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Are We Making a Difference? Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness
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Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), xxvii, 320 pp.
"Sections of the book engage in critical reflection on what peacebuilding effectiveness is and who gets to decide, provide practical examples and case studies of the successes and failures of assessing peacebuilding work, and support innovative strategies and tools to move the field forward. Chapter
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Qualitative Research Using Social Media
London; New York: Routledge (2022), viii, 203 pp.
"[This book] guides the reader in what different kinds of qualitative research can be applied to social media data. It introduces students, as well as those who are new to the field, to developing and carrying out concrete research projects. The book takes the reader through the stages of choosing d
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Adolescent Digital Inclusion
London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) (2022), 11 pp.
"In response to this broader global context, the GAGE Jordan team developed a set of qualitative research tools to explore the experiences of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to digital inclusion, with a focus on young people affected by forced displacement. These tools aim to ex
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Media, Development and Democracy
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), xviii, 141 pp.
"[...] this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct va
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Evaluating Academic and Media Nongovernmental Organization Partnerships for Participatory Data Gathering
International Journal of Market Research, volume 63, issue 1 (2020), pp. 43-57
"This article discusses participatory methods for data gathering in the context of a partnership between a Swiss-based media development organization, Fondation Hirondelle, and a research team at the University of Sheffield. In 2018–2019, the partnership conducted fieldwork which focused on the im
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Partizipative Forschung: Ein Forschungsansatz für Gesundheit und seine Methoden
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2020), xii, 262 pp.
"Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband bietet eine gute Grundlage für den Einstieg in die partizipative Forschung allgemein und in die Partizipative Gesundheitsforschung. Es werden Forschungsansätze und Methoden für die Erhebung und Auswertung in partizipativen Forschungsprozessen vorgestellt und anhand
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Communicating for Social Change: Meaning, Power, and Resistance
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xx, 413 pp.
"The book covers the trajectories and trends in social change communication, engaging the key theoretical debates on communication and social change. Attending to the concepts of communication and social change that emerge from and across the global margins, the book works toward offering theoretica
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Small Group Discussion to Promote Reflection and Social Change: A Case Study of a Half the Sky Intervention in India
Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 4 (2019), pp. 695-712
"An important sub-discipline within the field of Communication and Social Change addresses how meaningful participation can be practically implemented. This article presents the case of an intervention developed by the NGO ‘Half the Sky Movement’ and reflects upon how participation took shape wi
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Focus Group Discussions
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"Focus group discussions are facilitated discussions, held with a small group of people who have specialist knowledge or interest in a particular topic. They are used to find out the perceptions and attitudes of a defined group of people. Focus group discussions can be applied at any stage of the pr
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Qualitative Medienfoschung: Ein Handbuch
Konstanz: UVK, 2nd ed. (2017), 642 pp.
"Auf die theoretischen Grundlagen qualitativer Medienforschung folgen in einem zweiten Teil die wichtigsten Fragen zum Forschungsdesign. Kern des Buches sind dabei die verschiedenen Erhebungsmethoden, wie Inhaltsanalyse, Interview, Gruppendiskussion, Beobachtung, Experiment oder szenisches Spiel. We
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Die Gruppendiskussion als Evaluationsmethode: Entwicklungsgeschichte, Potenziale und Formen
Zeitschrift für Evaluation, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), pp. 23-51
"Der Artikel beabsichtigt, den derzeitigen Diskussionsstand zu Theorie und Praxis der Gruppendiskussion bezogen auf das Feld der Evaluation zusammenzutassen, die Stärken und Grenzen von Gruppendiskussionen in evaluativen Vorhaben zu skizzieren und eine weitere Fundierung der Gruppendiskussion in de
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Qualitative Methoden der Medienforschung
Mannheim: Verlag für Gesprächsforschung (2011), 522 pp.
Political Polling in Asia-Pacific
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 117 pp.
Métodos e técnicas de pesquisa em comunicação
São Paulo: Atlas, 2nd ed. (2009), xxiv, 380 pp.
A Look at Radio Works in Liberia: The Listeners’ Perceptions. Use, Habits, Expectations and Assessments from Radio Listeners in Liberia
Winterthur; Monrovia: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM); Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) (2008), 27 pp.
"This research project in Liberia has tried to do first steps to understand in detail the quality of media, especially radio, in Liberia and what the audience is thinking of and expecting from the media. Being the first of its kind in Liberia after the end of the civil war it has investigated a) the
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Know Your Audience: A Practical Guide to Media Research
Upper Sturt: [author], 3d ed. (2007), 384 pp.
"The first six chapters of this book give you the background information you need to understand how to do an audience survey to a high standard. The explanation is based on the standard face-to-face survey method, where trained interviewers speak directly to audience members. You can use the informa
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Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector’s Field Guide
Research Triangle Park, North Carol.: Family Health International (FHI) (2005), viii, 120 pp.
"This field guide is based on an approach to doing team-based, collaborative qualitative research that has repeatedly proven successful in research projects sponsored by Family Health International (FHI) throughout the developing world. With its straightforward delivery of information on the main qu
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Assessing Organizational Communication: Strategic Communication Audits
New York; London: Guilford Press (2004), xi, 292 pp.
"This essential guide offers a detailed framework for assessing communication processes within an organization and using the results to develop improved organizational strategies. Presented in clear, accessible prose are the "tools of the trade" for planning and initiating audits, gathering data usi
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Making Sense of Focus Group Findings: A Systematic Participatory Analysis Approach
Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED) (2003), 160 pp.
Critical Readings: Media and Audiences
Maidenhead: Open University Press (2003), 301 pp.
