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Starting the Conversation: Information, Feedback and Accountability in Post-Typhoon Philippines
Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2014), 34 pp.
"The report reviews several communications tools developed and disseminated through collaboration with Tacloban’s Radyo Abante as part of IOM’s Tindog Kita (‘Rise Together’) communications campaign, which included a radio drama, interactive talk show and key message song. Of the communicatio
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Edutainment Radio, Women's Status and Primary School Participation: Evidence from Cambodia
Stockholm University, Department of Economics (2013), 49 pp.
"This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in Cambodia. To identify the effect, I exploit plausible exogenous
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The Impacts of an Entertainment-Education Radio Serial Drama in Botswana on Outcomes Related to HIV Prevention Goals in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 353-367
"This study examines the effectiveness of an entertainment education (EE) programme, Makgabaneng, in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. If successful, this communication intervention should result in greater self-report of attitudes, actions and knowledge related to risk reduction goals am
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Priming Effects of a Reconciliation Radio Drama on Historical Perspective-Taking in the Aftermath of Mass Violence in Rwanda
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, volume 49, issue 1 (2013), pp. 144-151
"A field experiment in Rwanda investigated the impact of a radio drama designed to increase perspective-taking with regard to the history of intergroup conflict. An audio-based priming technique was used to assess the causal impact of the radio drama. Rwandan participants (N=842) listened to an audi
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Forum Theatre on the Air: Towards a Model of Participatory Radio Drama for Development on Community Radio
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 10, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-187
"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat
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Mobilizing the Hordes: Radio Drama as Development Theatre in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bamenda (CM): Langaa (2012), xvi, 277 pp.
Effects of the Gama Cuulu Radio Serial Drama on HIV-Related Behavior Change in Zambia
Journal of Health Communication, volume 17, issue 8 (2012), pp. 929-945
"The Gama Cuulu radio serial drama is written and produced in Zambia's Southern Province. It promotes behavior change and service use to prevent HIV transmission. The authors evaluated the effects of Gama Cuulu on intermediate outcomes (e.g., perceived norms), as well as number of sexual partners, c
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Raising Women’s Voices Through Radio Drama: Reflections from South Africa
Johannesburg: People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA); Community Media for Development (CMFD) (2012), 12 pp.
"This case study is being produced to share the process, techniques, and lessons learned from "Zaphamban' izindlela!" radio drama both as way to document, as well as facilitate others working on women’s issues to undertake similar initiatives. The case study demonstrates how entertaining forms of
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Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change
Deep Insights
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2011), xxiii, 324 pp.
"By assessing edutainment as a space of cultural translation, Drama for Development advances an often neglected perspective in this topics' research. It focuses on what happens when various goals, worldviews and needs from donors, producers and the audiences come together in the production and meani
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"Betrachtet man die Beliebtheit und den Hörerzuspruch für Loke Pol, kann man von einem Erfolg des Programmes sprechen. Auch wenn einige Aspekte des Senders Mega FM wie die quasi-Monopolposition die Rezeption des Programmes begünstigen, zählt Loke Pol sowohl in den Augen der Produzenten, angesich
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El radiodrama en la comunicación de mensajes sociales: Apuntes teórico-prácticos para la producción integral
Key Guides
Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Jinete Insomne; Centro de Producciones Radiofónicas (2010), 166 pp.
"El presente texto es una aproximación básica a distintas cuestiones de la producción de radio que son necesarias para comenzar. No aspira a ser un manual de uso, de esos que tienen pasos a seguir para lograr el éxito, sino todo lo contrario: aspira a ser un texto de guía basado en conocimiento
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Applying Local Solutions to Local Problems: Radio Listeners as Agents of Change. An Evaluation of the Impact on Listeners of Radio Programming in Chad and Niger Under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Peace Through Development Project (PDEV)
USAID (2010), 45, 7 pp.
"This report documents the results of a two-month field research evaluation in Niger and Chad on the media component of the Peace Through Development (PDEV) program funded by USAID under the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP). Equal Access, a non-governmental organization (NGO) speci
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Deference, Dissent, and Dispute Resolution: An Experimental Intervention Using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behavior in Rwanda
American Political Science Review, volume 103, issue 4 (2009), pp. 622-644
"Deference and dissent strike a delicate balance in any polity. Insufficient deference to authority may incapacitate government, whereas too much may allow leaders to orchestrate mass violence. Although cross-national and cross-temporal variation in deference to authority and willingness to express
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Entertainment-Education and Audience Responses: The Case of Menta-Menged Radio Serial Drama in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2008), vi, 89 pp.
"This study attempts to explore entertainment-education (E-E) radio drama audience responses/reactions, their motivating factors in writing letters to the drama and the relationship between audience responses and over all program goals of the drama, Menta Menged (Crossroads), in Ethiopia. Because en
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Soul Buddyz Tomorrow is Ours: Evaluation Report 2008
Dunkeld West: Soul City Institute (2008), 24 pp.
"Soul Buddyz, an initiative of the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (IHDC), in partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is a multi-media intervention targeting children aged 8 to 14 in South Africa. The intervention is focused on the promotion o
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Radio Soap Operas for Peacebuilding: A Guide. Part 2
Key Guides
Search for Common Ground; Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2005), various pag.
"This is a guide for those training writers of radio soap operas for peacebuilding. It contains a ten day training course, materials, and background information which are invaluable to facilitators." (Back cover)
How to Produce a Radio Soap for Conflict Prevention/Resolution. Part 1: Project Managers' Manual
Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2005), 58 pp.
"This manual was designed for project managers, and gives emphasis to the planning and production - not on scriptwriting - of radio soap operas for peace building in conflict areas. Its underlying assumption is that radio soap operas can, over a long term period, subtly change attitudes, and contrib
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