This is the title of the 10th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), recently held in João Pessoa, Brazil. As in 2015 the world community marks 10 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS + 10), it is also a call to harness ICTs for social and economic change.
What makes Communication for Development (ComDev) strategies come into NGO initiatives, how does it work and evolve? What are the limits and potentials of ComDev within an international organizational setup? This week Ørecomm researcher Jonas Jeppesen presents findings from his ethnographic research.
Radio is everywhere; radio is resilient. But what will happen to community radio if governments bypass or refuse to provide imperative policies? These and other questions are raised by Maria Erliza Pedersen, Ørecomm contributor and a researcher from Malmø University, who took part in the recent ECREA Radio Research 2015 in Spain.
Communication for Development research field would be unimaginable without Glocal Times magazine that celebrates its 10th birthday.
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict evolves, thousands are joining the Rally of Rage in Palestine. Meanwhile, the ComDev members have discussed how the international observer mission works in current conditions. Rebecca Bengtsson, the Communications Officer of Temporary International Presence in Hebron shares her experience with the C4D community.
New PhD opportunities at the University of Leicester
Call for Abstracts: New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference
Ørecomm Team to Gather at the University of Coimbra
“Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective” Published
C4D Network to Sum Up Global Communication for Development Practice
Entering Media and Communication into Development Conferences?
IAMCR Conference 2016: Communication for Development Highlights
Glocal Classroom Revisited – Storytelling & Social Change Leicester-Malmö
I EvalComDev International Conference: Call for Papers
Looking for Media and Communication in Development Conferences: Devres 2016