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Theatre for Development
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Rural Communication for Development
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Development and Media
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Health Communication
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Community Television
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Entertainment Education, Edutainment
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Local Communication & Media
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Storytelling
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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ICTs and Development
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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Popular Cultures
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Social Change
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Development Communication Campaigns
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Catholic Radios
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Radio Huayacocotla (Huayacocotla, Mexico)
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Radio Kwizera (Ngara, Tanzania)
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Radio Quillabamba (Quillabamba, Peru)
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Educational Comics & Comics for Development
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Community Communication
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Community Radio & Gender
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Community Radio Regulation & Licensing
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Media Assistance: Indigenous Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Behaviour Change Communication
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Soul City (NGO, South Africa)
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Development Communication Research
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Radio for Development
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Internet
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Social Media
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Ethnic Television, Minority Television
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Environmental Communication
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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International Communication
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Globalisation of Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Kothmale Community Radio (Kothmale, Sri Lanka)
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Radio Chaguarurco (Santa Isabel, Azuay, Ecuador)
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Radio Sagarmatha (Nepal)
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Tambuli Radio Network (Philippines)
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Civil Society
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Youth and Media
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Advocacy
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Media Advocacy, Media Activism
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Agricultural Radio Programmes
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Forestry, Deforestation, Forest Protection
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Audiences & Users
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Children and Media
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Christian Communication
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Communication Pastoral, Media Pastoral
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Videos
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Communication Strategies
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Social Marketing
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Comunicación Popular
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Faith-Based Community Radios
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Street Television: Video Screenings in Public Places
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Visual Aids for Development
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Information Society
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Education and Communication / Media
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Adult Education
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Workshops & Seminars: Methods, Tools, Planning, Experiences
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Environmental & Land Conflicts Reporting & Media Representation
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Gender Relations
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Women (General)
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Journalism
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Democracy
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Monitoring
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Radio
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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University Radios
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Social Participation
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Photovoice (Participatory Research Method)
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Focus Groups & Group Discussions (Qualitative Research Method)
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Digital Radio
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Television
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Regional Television
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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User-Generated Contents
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Visual Communication
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Access to Media & Information
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Information Selection
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Merchandising & Social Merchandising
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Children
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agriculture
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Family Farming
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Pastoralism
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Audience Clubs & Listener Groups
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Radio Campaigns
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Catholic Church and Communication
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Catholic Church: Communication Education & Training
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Catholic Radio Programmes
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Radio Latacunga (Latacunga, Ecuador)
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Radio Pío XII (Siglo XX, Bolivia)
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Radio Veritas (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Communications (CICS) at the Pontificial Gregorian University (Rome)
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Jesuits
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Children's Rights
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
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Media Literacy: Children
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School Radios
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Christian Churches: Media Assistance
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WACC
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Liberation Theologies
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Development Education: Films
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Nollywood
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Film & Video in Education
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Censorship
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Local Government Communication Strategies
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Design & Implementation
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Community Development
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Community Newspapers, Community Press
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Street Papers
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Community Radio Associations & Networks
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ALER
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Community Radio Journalism & Production Skills
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Community Radio Sustainability & Financing
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Community Radio Training Methods & Training of Trainers
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Discussion Forums, Community Discussions, Citizen Consultations
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Group Media
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Traditional Communication
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Dealing With the Past
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Arts
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Cultural Domination, Media Imperialism, Cultural & Media Dependency
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Cultural Change
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Cultural Pluralism
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Philosophy
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Development Assistance
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Developing Countries
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Development Education
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National Development Planning
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Development Theories
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Ethics in Development Assistance
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Regional Cooperation, South-South Collaboration
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Religion and Development
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Communication for Local Development
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Development Communication Criticism
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Development Communication: Donor Organizations
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Development Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Edutainment Campaigns: Concepts & Strategies
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Edutainment Campaigns: Experiences
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Edutainment Health Programmes
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Edutainment Television Programmes
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Media for Development
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Digital Media, Internet & Religion
