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Thinking Democratically: A Comprehensive Approach to Countering and Preventing 'Shrinking Space'
Brussels: European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) (2020), 59 pp.
"This paper brings together 7 case studies on closing democratic space by experts from countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa as well as examples from Europe. The paper concludes with actionable recommendations for preventing and reacting to closing democratic space. Three
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Communication in Citizen Science: A Practical Guide to Communication and Engagement in Citizen Science
Leuven: Scivil (2019), 58 pp.
"Citizen science is a vast field. It covers the spectrum of research approaches and offers different methods for engaging volunteers with research in a variety of ways. Common to every citizen science project is a need to communicate with the public effectively. This to recruit and retain citizen sc
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Civic Media Literacies: Re-Imagining Human Connection in an Age of Digital Abundance
Boca Raton, FL: Routledge (2019), xv, 171 pp.
"Civic life today is mediated. Communities small and large are now using connective platforms to share information, engage in local issues, facilitate vibrant debate, and advocate for social causes. In this timely book, Paul Mihailidis explores the texture of daily engagement in civic life, and the
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Glaubwürdigkeit in Politik, Medien und Gesellschaft: 10 Bausteine für die schulische und außerschulische politische Bildung
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2018), 112 pp.
"Auf Glaubwürdigkeit und Vertrauen, auch auf die Allgemeingültigkeit grundlegender und verbindlicher Wertvorstellungen, gründet sich allerdings das Zusammenleben in der menschlichen Gesellschaft. Wo verbreitet Misstrauen herrscht, ist ein konstruktives Miteinander kaum noch möglich. Wenn Misstra
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Bürgerbeteiligung in der Praxis: Ein Methodenhandbuch
Bonn; Wien: Stiftung Mitarbeit; Österreichische Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik (ÖGUT) (2018), 320 pp.
"Bürgerbeteiligung ist keine Zauberei, sondern ein Handwerk, das sich lernen lässt. Zu diesem Handwerk gehört auch das Wissen um die Methoden, Verfahren und Anwendungsbereiche dialogorientierter Bürgerbeteiligung. Das Buch unternimmt einen sachkundigen und erfahrungsbasierten Streifzug durch die
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Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft: Report zur weltweiten Lage
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2018), 67 pp.
Comunicación y ciudadanías
Bogotá: Ediciones Desde Abajo; FES Comunicación (2018), 203 pp.
"En este texto se reúnen reflexiones e investigaciones que tienen, de una u otra manera, su mirada puesta en la ciudadanía. Intentando que la comunicación nos permita ver el bosque y que sepamos qué papel debemos jugar en esta realidad acelerada para construir ciudadanías activas e influyentes.
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Small Steps, Big Difference: Grassroots Participation Handbook
Brussels: Caritas Europa (2017), 54 pp.
The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia
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
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Let’s be Responsible Citizens! Contesting the Agenda of a Sponsored Call-In Radio Programme
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2016), 25 pp.
"This working paper considers in detail how the hosts of and listeners to one call-in radio programme in Zambia were influenced by, resisted and co-opted the agendas of the sponsor that paid for its production. It develops a detailed case-study covering fifteen episodes of, ‘Let’s Be Responsible
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Open Government: The Global Context and the Way Forward
Paris: OECD (2016), 271 pp.
"This report provides a holistic, data-driven analysis of how countries are currently implementing open government practices, the main challenges they face and the untapped opportunities that exist for enhancing transparency, accountability and citizen participation both in the policy-making cycle a
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Media, Discussion, and Attitudes in Fragile Contexts
Deep Insights
London: BBC Media Action (2015), 48 pp.
"The report explores how discussion programmes – where a diverse audience, representing the whole of society, is engaged in fair and balanced debate – can stimulate both private/interpersonal discussion and public discussion in either a community setting or one hosted by local government. It the
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Final Evaluation: Democracy and Development in Action Through Media and Empowerment (DAME), 2012-2014
Search for Common Ground (2015), vii, 57 pp.
"1. The DAME project has contributed to its overall objective of ‘strengthening the democratization process in Timor-Leste’ and to its specific objective of ‘enhanced engagement between NSAs, State authorities and their constituencies’ in the development process. 2. Most effective were the a
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Interrogating Practitioner Tensions for Raising Citizen Voice with Participatory Video in International Development
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 57-70
"Within international development, strengthening the voice of citizens living in poverty is recognised as vital to reducing inequity. In support of such endeavors, participatory video (PV) is an increasingly utilised communicative method that can stimulate community engagement and amplify the voice
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Quand des voix construisent la communauté: Radios communautaires et empowerment
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 61-79
"Revenant sur une longue expérience personnelle en Afrique et en Asie, Birgitte Jallov met en avant les éléments fondamentaux nécessaires à la consolidation [des radios communautaires] dans la durée. Elle dissèque les facteurs qui garantissent la durabilité sociale, organisationnelle et fina
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Programa sobre el derecho de las personas a ser escuchadas: Guía de aprendizaje
Oxfam (2014), 120 pp.
"Por su propia naturaleza, trabajar eficazmente por el derecho de las personas a ser escuchadas es una tarea compleja y multidimensional, y requiere acciones a diferentes niveles y sectores, valiéndonos de diversas estrategias. El objetivo de esta guía es orientar nuestro trabajo y hacer hincapié
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Curtailing Corruption: People Power for Accountability and Justice
Rienner (2014), vi, 325 pp.
"Campaigns and movements targeting corruption often face decentralized targets rather than an identifiable dictator or external government, and can be found both in undemocratic and democratic systems. Graft and abuse are manifested in a systemic manner rather than a hodgepodge collection of illicit
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Participatory Media for a Non-Participating Community: Western Media for Southern Communities
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 2 (2014), pp. 197-208
"This paper draws on the contrast between community media and the nature of its communities in Africa that are not participatory but use participatory media. The general contention is that participatory media in Africa preside over non-participatory communities. The paper uses data collected at one
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Citizens' Journalism: Shifting Public Spheres from Elites to Citizens
In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 393-410
"The phenomenon of academics committed to social justice interrogating social science theory and research, frames the formation of the fields of citizens’ media and citizens’ journalism in the Latin American region. This chapter explains how Chantal Mouffe's ideas and her theory of radical democ
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