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The new boots on the ground: NGOs in the changing landscape of international news
Journalism, volume 17, issue 4 (2015), pp. 401-416
"This article explores the role that nongovernmental organizations play in the changing landscape of international news. Drawing on archival analysis and 65 interviews with nongovernmental organization professionals, it examines the resource commitments and values guiding research at leading humanit...
Digital inequality and second-order disasters: social media in the typhoon Haiyan recovery
social media + society, volume 1, issue 2 (2015), 11 pp.
CC BY-NC
"This article investigates the intersection of digital and social inequality in the context of disaster recovery. In doing so, the article responds to the optimism present in recent claims about “humanitarian technology” which refers to the empowering uses and applications of interactive technol...
Communicating with communities: a case study and guide from Pakistan and elsewhere
Geneva:
International Organization for Migration (IOM); Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP)
(2014), xix, 109 pp., 23 figures, illustr., bibliogr. p.107-109
"The purpose of this handbook is to highlight achievements, as well as ongoing efforts and future plans, in improving information delivery to and communication with affected communities. This guide highlights the lack of critical information in emergency response and what needs to be done to ensure ...
Humanitarianism in the age of cyber-warfare: towards the principled and secure use of information in humanitarian emergencies
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
(2014), 19 pp.
"A more connected, data-driven humanitarian system creates an opportunity to save lives and reduce suffering, even as it raises concerns for privacy and security. On one hand, in a humanitarian crisis, in which any delay can cost lives, privacy concerns and consent may be justifiably ignored in the ...
Reporting disasters: famine, aid, politics and the media
London:
Hurst
(2013), x, 236 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.215-228, index
ISBN 978-1-84904-288-8 (pbk)
"The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of ...
Climate change in the media: reporting risk and uncertainty
London; New York:
Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
(2013), xvi, 173 pp., bibliogr. p.162-173
ISBN 978-1-78076-588-4 (pbk); 978-075569-452-5 (online)
"Scientists and politicians are increasingly using the language of risk to describe the climate change challenge. Some researchers have argued that stressing the ‘risks‘ posed by climate change rather than the ‘uncertainties‘ can create a more helpful context for policy makers and a stronger...
Media guidelines for reporting on gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts
Global Protection Cluster
(2013), 8 pp., glossary p.6-8
"The guidelines are intended to ensure that all actors who play a role in facilitating or engaging in media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) are aware of and able to prioritize the ethical and safety considerations that preserve the safety, confidentiality and dignity of survivors, their fam...
Social networking, social media and complex emergencies: an annotated bibliography
Adelaide:
Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU) University of Adelaide; Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC)
(2013), 70 pp.
"This annotated bibliography compiles both peer-reviewed literature, typically sourced from academic journals, as well as a range of opinion and technical resources drawn from agencies that have a humanitarian mandate. It is important to note that this annotated bibliography does not seek to present...
The hierarchy of global suffering: a critical discourse analysis of television news reporting on foreign natural disasters
Journal of international communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2011), pp. 45-61
"In 2007 nearly 17,000 people died because of natural disasters and more than 211 million others were directly affected. News media play a basic role in giving publicity to these numerous instances of global suffering as it is mainly through media reports that the world perceives international crise...
Wider die Symbiose: Plädoyer für die Professionalisierung der Verhältnisse zwischen Hilfsorganisationen und Journalisten
Publizistik, volume 56, issue 3 (2011), pp. 327-340
"The analysis deals with the presentation of hunger and related emergencies in the mass media. It focuses on problems and structures of journalistic production processes and symbiotic relationships between the media and the aid industry. Mass media often create the impression that “hunger” occur...
Ann Kite yo pale: let them speak. Best practice and lessons learned in communication with disaster affected communities: Haiti 2010
BBC World Service Trust; Internews Europe
(2011), 88 pp., abbrev. p.86, bibliogr. p.87
"This publication is an important contribution to literature on disaster and humanitarian crisis communication. It analyses in detail the response to two major but very different emergencies in Haiti: the 2010 earthquake and, later that year, the outbreak of cholera. While humanitarian agencies stil...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
