mediadev library

Well-Informed Journalists Make Well-Informed Citizens: Coverage of Governance Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Mary Myers

In: Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action

Sina Odugbemi; Taeku Lee (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), pp. 151-158

External Link (4)

Voices from Villages: Community Radio in the Developing World

Mary Myers

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 52 pp.

Download (0)

Dimensions of Radio Coverage and Content Generation of Agricultural Biotechnology News in Kenya

Margaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, Toepista Nabusaba, Peter Oriare, Julius Nyangaga, Heidi Schaeffer, Mary Myers

Nairobi: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Application (ISAAA Africenter);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 22 pp.

Download (0)

The "Fourth Estate" in Democracy Assistance: Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation. 6th Symposium Forum Media and Development

Christoph Dietz, Julia Steffenfauseweh, Angelika Mendes (eds.)

St. Augustin; Berlin; Aachen: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2011), 69 pp.

"The first part of this publication provides insight into the media development practices and policy frameworks of France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom while the second part deals with different issues and projects, such as the role of media for social transformation in Africa and coordina ... more

External Link (8)

Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States
Top Insights

Mary Myers

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 64 pp.

"This publication describes the main media assistance funders outside the USA in an alphabetical fashion from 'Arab States' to 'United Kingdom', complemented by data on the European Commission (EC), UNESCO and UNDP. The EC is likely to be the biggest single funder of media development projects besid ... more

Donor Support for Media Development

Mary Myers

In: Whose Voices? Media and Pluralism in the Context of Democratisation

Uppsala: Uppsala University, Collegium for Development Studies (2008), pp. 99-113

"This paper is a summary of a desk-review of donor policies, experiencies and evaluations in the realm of media support, which studied 30 of the major aid donors. It attempts to draw together the major lessons learned in terms of media support from a donor perspective." (Page 1)

External Link (9)

Radio and Development in Africa: A Concept Paper

Mary Myers

Wardour: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), 58 pp.

"Radio seems to have proven itself as a developmental tool, particularly with the rise of community and local radios, which have facilitated a far more participatory and horizontal type of communication than was possible with the older, centralised broadcasting model of the 1960s and 70s. There seem ... more

Download (0)

Stock-Take of Media and Information for Accountability: What Are Donors Doing, What Works, and What Are the Gaps

Mary Myers, Emma Grant

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2007), 65 pp.

"This paper was prepared primarily for internal use by DFID Effective States Team as part of a wider stocktake on accountability. Sections 8-10 were commissioned from a consultant, Mary Myers. The ... more

Download (0)

The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio
Top Insights

Leo Metcalf, Nicola Harford, Mary Myers

Andrew Lees Trust (2007), 83 pp.

"This evaluation of Andrew Lees Trust’s Projet Radio (ALT/PR) in Southern Madagascar examines the impact of radio broadcasts on audience knowledge and attitudes relating to certain MDGs. It finds that the project is achieving some notable success in changing and enhancing knowledge and attitudes o ... more

Download (0)

Monitoring and Evaluating Information and Communication for Development (ICD) Programmes: Guidelines

Mary Myers, Nicola Woods, Sina Odugbemi

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2005), 39 pp.

"These guidelines were written for DFID staff in need of advice on the monitoring and evaluating Information and Communication for Development (ICD) programmes. The guidelines introduce a range of approaches useful at various stages of a development programme. The guidelines are aimed at programmes ... more

Download (0)

Educational and Developmental Radio for Rural Women: Understanding Broadcasters and Listeners in a Case Study of Eritrea

Mary Myers

Reading: University of Reading, Doctoral Thesis (2004), 323 pp.

"Rural African women’s disadvantaged position in relation to accessing developmental information and participating in education is well-known. It has been posited that radio broadcasting is potentially a tool which could help overcome some of their disadvantages. Through an empirical case-study of ... more

External Link (7)

Evaluation of Search for Common Ground Activities in Sierra Leone

Paul Everett, Tennyson Williams, Mary Myers

Search for Common Ground (2004), 46 pp.

Download (0)

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
Top Insights

Mary Myers

Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2002), 134 pp.

"Taking 14 radio serial dramas from around the world shows that many aspects of the way they are organised are not replicable: what works in one context would just not work in another. This is because of the very nature of pro-social media projects: they depend so much on the personal contacts of th ... more

External Link (9)

Improved Communication Strategies for Renewable Natural Resource Research Outputs

Pat Norrish, Kate Loyd Morgan, Mary Myers

Chatham, UK: Natural Resource Institute (2001), 25, 17 pp.

Google Scholar (10)

WorldCat (9)

African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition
Inspiring Practice

Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss (eds.)

Oxford: James Currey Publishers (2000), xvi, 256 pp.

"Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures." (Publisher de ... more

Google Scholar (9)

WorldCat (7)

The Promotion of Democracy at the Grassroots: The Example of Radio in Mali

Mary Myers

In: Democratization and the Media

Vicky Randall (ed.)

London; Portland, Ohio: Cass (1998), pp. 200-216

Google Scholar (6)

WorldCat (6)

The Effective Use of Radio for Mitigation of Drought in the Sahel

Mary Myers, Gordon Adam, L. Lalanne

Swindon: Cranfield Disaster Preparedness Centre, RMCS Shrivenham (1995), ?? pp.

Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States Top Insights

The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio Top Insights

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas Top Insights

African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition Inspiring Practice

Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States
Top Insights

The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio
Top Insights

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
Top Insights

African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition
Inspiring Practice