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A History of Cultural Futures: ‘televisual Sovereignty’ in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Media

Faye Ginsburg
In: Voice & Matter: Communication, Development and the Cultural Return
Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 173-187
"When the Aboriginal Programs Unit of Australia’s ABC television began in 1988, every Indigenous person involved was a trainee under the direction of a Euro-Australian professional. They bore the burden of collective selfrepresentation in a televisual wasteland virtually devoid of Indigenous voice ... more
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Communication for Development: A Practical Guide
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Thomas Jenatsch, Richard Bauer et al.
Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2016), 76 pp.
"The first two parts of the handbook outline methods and concepts, showing how communication can be planned according to the context and integrated into the project cycle. The third part recounts the SDC's experiences in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The documentary video catalysing reform ... more
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Advocacy for Development: Effectiveness, Monitoring and Evaluation

Jennifer B. Barrett, Margit van Wessel, Dorothea Hilhorst
Wageningen University (2016), 94 pp.
"Monitoring and evaluation of advocacy for development is an emerging field. Many civil society organisations, donors and evaluators are now involved with advocacy. Questions of how to understand and assess programmes are urgent. This e-book seeks to contribute to practical capacity on this front on ... more
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Los medios sin fines de lucro entre la Ley Audiovisual y los decretos: Estrategias, desafíos y debates en el escenario 2009-2015

María Soledad Segura, Cintia Weckesser (eds.)
Córdoba: Editorial de la UNC (2016), 199 pp.
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WINning Strategies: Creating Stronger News Media Organizations by Increasing Gender Diversity

Michelle Foster, Sheila Gibbons
Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2016), 57 pp.
"The handbook seeks to shine a spotlight on media organisations that have prioritized gender equality within their organizations, leadership teams, and within their audience, and as a result, have seen a positive return. At best, we hope these stories inspire media to take concrete action to priorit ... more
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Im Gespinst der Gerüchte

Anjan Sundaram
welt-sichten (2016)
"Journalisten leben in Ruanda gefährlich. Für Kritik am Regime riskieren sie Prügel oder ihr Leben. Von einem, der sich nicht einschüchtern lassen wollte." (Einführung)
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Risk Communication Applied to Food Safety: Handbook

Rome; Geneva: FAO; World Health Organization (WHO) (2016), 87 pp.
"This handbook focuses on practical principles and best practices of risk communication to support risk management of adverse food safety (including quality) events associated with biological, chemical or physical hazards. Food defence and nutritional aspects are outside the scope. Another focus of ... more
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Triggering Change: How Investigative Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa Contribute to Solving Problems in Society

Jan Lublinski, Christoph Spurk, Jean-Marc Fleury, Olfa Labassi, Gervais Mbarga, Marie Lou Nicolas, Tilda Abou Rizk
Journalism, volume 17, issue 8 (2016), pp. 1074-1094
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Distract, Deceive, Destroy: Putin at War in Syria

Maksymilian Czuperski, John Herbst, Eliot Higgins, Frederic Hof, Ben Nimmo
Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (2016), 24 pp.
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The Government Response to Informed Citizens: New Evidence on Media Access and the Distribution of Public Health Benefits in Africa

Philip Keefer, Stuti Khemani
World Bank Economic Review, volume 30, issue 2 (2016), pp. 233-267
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Advocacy Campaign for the Rights of People with Disabilities: A Participatory Action Research Within a Community-Based Rehabilitation Project in Maharashtra, India

Atul Jaiswal, Shikha Gupta
Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, volume 27, issue 4 (2016), pp. 76-92
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Trickfilm to go: Leitfaden zur (Trick-)Filmarbeit mit mobiler Technik

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW; filmothek der jugend NRW (2016), 43 pp.
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Toolkit: Digitalisation in Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und internationaler Zusammenabreit in Bildung, Kultur und Medien
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Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2016), 178 pp.
"The toolkit explores how digital instruments can be employed to meet the sector- and region-specific needs of those planning, managing and implementing DC/IC measures. It provides political decision-makers and DC/IC implementers with information on the kinds of digital applications that are relevan ... more
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Cerebros para la paz: Pautas de crianza como mecanismo para la no violencia y la protección de los niños y niñas. La experiencia del programa radial “La Hora Fantástica” de la Fundación de Atención a la Niñez-FAN

Juanita Arango Restrepo
Bogotá: Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) (2016), 64 pp.
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Social Media, Community Development and Social Capital

Peter Matthews
Community Development Journal, volume 51, issue 3 (2016), pp. 419-435
"Initial growth in Internet use in the 1990s resulted in many digital pioneers viewing new information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a means to radically empower people through new global connections and extensive social capital. This has extended into an interest in exploring how ICTs ca ... more
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Social Sector Communication in India: Concepts, Practices, and Case Studies

Jaishri N. Jethwaney
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2016), xvi, 268 pp.
"Social sector communication helps address issues by influencing policy and can be used to bring about desired behavioral change among the targeted public. This book not only highlights the theoretical underpinnings, practice, and skill of social sector communications in India, but also provides an ... more
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Digital Journalism Start-ups in India

Arijit Sen, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2016), 48 pp.
"In this report, we analyse six examples of digital journalism start-ups developing new editorial priorities, distribution strategies, and funding models for an increasingly digital Indian media environment. After years of slow growth, internet use and digital advertising has grown very rapidly in I ... more
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The Impact of Vernacular Radio Farming Programmes on Small Scale Farmers in Manyonyi Village, Kakamega County: A Case of 'One Acre Fund'

Grace Lieta Wanda
Nairobi: University of Nairobi, Master Thesis (2016), xi, 93 pp.
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The Impact of Counter-Narratives: Insights from a Year-Long Cross-Platform Pilot Study of Counter-Narrative Curation, Targeting, Evaluation and Impact

Tanya Silverman, Christopher J. Stewart, Zahed Amanullah, Jonathan Birdwell
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD); Against Violent Extremism (AVE) (2016), 52 pp.
"This report presents the development, deployment, and evaluation of three counternarrative campaigns orchestrated by Against Violent Extremism (AVE) network and Jigsaw (an incubator within Alphabet that uses technology to address geopolitical issues) with additional in-kind and financial support fr ... more
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La radio escolar para la convivencia: Un modelo para armar

César Augusto Rocha Torres, Yulieth Aldana Orozco, Luis Carlos Rodríguez Páez
Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto) (2016), 121 pp.
"El libro La radio escolar para la convivencia: un modelo para armar presenta el proceso de investigación en el cual se pretendió convertir a las emisoras escolares en herramientas para la gestión de los conflictos en la escuela y en escenarios para construir ciudadanías. Esta es una investigaci ... more