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Communicating for Change: Concepts to Think With
Deep Insights
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xiv, 186 pp.
"This collection presents 14 concepts from a multi-disciplinary collection of internationally leading and emerging scholars, from 13 countries on 5 continents. They come together around three meta-topics: citizenship and justice, critiques of development, and renewing thought (from and for the margi
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The Legacy of Paulo Freire. Contemporary Reflections on Participatory Communication and Civil Society Development in Brazil and Beyond
International Communication Gazette, volume 82, issue 5 (2020), pp. 407-503
"Brazil has a strong legacy in the field of participatory communication and articulation of bottom-up development processes. Many innovative experiences and key conceptual foundations that have enriched and informed this field in Latin America and beyond have strong Brazilian roots. A reference of
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Catalysing Social Change in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Evaluating the LIN Model of Participatory Community Development
Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 3 (2019), pp. 519-540
"In communication for social change, a catalyst can play an important role in creating dialogue within the community, leading to collective actions and providing solutions for common problems. In urban communities of developing countries, this role is more essential because of the complexities of ur
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Voices with Purpose: A Manual on Communication Strategies for Development and Social Change. Facilitator's Module
Key Guides
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Universidad del Norte (2019), ix, 21 pp.
"This module provides methodological support for the facilitation of workshops aimed at assisting social, community, state and non-governmental organisations in the formulation of communication strategies for development and social change. Facilitators are advised to use this module to plan and prep
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Voices with Purpose: A Manual on Communication Strategies for Development and Social Change. Conceptual Module
Key Guides
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Universidad del Norte (2019), vii, 82 pp.
"This module provides key conceptual and theoretical elements for participants to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying processes and methodologies that guide the design, implementation and evaluation of a communication strategy. There are many definitions and approaches that vary depending
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Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2019), viii, 216 pp.
"Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital is a critical introduction to communication for social change (CSC) theory. The book presents refreshingly new perspectives and specifically makes the case for CSC theory to factor in context, leanings from social movements
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Small Group Discussion to Promote Reflection and Social Change: A Case Study of a Half the Sky Intervention in India
Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 4 (2019), pp. 695-712
"An important sub-discipline within the field of Communication and Social Change addresses how meaningful participation can be practically implemented. This article presents the case of an intervention developed by the NGO ‘Half the Sky Movement’ and reflects upon how participation took shape wi
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Community Radio's Amplification of Communication for Social Change
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xvii, 231 pp.
"This book explores how community radio contributes to social change. Community radio remains a unique communication platform under digital capitalism, arguably capable of expanding the project of media democratisation. Yet there is a lack of in-depth analysis of community radio experience, and a de
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Media Solidarities: Emotions, Power and Justice in the Digital Age
Los Angeles: Sage (2019), viii, 199 pp.
"Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, 'Media Solidarities' explores the way in which media can both enable and obstruct meaningful bonds of solidarity and positive social change. Written in a highly approachable style, it ties theory to contemporary world events and medi
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Communicating for Social Change: Meaning, Power, and Resistance
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xx, 413 pp.
"The book covers the trajectories and trends in social change communication, engaging the key theoretical debates on communication and social change. Attending to the concepts of communication and social change that emerge from and across the global margins, the book works toward offering theoretica
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Comunicación y cambio social
Valencia: Tirant Humanidades (2019), 241 pp.
Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media
New York: Oxford University Press (2019), xiii, 280 pp.
"The potential of documentary moving images to foster democratic exchange has been percolating within media production culture for the last century, and now, with mobile cameras at our fingertips and broadcasts circulating through unpredictable social networks, the documentary impulse is coming into
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Voices with Purpose: A Manual on Communication Strategies for Development and Social Change. Participant's Module
Key Guides
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Universidad del Norte (2019), vii, 64 pp.
"This module presents a step-by-step process that will enable members of organisations, or campaigns, interested in improving their visibility and impact, to formulate effective communication strategies for social and behavioural change Chapter One includes elements that help situate the design of t
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Movie Making as Critical Pedagogy: Conscientization Through Visual Storytelling
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xx, 216 pp.
"Can the stories people tell influence the way they see the world? This book seeks to address that question through a study of the viability of movie making as a critical pedagogy activity. Positioned at the intersection of education and communication for social change, it explores the relationship
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Shifting Norms - Changing Behavior - Amplifying Voice: What Works? 2018 International SBCC Summit. Summit Report
International SBCC Summit (2018), 24 pp.
"From HIV to Ebola, from gender discrimination and violence to infant mortality, from malaria to climate change and access to justice, evidence shows that Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) works. It is critical to strengthening the agency of ordinary people, transforming societies and
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The Importance of Paulo Freire to Communication for Development and Social Change
"Paulo Freire (1921–1997) was the father of critical pedagogy, popular education, and participatory action research (PAR), as well as a basic reference of liberation theology and of Latin American critical theory and a precursor of the epistemologies of the south. His main work, Pedagogy of the Op
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Using Media for Social Innovation
Bristol; Chicago: intellect (2018), 158 pp.
"The book's structure alternates between context (including theory and policy) and cases. Each case is discussed in relation to a particular aspect of social innovation: Chapter 2 discusses three projects, all of which tackle environmental change and demonstrate the ways in which social innovation m
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Communication for Development: Case Study Compendium 2013-2017
New Delhi: UNICEF (2018), 205 pp.
"This compendium of 15 SBCC cases presents results and learning from the Communication for Development (C4D) cross-sectoral interventions from 15 states of India – all implemented during the country programme 2013- 2017. Additionally, a national level C4D Results Report ‘Resonating Change’ has
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Youth-Led Communication for Social Change: Empowerment, Citizen Media, and Cultures of Governance in Northern Ghana
Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 400-413
"This article critically assesses the possibilities and limitations of strategic communication initiatives to enhance cultures of governance among youth in Northern Ghana. The analysis is embedded within contemporary debates about communication and social change, with particular focus upon dynamics
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Modeling Collective Action Through Media to Promote Social Change and Positive Intergroup Relations in Violent Conflicts
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, volume 68 (2017), pp. 200-211
"Does social influence exerted through role modeling of collective action impact social change in contexts that are not conducive to collective action, such as long-lasting violent conflicts? We examined this question in two field experiments in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We created t
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