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Periodismo público en la gestión del riesgo
Lima:
Comunidad Andina; Proyecto Apoyo a la Prevención de Desastres en la Comunidad Andina (PREDECAN)
(2009), 116 pp., glossary p.108-113, bibliogr. p.114-116
ISBN 978-9972-787-83-6
"El texto resalta la necesidad de dejar de culparle a la naturaleza como la responsable de los desastres, y asumir que los riesgos son procesos construidos socialmente. Es decir, que para que el riesgo exista se necesitan fenómenos peligrosos y condiciones de vulnerabilidad que son generadas por lo...
Textbooks and school library provision in secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa
Washington, DC:
Africa Region Human Development Department Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) World Bank
(2008), xxxii, 98 pp., 12 tables, abbrev. p.xi-xv, bibliogr. p.97-98
ISBN 978-0-8213-7344-6 (print); 978-0-8213-7345-3 (ebook)
CC BY
"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ...
Entertainment-education and audience responses: the case of menta-menged radio serial drama in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa:
Master Thesis Addis Ababa University
(2008), vi, 89 pp., bibliogr. p.78-84
"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...
Banking on mobiles: why, how, for whom?
Washington, DC:
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
(2008), 27 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr. p.24
"This paper examines how banks can translate the potential of mobile phones into greater financial access for poor people. Although mobile phone operators have been able to use the mobile phone for mobile remittance and bill payment services in several countries, banks have had little success in usi...
Sin rastro, imágenes para construir memoria
Bogotá:
Fundación Dos Mundos; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
(2008), 125 pp., many illustr.
ISBN 978-958-98773-1-9
"Este libro es una selección de imágenes del Concurso Nacional de Fotografía sobre Desaparición Forzada 'Sin Rastro." (p.1)
Imaging humanitarianism: NGO identity and the iconography of childhood
Antipode, volume 40, issue 4 (2008), pp. 632-657
"This paper asks how images of children are used by prominent signatories to NGO codes of conduct. The answer is that images of childhood and shared codes of conduct are both means through which development and relief NGOs produce themselves as rights-based organisations. The iconography of childhoo...
The vital drop: communication for polio eradication in India
New Delhi et al.:
Sage
(2008), xviii, 319 pp., abbrev. p.x-xiii, glossary p.295-304, bibliogr. p.305-311, index
ISBN 978-81-7829-866-5
"This book records the communication journey that began in 2002 through important innovations aimed at including segregated and marginalised populations, as well as a very successful mass media campaign featuring cine star Amitabh Bachchan. An important lesson learnt was that for any public health c...
Interviewing & counselling at the grassroots: a manual for people in developing countries wishing to improve their interviewing and counselling skills
Amsterdam:
Networklearning
(2008), 37 pp., tables
"This manual is, firstly, about Interviewing (Section Two). This is the art and skill of getting the information you need from someone. Information may be facts – perhaps those needed to register a new client - or you might want to go further, looking perhaps for an understanding of the new contac...
Global humanitarianism and the changing aid-media field: "everyone was dying for footage"
Journalism studies, volume 8, issue 6 (2007), pp. 862-878
"The crucial interaction between humanitarian agencies and the media has been researched in the past but today it continues to evolve and change—and not for the better. This article, drawing on accounts from communications managers working inside the world's major aid agencies (Red Cross, Oxfam, S...
The last laugh: humour in community activism
Community development journal, volume 42, issue 4 (2007), pp. 470-481
"This paper uses Australian case studies to demonstrate the use of humour in social justice and eco-pax 1 movements. Drawing from the literature and from personal experience in activist street-theatre over more than twenty years, the author discusses the rationale and motivations behind humorous act...
Neue Wege in der Prävention des Drogenkonsums - Onlineberatung am Beispiel von drugcom.de
Köln:
Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA)
(2007), 84 pp., bibliogr. p.62-64
ISBN 978-0-477-10054-0
"Vor dem Hintergrund, dass immer mehr Menschen das Internet nutzen, hat die Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) im Jahr 2001 mit www.drugcom.de ein Internetportal zur Drogen- und Suchtprävention etabliert. Vom Sommer 2001 bis zum Jahresende 2006 haben etwa 3000 junge Menschen per...
Community emergency radio networks
[author]
(2007), vii, 106 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr. and web direct. p.105-106
ISBN 978-1-60145-145-3
"[This book] gives you ideas for building an emergency radio network (ERN) for your community. An ERN uses small Family Radio Service (FRS) radios or combined FRS/General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios for members of the community. The community relay station can be (1) a basic or "fancy" ham st...
A training manual for media workshops on avian influenza
Bangkok:
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office; Internews Network
(2007), 61 pp., illustr.
ISBN 978-974-685-086-5
"This manual provides a methodology for trainers and media support organizations interested in providing courses on the coverage of avian influenza. It also provides a sample three-day training course agenda, complete with suggested lectures, discussion topics, exercises, suggested reading, field tr...
Corruption in emergencies: what role(s) for media? Report from U4 working meeting 30 May, 2006
Bergen:
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4)
(2006), 32 pp.
"As part of a broader analysis of corruption in emergencies, the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre initiated a dialogue on the role(s) of the media. On 30 May 2006, a working meeting held at NORAD offices in Oslo brought together donors, NGOs and journalists, including media practitioners from Sri ...
Behaviour change communication in emergencies: a toolkit
Kathmandu:
UNICEF
(2006), 238 pp.
ISBN 99946-896-1-4
"This toolkit is a resource for everyone working in emergency situations caused by natural disasters. It is designed to help programme managers from UNICEF, UN agencies, NGO partners and government personnel to prepare, plan, implement and monitor behaviour change communication initiatives supportin...
Theatre for development: an introduction to context, applications and training
London:
Zed Books
(2006), 172 pp., index, bibliogr. p.159-166, abbrev.
"... this book provides students with an introduction to the theory and practice of Theatre for Development (TfD). Since the 1970s, TfD has established itself as a process through which communities can address issues within their own self-development through participation in theatre practice. From i...
Elaborando proyectos de comunicación para el desarrollo
Buenos Aires:
UNICEF Oficina de Argentina
(2006), 64 pp.
ISBN 987-9286-53-9
People, land and water: participatory development communication for natural resource management
London; Ottawa:
Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(2006), 313 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.286-303, index
ISBN 1-84407343-2
"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N...
Advocacy, communication and social mobilization to fight TB: a 10-year framework for action
Geneva:
World Health Organization (WHO); ACSM Subgroup at country level
(2006), 93 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr. p.88-93
ISBN 978-9241594271
"This workplan focuses on those areas where advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) has most to offer and where ACSM strategies can be most effectively concentrated to help address four key challenges to TB control at country level: • improving case detection and treatment adherence...
La pobreza es noticia: estudio sobre los noticieros centrales de la TV chilena
Santiago de Chile:
Hogar de Cristo; Facultad de Comunicación y Letras Universidad Diego Portales; Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza
(2005), 80 pp., bibliogr. p.80
ISBN 956-7446-03-2
"¿Cómo se muestra la pobreza en los noticieros?, ¿Qué recursos periodísticos son utilizados en la construcción noticiosa?, ¿hablan técnicos o pobres?, ¿cuánto tiempo duran en promedio?, ¿qué temas específicos tratan? Son algunas de las interrogantes que se formularon al inicio de este e...
