblos indígenas frente al Covid-19. Periodo de implementación: Abril 2020 a marzo 2021
Internews; Centro de Internet y Sociedad (IUSR) (2021), 22 pp.
"El presente reporte se enfoca en el proyecto “Comunicar el autocuidado – Pueblos Indígenas frente al Covid-19", implementado en la Costa Caribe Colombiana, desde abril 2020 hasta marzo 2021. Por medio de este proyecto, Internews apoyó y fortaleció las capacidades de comunicación de las comu
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Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition Project: Reach and Engagement Survey Afghanistan
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 4 pp.
"BBC Media Action is helping to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus in Afghanistan by using a media campaign to encourage uptake of preventive behaviours. Informed by research the project’s media outputs aim to help reduce the transmission of the coronavirus by encouraging take up of the fo
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