The Drum Beat 508 - Communication, Media, and Development Policy Blogs
The Drum Beat 508 contains these highlights, and MORE:
- Two new blog posts from JAMES DEANE, including one on the social cost of the absence of media - click here.
- Two new blog posts from WARREN FEEK, including a piece advocating for participation of recipients of development aid in the policies that will affect them - click here.
- COMMENTS on post from Neill Ford, related to UNICEF's Africa communication for development strategy.
- COMMENTS on a post from Jon Tinker on a "commonalities lens".
- COMMENTS on a post related to Obama's international development plan.
- COMMENTS on a post related to media and democracy in fragile states.
- Links to RECENT BLOG POSTS from various bloggers.
Whether we look at development from the perspective of capacity building, value-for-dollar, or sustainability, it is vital that policymakers and practitioners advance, critique, and debate a range of policies, ideas, and strategies.
This issue of The Drum Beat alerts you to new and recent blog postings, as well as comments on those postings, that put forth ideas with different perspectives on development effectiveness. These posts appear in our Communication, Media, and Development Policy blog space.
Please read the full blogs and enter your comments and critique on the ideas expressed within them. Plus, please let us know by sending an email to drumbeat@comminit.com if you would like to become a CI blogger!
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1. Can we put a value on the good that media do? A social cost approach to media development
James considers media support and proposes flipping assessment on its head to assess the social cost of the absence of media outlets, detailing a new approach to media development funding considerations.
2. A gutsy new DFID White Paper puts the politics back into development
Here James focuses on DFID's "Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future," enthusiastically supporting the "rocky road" of ideas, approaches, and strategies set forth by that July 2009 document.
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In this piece, Warren advocates for a shift in the creation of international development policies to include the participation of those people who will be affected by the policies.
Warren muses on the genesis of The Drum Beat e-magazine, reflecting on the history, pulse, connectedness, and resonance of the drum. He outlines the role, vision, and core strategy that propel the beat of The Communication Initiative's various electronic publications.
ACCESSING BLOGS BY ONE CONTRIBUTOR
Got a FAVOURITE CI BLOGGER? You can view (and mark as a "Favourite" in your browser!) all of their blog posts in one page. Simply go to the right column on the Communication, Media, and Development Policy Blogs site and click on "Contributors", then click on the name of your favourite blogger. A list of all posts by that blogger will be displayed.
5. COMMENTS RELATED TO "Re-vamping UNICEF's Africa Communication for Development Strategy" by Neill Ford
Comments include the following: "there is need to strike a balance between effectiveness and appropriateness of any communication for development strategy. the choice of the strategy should be informed by the specificity of the communities as well as the target audience. the years for one size fit all approach are gone. there should be a paradigm shift towards a localised and contextualised communication strategies."
For a complete set of comments related to this blog post, please click here.
To read the blog itself please click here.
6. COMMENTS RELATED TO "The commonalities lens sees AIDS better" by Jon Tinker
Comments include the following: "The commonalities lens helps us realise what we share, creating solidarity and the space to learn from one another as equals. It spotlights marginalised and deprived people in all our societies."
For a complete set of comments related to this blog post, please click here.
To read the blog itself please click here.
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7. COMMENTS RELATED TO "ChangeNet: The Lessons from Obama's campaign for International Development Democracy and Governance Policy and Action" by Warren Feek
Comments include the following: "Very interesting post as a community nurse I often think about this thing called community and the need to communicate with individuals and groups. I've started to reflect on some aspects of 'poverty' across four domains of knowledge: intra-interpersonal, social, sciences and political..."
For a complete set of comments related to this blog post, please click here.
For the "ChangeNet..." blog itself please click here.
8. COMMENTS RELATED TO "Media and democracy in fragile states: the promises and problems of policy relevant research" by James Deane
Comments include the following:
"I was particularly interested by the comment that 'many examples were provided of just how critical media was to any level of public discourse in countries like the DR Congo'. Does this mean that there isn't any real public discourse in the DR Congo other than in the media? One can think of reasons why this might be the case - such as that hardly anyone in that country represents a public interest, or collective interest, other than the interests of their kinship group..."
For a complete set of comments related to this blog post, please click here.
For the "Media and democracy in fragile states..." blog itself please click here.
Other RECENT BLOG POSTS on a variety of topics:
Governance and the Media: the engagement gap
Donors, Governance and Media Aid: Some Thoughts from Sierra Leone
Battle Star Development: Prescriptions vs. Platforms
Accountability, media and the development system: a complicated romance
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