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"Since World War II, several terms have been used to describe the deliberate, systematic, and creative use of communication assets - technologies, processes and imagination - to respond to dehumanizing conditions and to promote positive human development. They include project support communication, ... more

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Indigenous knowledge and information technology for sustainable development

Randsome Bawack, Sian Roderick, Abdalla Badhrus, Denis Dennehy, Jacqueline Corbett

Information Technology for Development (2025), 18 pp.

"Despite the proliferation of IT applications worldwide, Indigenous knowledge remains marginalized in the mainstream information technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) discourse. This special section explores tensions and opportunities at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and digital te ... more

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Technology-Enabled Learning in the Commonwealth Countries: A Research Synthesis

Kaushal Kumar Bhagat

Burnaby, British Columbia (CA): Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2025), iv, 50 pp.

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Small world: International factual programming on public service channels (2023-24)

Martin Scott

London: International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) (2025), 19 pp.

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Paying the costs of connection: Human rights of young adults in the digital age in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam

Warwick, Coventry (UK): Digital Health and Rights Project;University of Warwick, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (2025), 63 pp.

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Should educators be concerned? The impact of short videos on rational thinking and learning: A comparative analysis

Thorsten Otto

Computers & Education, volume 234, issue 105330 (2025), 16 pp.

"Short videos are highly attractive and are becoming increasingly popular among young adults due to their unique properties. However, they also pose a risk of getting used to surface processing and suppressing slow analytic thinking. So far, little is known about the potential impact of short video ... more

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Radiocommunications and climate change

Geneva: ITU (2025), vii, 26 pp.

"The role of radiocommunications in addressing climate change cannot be overstated. From providing critical information on weather patterns and natural disasters to facilitating coordination across global networks for disaster response, these technologies offer unmatched capabilities. As extreme wea ... more

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Rapper aus dem Regenwald

Sarah Fernandes

welt-sichten (2025)

"Im Amazonasgebiet, abgelegen von den brasilianischen Metropolen, hat sich eine lebendige Rap-Szene etabliert. Anders als im Großstadt-Rap geht es in ihren Texten weniger um soziale Ungleichheit, sondern vor allem um Umweltzerstörung und kulturelle Identität." (Einleitung)

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Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges

Anda David, Murray Leibbrandt, Vimal Ranchhod, Rawane Yasser (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank;Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (2025), xxxvii, 253 pp.

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Digitale Didaktik: Methoden und Modelle für eine erfolgreiche Praxis

Charlotte Reich, Kersten Reich

Weinheim: Beltz (2025), 272 pp.

"Digitale Didaktik begründet, worauf im digitalen Lernen und Blended Learning zu achten ist. In diesem Buch geben Charlotte und Kersten Reich einen Überblick über zehn zentrale Aspekte, die das moderne Lernen in Präsenz und Online heute ausmachen, unter anderem Selbstlernen und Selbstwirksamkeit ... more

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Charity representations of distant others: An analysis of UK charity visual communications in direct mail campaigns

David Girling, Deborah Adesina

University of East Anglia, School of Global Development (2025), 29 pp.

"In this phase of our research on charity advertising, we aimed to examine how INGOs represent distant others in direct mail communications compared to newspaper advertisements, building on findings from earlier studies. While the direct mail format offers greater potential for nuanced storytelling, ... more

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Communication and social change in Africa: Selected case studies

Manfred A. K. Asuman, Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Modestus Fosu (eds.)

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2025), 235 pp.

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Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring

Stephanie Diepeveen, John Bryant, Wasuge Mahad

Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 14 pp.

"Since the early 2010s, humanitarian donors have increasingly contracted private firms to monitor and evaluate humanitarian activities, accompanied by a promise of improving accountability through their data and data analytics. This article contributes to scholarship on data practices in the humanit ... more

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Care crisis report: Ten humanitarian crises that did not make the headlines in 2024
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London: Care International (2025), 26 pp.

"Humanitarian crises are challenges affecting millions of people. They are diverse and global – be they natural disasters, famine crises, conflicts or wars. However, the attention of the global public is usually focused on a few, particularly prominent crises. With this Crisis Report, which is bei ... more

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Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers

Ann Searight Christiano, Angela Bradbery

New York; London: Routledge (2025), xii, 344 pp.

"Written by two practitioners with deep professional experience, this book introduces readers to public interest communications, which takes an evidence-based approach to using strategic communications to drive positive social change. Each chapter includes accessible, applicable insights, exercises ... more

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Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers
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Ann Searight Christiano, Angela Bradbery

Oxford: Routledge (2025), 357 pp.

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Repair work, resistance and the invisible data labour of Lebanon’s digital humanitarian infrastructures

Jenna Imad Harb

Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 13 pp.

"This article draws upon a multi-sited ethnography of everyday labour in Lebanon’s digital cash assistance for Syrian refugees. The datafication of humanitarian infrastructures generates technological breakdown, gaps in data and incredibly strict and cumbersome rules. In response to impediments re ... more

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SpinozAI: Augmented Journalism with Innovation and Ethics

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2025), 15 pp.

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Tobias and Syd: A research-based podcast audio-drama about tobacco

Alice Malpass, Elspeth Penny, Andrew Russell

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 23, issue 1 (2025), pp. 103-126

"We report on an experiment that used podcast audio-drama as a medium to generate impact from academic outputs in a creative, inclusive and collaborative way. Tobias and Syd was a serialized podcast audio-drama published in January 2023 based on ideas contained in the book Anthropology of Tobacco an ... more

Care crisis report: Ten humanitarian crises that did not make the headlines in 2024 Top Insights

Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers Key Guidance

Care crisis report: Ten humanitarian crises that did not make the headlines in 2024
Top Insights

Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers
Key Guidance