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How to Foster Constructive Dialogue as Part of Media Development? Lessons from a Case Study on Interactive Radio Formats in Niger

Ines Drefs, Lamine Soleymane

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 22 pp.

"This case study shows that media development endeavors to foster constructive dialogue require concerted effort. They have to be in closely interwoven with local realities and needs — be it at the country, community or individual level. The example of interactive radio formats in Niger illustrate ... more

Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After

Marijke de Valck, Antoine Damiens (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xix, 342 pp.

"This edited collection aims to document the effects of Covid-19 on film festivals and to theorize film festivals in the age of social distancing. To some extent, this crisis begs us to consider what happens when festivals can't happen; while films have found new (temporary) channels of distribution ... more

Families and New Media: Comparative Perspectives on Digital Transformations in Law and Society

Nina Dethloff, Katharina Kaesling, Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Springer (2023), xv, 272 pp.

"The open access edited volume addresses children's rights and their ability to act in the digital world. The focus is on the position of children as subjects with their own rights and developing capacities. Their consideration by parents, courts and legislators is critically examined. Aspects of di ... more

Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects

Jane Farmer, Anthony McCosker, Kath Albury, Amir Aryani

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xv, 127 pp.

"This open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations' datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodolo ... more

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Case Studies and Options for Addressing Ethical Challenges

Bernd Carsten Stahl, Doris Schroeder, Rowena Rodrigues

Cham: Springer (2023), xii, 116 pp.

"This open access collection of AI ethics case studies is the first book to present real-life case studies combined with commentaries and strategies for overcoming ethical challenges. Case studies are one of the best ways to learn about ethical dilemmas and to achieve insights into various complexit ... more

SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda
Key Guidance

Inspiring Practice

ITU;UNDP;Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2023), 87 pp.

"This Agenda explores how digital technologies are already being used to accelerate progress toward the SDGs, and how inclusive digital transformation can be scaled further. The Agenda also showcases 34 digital solutions, two for each SDG, highlighting the power and potential of digital. The solutio ... more

Vom Problem zur Anwendungsidee: Wie Künstliche Intelligenz gemeinwohlorientierte Organisationen unterstützen kann

Zamina Ahmad, Kassandra Becker, Susanne Bruch, Christoph Hassler

Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung (2023), 74 pp.

"[...] Die Einbeziehung von vulnerablen Gruppen in die Technologieentwicklung ermöglicht es, ihre spezifischen Herausforderungen, Bedenken und Bedürfnisse besser zu verstehen und zu berücksichtigen. Dies sollte bereits bei der Formulierung des zu lösenden Problems geschehen, bevor überhaupt ein ... more

La communication pour le changement social et comportemental

Amel Benkahla, Sophie Renault (eds.)

Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2023), 8 pp.

"La malnutrition résulte en partie de pratiques alimentaires inappropriées : des repas peu diversifiés souvent en raison du manque de disponibilité ou d’accessibilité d’aliments variés et nutritifs, des connaissances insuffisantes ou un manque de temps pour élaborer des repas sains. Des a ... more

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Ten Common Flaws in Evaluations

Howard White

Global Development Network (2023)

"Evaluations have two key functions: lesson learning and accountability. How well they can fill these tasks depends on the suitability of the evaluation design to address the evaluation questions of interest, and the quality of those evaluations. Unfortunately, many evaluations suffer from flaws whi ... more

Red Pilled: The Allure of Digital Hate

Luke Munn

Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press;transript (2023), 190 pp.

"Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, Luke Munn investigat ... more

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Women's Activism Online and the Global Struggle for Social Change

Carmit Wiesslitz (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 310 pp.

"This book showcases the online activism of women's groups around the world in the post-#MeToo era, and presents an overview of the diversity of its current expressions. The focus of this book extends beyond campaigns against rape culture to include women's struggles on other political and environme ... more

Diraya.media—Learning Media Literacy with and From Media Activists

Philipp Seuferling, Ingrid Forsler, Gretchen King, Isabel Löfgren, Farah Saati

International Journal of Communication, volume 17 (2023), pp. 901-919

"Taking stock of media activist initiatives in the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region, this article discusses findings from case study research informing the media education platform "diraya.media." Through participatory methodology, the case studies and the bilingual (Arabic/English) we ... more

Fighting Racism and Discrimination: A UNESCO Toolkit

Olena Hankivsky

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 52 pp.

"The Toolkit is built on a foundation of conceptual clarity, emphasizing the importance of clear definitions and context-specific understanding. It underscores the need for comprehensive disaggregated data that reveals the true extent of racial inequities and enables evidence-based policy-making. Th ... more

Media and Information Literacy

Divina Frau-Meigs

Paris: UNESCO;Global Education Monitoring Report Team (2023), 18 pp.

"This report examines the regional and global state of Media and Information Literacy (MIL), a major theme identified in the Education 2030 Framework for Action. It is divided in three major sections: 1) definition of MIL, 2) good practices (curricula and pedagogy, teacher preparation, assessment) a ... more

Navigating the Infodemic with MIL: Media and Information Literacy

Felipe Chibás Ortiz, Sebastián Novomisky (eds.)

Buenos Aires; Paris: Defensoría del Pueblo;UNESCO (2023), 284 pp.

"These book’s articles are the result of the First Conference on Digital Literacy, Citizenship and Disinformation in Times of Pandemic, jointly organised by the UNESCO Regional Office in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the Public Defender’s Office of Audience Rights. Five thousand people participated i ... more

Paying for News: Price-Conscious Consumers Look for Value Amid Cost-Of-Living Crisis

Nic Newman, Craig Robertson

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 35 pp.

Building a Chatbot in a Pandemic

Kimberly Rambaud, Simon van Woerden, Leonardo Palumbo et al.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 25, issue e42960 (2023), 8 pp.

"Easy access to evidence-based information on COVID-19 within an infodemic has been a challenging task. Chatbots have been introduced in times of emergency, when human resources are stretched thin and individuals need a user-centered resource. The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe ... more

The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention

Kirk Dearden, Generose Mulokozi, Mary Linehan et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 20, issue 2:1214 (2023), 13 pp.

"Background: Large-scale social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) approaches can be beneficial to achieve improvements in knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE) included a significant SBCC component and targeted precursors to stunting inclu ... more

How Are Courts Responding to SLAPPs? Analysis of Selected Court Decisions from Across the Globe

Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression (2023), 26 pp.

Empowering Youth to Combat Malicious Deepfakes and Disinformation: An Experiential and Reflective Learning Experience Informed by Personal Construct Theory

Nadia Naffi, Mélodie Charest, Sarah Danis et al.

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2023), 22 pp.

"The potential to weaponize deepfakes is growing at an alarming rate. The study aimed to explore how education can help youth develop resilience to malicious deepfakes and the ability to counter disinformation, regardless of context. Sixteen youth between the ages of 18 and 24 participated in a 9-h, ... more