e-Sourcebook on “ICT in Agriculture”

by Admin 20 January 2012

The World Bank has released an electronic Sourcebook (e-Sourcebook) on “ICT in Agriculture”. This e-Sourcebook provides practitioners within and outside of the World Bank Group with lessons learned, guiding principles, and hundreds of examples and case studies on applying information and communication technologies in poor agriculture.
This collection may be downloaded chapterwise, in full, or [...]

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Film: How British media portray Global South

by Admin 19 January 2012

The IDS (Institute of Development Studies, UK) recently launched Famine, War and Corruption: The British Media’s Portrayal of the Global South.
The 10-minute film features interviews with journalists and filmmakers. Contributors discuss how the media tend to focus on issues of war and disaster, rather than giving a true picture of life in developing countries. [...]

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Last minute: Vacancies at UNICEF, Panama

by Admin 19 January 2012

A number of job offers just arrived in our mailbox. These vacancies require communication skills and Spanish fluency. Deadlines are very soon:

HIV/AIDS Specialist, P-4, Panama City, Panama
Comunicación – UNICEF TACRO – Panama
Webmaster – UNICEF TACRO – Panama
Manager Alianzas – UNICEF TACRO – Panama

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PhD defence at Roskilde University

by Admin 17 January 2012

[ 27 January 2012; 13:00 to 16:00. ] Rikke Frank Jørgensen defends her PhD thesis:
“Framing the net – how discourse shapes law and culture”

This is a study of the internet as a topic for policy making, and as a tool for social change. The defence takes place on Friday 27 January, at 13-16 hrs in room 42-2.37. There will be a reception following [...]

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Ørecomm Open Seminar, 21 January 2012:
Winston Mano and Thomas Tufte

by Admin 13 January 2012

[ 21 January 2012; 13:15 to 17:30. ] Main speakers at the seminar are Thomas Tufte (Roskilde University and Ørecomm co-director) and Winston Mano (Director of Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster, UK). The seminar will be held at Malmö University, room U 302 (Ubåtshallen). Participation is open and free, but for logistical reasons you must register below. The programme:

13:15 – 14:30: Thomas Tufte: [...]

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Student job: Part-time communication work at NGO in Copenhagen

by Admin 12 January 2012

The Forum for International Cooperation [Fagligt Internationalt Center, FIC] seeks a part-time student for a variety of communication tasks, in Danish and English. See full announcement here. Deadline: 1 February 2012.
Forum for International Cooperation (FIC) is a Danish non-profit organisation (NGO). The main objective of FIC is to strengthen people’s social, economic and democratic rights and [...]

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Guest lectures at Roskilde University:
Cees Hamelink and Robin Mansell

by Admin 9 January 2012

[ 27 January 2012; 10:00 to 12:00. ] The lectures will be held 10-12 am, Friday 27 January 2012
at Roskilde University, room 43.3.29.
Cees Hamelink:
Communication and the Escalation of Evil

The lecture is based on Cees Hamelink’s recent book Media and Conflict. The world faces explosive conflicts about the distribution and scarcity of resources, about ethnicity and religion, and about the risks of urban [...]

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Short courses at WITS, Johannesburg

by Admin 6 January 2012

The Division of Social and Behaviour Change Communication at the University of the Witswaterstrand, Johannesburg, offers one-week courses:

Applying Social and Behaviour Change: Theory to Practice (February)
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation for Social and Behaviour Change Communication (March)
Planning and Implementing Social and Behaviour Change Communication (June)

For more information, see leaflet here.

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CBA-Chevening MA Awards, UK

by Admin 6 January 2012

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association is offering three bursaries to full-time staff of CBA’s member organisations from developing countries in the Commonwealth for post-graduate courses at City University, University of East Anglia and the University of Westminster.
If you are interested, check if your organisation is CBA member, here. See full announcement here. Deadline for applications [...]

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CfP: Communication as a value in social development

by Admin 5 January 2012

En español abajo.
The Mexican online journal Razón y Palabra has issued a call for papers on the theme “Comunicación como valor de desarollo social”. Contributions, i.e. scientific articles and essays, will be published in issue 81 of the journal.
The initiative follows academic activities that have developed during recent academic meetings in the Latin American organisations [...]

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