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Online Communication
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Podcasts
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Online Services
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TikTok
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Twitter & Microblogs
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YouTube
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Wikipedia
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Websites
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ICT Development Assistance
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Virtual Reality
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Ethnic / Minority Television Programmes
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Homeless People
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Media Assistance: Minority Media
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Racism in Social Media & Digital Communication
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Media Literacy: Disinformation, Fake News, Hate Speech
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Digital & Online Archives
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Documentation Systems
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Media Commercialisation
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Media Industries
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Economy
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Alternative Economy, Solidarity Economy, Social Economy Businesses, Fair Trade
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Social Capital
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Trade, International Trade, Trade Policies, Trade Agreements, Tariffs
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Audiobooks & Audio Cassettes
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Radio Schools
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Media Assistance: Educational & Instructional Media
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Media Didactics, Media Use in Education
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Nonformal Education
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Training
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Communication Training
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Sports Reporting
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Tourism & Travel
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Biodiversity Communication
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Deserts, Desertification
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Environmental Campaigns: Experiences
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Natural Resources
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Image Ethics, Ethics in Photojournalism
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Participatory, Collaborative & Empowerment Evaluation
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Gender and Radio
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Rural Women & Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Health Campaigns: Message Design
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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History of Media & Communication
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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Developing Countries Reporting & Representation in Foreign / International Media
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Glocalization of Media
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Transnational Communication
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African Union (AU)
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UNESCO
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UNICEF
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Civic Journalism, Public Journalism
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Local Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Radio News
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Radio Journalism
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking: Reporting & Media Representation
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Religion: Media Representation
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Islam: Media Representation & Reporting
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Social Issues: Reporting & Media Representation
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Minority Languages
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Local Press
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Radio
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Crowdsourcing
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Media Democratization
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Radio Policies
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Media Literacy: Teacher Training
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Media Literacy Policies
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Media Law & Regulation
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Human Rights
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Knowledge Management
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge
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Female Migrants / Migration
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Labour Migration
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Radio Music
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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People with Disabilities: Reporting & Media Representation
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Boal, Augusto (1931-2009)
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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Socialism
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Political Participation
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Political Communication
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Political Television Programmes & Political Talkshows
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Public Opinion
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Public Spheres
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Rural Press
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Radio Production
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Decision Making
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Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Muslim Radio Broadcasting
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Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
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Radio Ada (Ghana)
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Media Effects
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Social Integration: Role of Media
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Spirituality
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Research in Media & Communication
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Indicators & Indices
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Participatory Research
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Participatory Research Methods
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Participatory Action Research
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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Networks & Networking
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Participation
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Social Justice
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Technologies, Information & Communication Technologies
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Digital Television
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Flat-Bed Printing
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Philosophies of Communication & Media
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Audiovisual Communication
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Youth Media
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El cuarto mosquetero: La comunicación participativa como proceso del cambio social
La Paz: Plural Editores (2025), 600 pp.
Connecting citizens and leaders in Uganda through participatory radio
In: World Radio TV Handbook: The Directory of Global Broadcasting 2025
Freising (DE): Radio Data Center (2025), pp. 36-39
"A clear indicator of Uganda's digital divide is that, even in 2023, radio remained both the primary and most trusted source of information in the country. This is why we, at TRAC FM, leverage radio and toll-free SMS technology to serve the increasingly isolated public spheres across Uganda's distri
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Images and indicators: Mixing participatory methods to build inclusive rigour
Action Research, volume 22, issue 2 (2024), pp. 35-154
"Participatory methods seek to counter the extractive nature of mainstream research methods by putting control into the hands of research subjects. But participation itself does not guarantee against extraction. There is a tension between the desire for researcher-control and the prerogative of comm
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Looking Beyond Organisational Approaches to Advance Communication Practice: An Examination of Development Projects in India
Development in Practice, volume 34, issue 3 (2024), pp. 255-272
"Organisation-centric approaches in development communication and public relations that privilege the organisation can restrict communication to organisational mandates and goals. Organisation-centric approaches can reflect a modernist view of development or communication and have been critiqued for
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Building a Better Participatory Culture and Enhancing Sense of Community in Podcasts: Systematic Literature Review
Journal of Radio & Audio Media (2024), 23 pp.
"This article studies the mechanisms for building a better participatory culture around podcasts and narrows the information gap among the podcast studies from the perspective of a sense of community. The research question is “What kind of participatory culture enhances a sense of community among
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Photography and everyday peacebuilding. Examining the impact of photographing everyday peace in Colombia
Peacebuilding, volume 12, issue 1 (2024), pp. 24-44
"Arts-based peacebuilding has gained attention, but evidence and research of its impact is fragmented and, in particular, the relationship between photography and peace is underexplored. This article examines photovoice as a tool for supporting everyday and community peace in conflict-affected commu
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Strategic Communication Management for Development and Social Change: Perspectives from the African Region
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xix, 287 pp.
