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IT sector promotion in developing and emerging countries: manual

Lucas von Zallinger et al.

Bonn; Eschborn: Sector Project Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 123 pp., abbrev. p.4, bibliogr. p.119-121

"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Zambia. Research findings and conclusions

Fackson Banda

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.

ISBN 1-906086-00-1

"The past five years have seen a mushrooming of media development organisations and media outlets. The period has also seen greater and better-coordinated civic activism in support of media development. There has generally been a diversity of media content, reflecting the plurality of media outlets.... more

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Creating a hotline

International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE) (2016), 19 pp.

"The starting point for any initiative seeking to establish a hotline will be to understand the particulars of the national context in which the hotline will be developed. Overall, this means conducting an environmental scan that takes in the local legislation, the socio-cultural context, the likely... more

Dialling in the law: a comparative assessment of jurisprudence on internet shutdowns

Aayush Rathi; Arindrajit Basu

Association for Progressive Communication (APC); Cyrilla (2020), 23 pp.

ISBN 978-92-95113-31-2 CC BY-NC-SA

"This report and the associated workbook seeks to contribute to the discourse in three ways. First, we hope to open an extensible documentation and overview of practices, experiences, and resources on the legitimisation of, and resistance to, state-backed internet shutdowns across the world. Second,... more

Communication theory: the Asian perspective

Wimal Dissanayake (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1988), xiv, 214 pp.

ISBN 9971-905-29-9

"Many of the essays in this volume seek to interpret traditional Asian approaches to communication in the light of modern Western concepts. At one level, this might appear to compromise the integrity of the Asian approaches. However, it needs to be stressed that this is a calculated strategy on the ... more

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Image politics in the Middle East: the role of the visual in political struggle

Lina Khatib

London; New York: Tauris (2013), xii, 248 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.230-242, index

"Politics in the Middle East is now ‘seen’ and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region - and particularly with the politics of the image, i... more

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Professionalism and journalism ethics in post-authoritarian Mexico: perceptions of news for cash, gifts, and perks

Mireya Márquez Ramírez

In: The ethics of journalism: individual, institutional and cultural influences

Wendy N. Wyatt (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2014), pp. 55-64

ISBN 978-1-78076-674-4 (pbk); 978-0-7556-9470-9 (online)

"Today, Mexican journalists see themselves as generational change agents. These journalists — many of whom are university graduates — stand in stark contrast to their corrupt, ill-equipped, trained-on-the-job predecessors who were fond of bribery and manipulation. Today‘s journalists define th... more

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Advocacy: building skills for NGO leaders

Washington, DC: Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) (1999), iv, 58 pp., tables, bibliogr. p.54

"The manual was written for trainers around the world who seek to improve the advocacy skills of NGO leaders. While much of the background information and role play scenarios deal directly with reproductive health issues, a trainer could adapt the sessions for other contexts. The manual is directed ... more

Planning and managing public relations campaigns: a strategic approach

Anne Gregory

London; New York: Kogan Page (2021) 5th ed., ix, 334 pp., illustr., figures, index

ISBN 978-1-78966-320-4 (pbk); 978-1-78966-321-1 (ebook)

Other Editions: 1st ed. 1996

"Taking a public relations campaign from planning through to implementation can seem overwhelming. Planning and Managing Public Relations Campaigns provides a blueprint for success, and is widely regarded as one of the best 'how-to' guides for students and practitioners. Digestible and easy to read,... more

Mediatized Arab diasporas: understanding the role of transnational media in diasporic political action formation

Sarah Anne Rennick; Ehab Galal; Thonas Fibiger et al.

Arab Reform Initiative (2022), 21 pp.

CC BY-NC-SA

"[…] The studies presented here […] seek to explore two questions: how have Arab diasporic communities in Europe used Arab media in transnational political action formation since 2011? And how does the use of different media platforms stimulate or confine particular diasporic action, and what do... more

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The use of theories of change in media and governance programmes

Christoph Spurk; Carmen Koch

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) (2019), 41 pp., bibliogr. p.38-41

"In this study, we have seen that, in contrast to causal models, narrative and overview models of Theories of Change are mainly used by donors and implementing organisations. However, causal models offer a lot more information that would help improve project planning, as well as monitoring and evalu... more

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Bangladesh: a mapping of innovative media

digitally right; International Media Support (IMS) (2021), 10 pp.

"This study mapped 11 innovative and public interest media initiatives in Bangladesh seeking to reach diverse audience groups and communities with news and information in a changing media landscape. Each of these media initiatives has its unique strengths and weaknesses but managed to thrive to cont... more

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Towards a diagnostic approach to media in fragile states: examples from the Somali territories

Nicole Stremlau

Media, war & conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293

"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma... more

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Cyber-Buddhism: fundamentalism, the internet and the public sphere in Thailand

Sonja Hongladarom; Krisadawan Hongladarom

In: Fundamentalism in the modern world. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and communication: culture, media and the public sphere

Ulrika Mårtensson; Jennifer Bailey; Priscilla Ringrose; Asbjorn Dyrendal (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2011), pp. 216-236

"In the case of contemporary Buddhism, we have seen how fundamentalism and democracy are connected to each other, and also how the public sphere, mediated by the new technology of the internet, has a role to play in these relations. We have seen how groups such as the 'Santi Asoke' are succeeding de... more

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Universal Periodic Review 41st session period – Brazil. Joint stakeholder contribution: freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, and digital rights

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 17 pp.

"This submission focuses on Brazil's fulfilment of human rights obligations in the digital context and seeks to strengthen recommendations focused on guaranteeing universal access to the internet in order to enable free expression and association; access to information, knowledge and culture; and th... more

The media tool box 3: Public broadcasting

Hendrik Bussiek; Christel Bussiek

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 55 pp.

"Public broadcasting has a lot of friends in the world today - but they do not always seem to be loving quite the same thing, and certainly not for the same reasons. For some, the term merely refers to radio and television which is not commercial, following the common distinction between public and ... more

The global expression report 2022: the intensifying battle for narrative control

London: Article 19 (2022), 75 pp.

ISBN 978-1-910793-46-6 CC BY-NC-SA

"In 2021, the GxR metric registered two of the most dramatic declines ever seen: both Afghanistan and Myanmar dropped more than 30 points, plummeting two categories, as democratic governments were driven out and people were brutally attacked as they resisted the takeover of their governments. Countr... more

Radio Progress - 'Our voice': the benefit community radio can bring for the development of its audience in the Ghanaian upper West region

Kersti Ruth Wissenbach

Amsterdam: Master Thesis International Development Studies (IDS) Universiteit van Amsterdam (2007), x, 109 pp., 18 tables, 6 illustr., bibliogr. p.100-103

"Some recommendations can be made to Radio Progress and its community. The station seems to provide the Upper West people with what they needed – a voice to make themselves heard and to communicate with each other. Since the research showed that most limitations are due to the restraints in financ... more

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Summary report: Justice4her 2.0. Strengthening rule of law to reduce gender-based violence

Hilversum: RNW Media (2020), 7 pp.

"Justice4Her is a cross-sector, multi-stakeholder project of RNW Media and Qianqian Law Firm that seeks to strengthen the rule of law and reduce gender-based violence (GBV) towards women migrant workers in China. The project launched in 2016 and targets women migrant workers in Beijing, Shanghai and... more

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Social theory after the internet: media, technology, and globalization

Ralph Schroeder

London: UCL Press (2018), xi, 196 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.176-188, index

ISBN 978-1-78735-122-6 (pdf); 978-1-78735-123-3 (pbk) CC BY

"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a soph... more