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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Disaster Risk & Preparedness Communication, Disaster Prevention Communication
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Early Warning: Disasters
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Information Management
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Artificial Intelligence
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Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Mobile Phone Use
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Radio in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Open Data
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Children & Childhood
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Crisis Communication
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Volunteers & Volunteer Management
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Reporting
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Infectious Diseases' Outbreak Communication
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Media Assistance: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Crowdsourcing
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Ushahidi (Crowdsourcing Mapping Software)
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Migrants & Refugees: Tailor-Made Media Products & Information Services
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Information Gathering
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Celebrity Humanitarianism
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Media Use: Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Community Radios
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Internet / ICTs and Conflicts
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Countering Misinformation & Rumours
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Rumours & Rumour Management
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Disasters, Disaster Relief, Disaster Prevention
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Inclusion
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet Shutdowns
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Chatbots
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Websites
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AI in Development Assistance
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT Regulation
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Emergency Health Communication
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Humanitarian Aid
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Data Bases, Digital Libraries, Open Access Repositories
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Mobile Money Cash Transfer Programmes
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Good Practice Examples
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Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
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COVID-19 Communication
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Media Assistance: Good Practice Examples
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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Design Thinking
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
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Human Security
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Rohingya
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Demography & Demographic Development
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Resilience
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Inequalities
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Blockchain Technologies
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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GIS, Geospatial Services
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Software
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Mobile Phone Apps
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SMS
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Visual Cultures
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Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring
Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 14 pp.
"Since the early 2010s, humanitarian donors have increasingly contracted private firms to monitor and evaluate humanitarian activities, accompanied by a promise of improving accountability through their data and data analytics. This article contributes to scholarship on data practices in the humanit
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Spreading Like Wildfire: The Securitization of the Amazon Rainforest Fires on Twitter
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 91-111
"As a tool of political communication and information diffusion, social media has transformed the process of securitization, allowing (in)security messages to spread and scale up rapidly. Focusing on the case of the Amazon rainforest fires in 2019, this article seeks to answer two questions: How doe
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Conjuring a Blockchain Pilot: Ignorance and Innovation in Humanitarian Aid
Geopolitics (2024), 28 pp.
"When aid professionals adopt high tech pilot projects, ignorance, blind faith, misplaced trust, and authentic expertise all come into play. Based on ethnographic research in Jordan, I examine how a refugee aid organisation produces and applies a blockchain pilot. Innovative pilots help internationa
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Telecommunication networks and infrastructure resilience assessment in Haiti
Geneva: ITU (2024), xii, 96 pp.
[.] the report examines three pivotal areas of assessment. First, there was an evaluation of the damage to Haiti’s networks and infrastructure after the 2021 earthquake, along with the restoration of telecommunication services. Second, the assessment focused on Haiti’s country-level resilience,
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Disaster Management: The Standards Perspective
Geneva: ITU (2024), viii, 14 pp.
"The main conclusions drawn from the analysis of online opinions during natural disasters in Africa are highlighted below:
Climate change is one of the main concerns of the African population in recent years. This climate problem is considered to be causing more and greater natural disasters on the
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Case Study: Talk to Loop
GSMA (2024), 6 pp.
Digital transformation and early warning systems for saving lives: Background paper
Geneva: ITU (2023), iv, 36 pp.
"The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of early warning dissemination and communication, one of the four pillars of multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), which ITU is leading with the newly defined executive action plan for the Early Warnings for All initiative. The key ob
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An Overview of Emergency Communication Networks
Remote Sensing, volume 15, issue 1595 (2023), 36 pp.
"In recent years, major natural disasters and public safety accidents have frequently occurred worldwide. In order to deal with various disasters and accidents using rapidly deployable, reliable, efficient, and stable emergency communication networks, all countries in the world are strengthening and
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Chatbots in Humanitarian Contexts: Learning from Practitioner Experiences
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); The Engine Room (2023), 31 pp.
"Since the mid-2010s, chatbots have grown in usage and popularity across the humanitarian sector. While this usage has gained traction, there is scarce information on the collective successes, risks, and trade-offs of this automation. This research addresses this gap, documenting chatbot deployments
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"The testimonies of caminantes [migrants and refugees travelling primarily by foot] interviewed for this study highlight the significant limitations of social media as a tool for inclusion among populations on the move in Venezuela and Colombia. It is important to note that caminantes are an acutely
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Digital Technologies and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2022), 29 pp.
"This paper brings together the key findings of research into digital humanitarian action and inclusion, asking what the impact of new digital approaches has been on how inclusion is understood and operationalised in humanitarian action. The Humanitarian Policy Group undertook three thematic case st
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"Wie jedes Jahr wird der WeltRisikoIndex durch ein Fokusthema ergänzt. Dieses Jahr beschäftigen wir uns mit der Digitalisierung. Die Autor:innen analysieren auf der Basis qualitativer Forschung die große Bedeutung digitaler Lösungen für die Katastrophenrisikoreduzierung und die vorausschauende
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