"This book is the first of its kind within the African region to combine scholarly perspectives from the fields of Strategic Communication Management and Communication for Development and Social Change. It draws insights from scholars across the African continent by unravelling the complementary nat
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IndiKit: Guidance on Smart Indicators for Relief and Development Projects
Key Guidance
People in Need (2023)
"IndiKit was developed by the Czech organization People in Need (PIN). It aims to make monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of relief and development interventions easier and better - by helping humanitarian and development workers to use well-formulated project indicators and to correctly collect and an
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Wikipedia: Die rationale Seite der Digitalisierung? Entwurf einer Theorie
Sara Gaißmaier (collab.)
Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 414 pp.
"Die Wikipedia präsentiert das Wissen der Welt im digitalen Zeitalter. Damit stellt sie sich in eine Linie mit den Aufklärern des 18. Jahrhunderts - und quer zu den irrationalen Exzessen digitaler Filterblasen. Aber wie sehen die Produktionsbedingungen dieses Wissens in der Praxis aus und nach wel
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Creative Experiences to Encourage Participation. The Power of the Voice: Community Media in Latin America
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 88 pp.
The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxvi, 531 pp.
"Combining an innovative mix of traditional chapters, autoethnography, case studies, and dialogue within an intercultural framework, the handbook focuses on the future of media education and provides a deeper understanding of the challenges and affordances of media education as we move forward. Topi
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Sonic Engagement: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Community Engaged Audio Practice
New York; London: Routledge (2023), xiv, 332 pp.
"This edited collection investigates the use of sound and audio production in community engaged participatory arts practice and research. The popularity of podcast and audio drama, combined with the accessibility and portability of affordable field recording and home studio equipment, makes audio a
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Communicative Justice in the Pluriverse: An International Dialogue
New York: Routledge (2023), xxiv, 176 pp.
"The book identifies and explains the unequal power relations in place that limit the possibilities of communication justice, the challenges and difficulties faced by activists and communities, the ways in which communities and movements have confronted power structures through discourse and materia
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Mapping Participation in ICT4D: A Meta-Analytic Review of Development Communication Research
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 141-163
"We conducted a meta-analytic study of recent (2009 to 2020) information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research in the field of development communication. Our aim was to explore the conceptualization of participation in the context of ICTs and globalization in contemporary s
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Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xxv, 252 pp.
"Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how we can overcome the risks and threats stemming from the past decade's defin
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Periodismo participativo para reconstruir el pasado
Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ) (2022), 2 pp.
"Hacemos Memoria reúne en sus asesorías a reporteros, víctimas y ciudadanos interesados en conocer y discutir sobre el pasado violento que vivieron sus comunidades. Este proyecto de la Universidad de Antioquia convirtió el periodismo participativo en una herramienta para la producción colaborat
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Innovación para el diálogo: Experiencias creativas para fomentar la participación
Inspiring Practice
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 89 pp.
"Desde DW Akademie llevamos años explorando metodologías experimentales, colaborativas y participativas en una clara apuesta por marcar una novedosa hoja de ruta en los medios que fomente la participación de las audiencias para entablar un diálogo constructivo. Un buen ejemplo de ello es el trab
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El campo de la comunicación participativa en América Latina
Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto) (2022), 247 pp.
Archiving (lost) nature: Hybrid experiences and memorization through participatory digital archives
Journal of Environmental Media, volume 3, issue 1 (2022), pp. 273-292
"Waarneming.nl is the largest nature observation platform in the Netherlands, with over 70,000 users contributing data on biodiversity through their website and mobile applications. Using Waarneming.nl as an example, the theoretical exploration in this article offers a new lens to look at platforms
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Breaking Cultures of Silence: Learnings from a Participatory Community-Centred Approach to Leveraging and Researching Documentaries for Social Change
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 7, issue 1 (2022), pp. 3-22
"This article offers new learnings and recommended practices for documentary-centred grassroots engagement and social change research. These learnings were developed through a community engagement effort in 2020 that centred around a documentary film about racial violence and injustice, 'Always in S
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