The Drum Beat 548 - Communication, Media, and Development Policy Blogs
The Drum Beat 548 contains:
- Who is the WE in development policy?
- Fragile States RESEARCH AGENDA examined.
- UK GOV'T FUNDING: communication implications.
- PUBLIC CONSULTATION in Brasil.
- Comments on the PRIMACY OF THE UN in peacekeeping radio.
- Comments on COLLABORATION OF MEDIA with civil society.
- MORE COMMENTS on other recent blog posts.
- POLL on the definition of journalism.
- Additional RECENT blog posts.
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NEW POSTS:
...questions the international development policy development process...
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2. Feeling Good (Development)!
...focuses on the premise that only those within the communities being "developed" will have a good "feel" for what those communities need...
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3. Fragile States Research: impressive, compelling, influential - but still frustrating
...scrutinises the fragile states research agenda and finds it wanting for mapping of "faultlines" and lacking insight into emerging themes...
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...examines the implications of the new funding policies of the coalition UK government for communication and media for development...
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5. The Social Communications President (maybe)
...explores Antanas Mockus' social communication history and platform in his race for President of Colombia...
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...examines the change process in the context of a new law that bans drivers of moving vehicles from vehicles from using mobile phones while driving...
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...focuses on UNDP Brasil's public consultation process to determine the country's development priorities, from the perspective of the Brasilian people...
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RECENT COMMENTS ON BLOG POSTS
8. COMMENTS RELATED TO "UN Peacekeeping Radio's Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future" by Bill Orme
"This article analyzes an important but often neglected aspect of UN peacekeeping and is highly relevant to other UN roles..." Click here for more...
"A quick point on training; it's not so difficult to train up and influence a whole generation of journalists if the budget for your radio is as high or higher than the total 'host' country budget. It's not just the UN's lack of long term commitment and planning vis a vis communication (which of course means radio in most of Africa)...." Click here for more...
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9. COMMENTS RELATED TO "Accountability, media and the development system: a complicated romance" by James Deane
"Also, using media to keep aid beneficiaries informed and to educate citizens about their rights to hold government accountable is absolutely crucial. However, as you mentioned in your comment, the international media are not always willing to work with local media. And in many cases, neither international media nor the local one collaborate with civil society..." Click here for more...
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10. COMMENTS RELATED TO "The commonalities lens sees AIDS better" by Jon Tinker
"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." Click here for more...
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ARCHIVED POSTS
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Please VOTE in our Media Development Poll!
In your context, is this definition of journalism still relevant and valuable?: "a truthful, comprehensive and intelligent account of the day's events in a context that gives them some meaning." Please comment.
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
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11. COMMENTS RELATED TO "Show me the Media Money - but what should we do with it?" by Warren Feek
"The Budget though critical should not be the first issue in development communication. The communication objective/s must always be a driving force. In Sub-Saharan African countries, social, economic and political factors deplete the import of communication objectives due to level of enlightenment and low level of social participation. This often necessitate a mix-match of communication channels and messages. The issue of mileage is also critical. Often communication products are developed; documentaries, PSA's, Jingles, hypes etc but no enough resources to expose them consistently on the electronic media. When this issues are considered, we need to choose between spending a lot to get the desired impact or spending light to get almost nothing. Mind you in Sub Saharan African countries, government has almost unlimited resources to propagate its activities or non-activities whilst the citizens' voices are muffled due to lack of access to media due mainly to lack of resources...." Click here for more...
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12. COMMENTS RELATED TO ""Northern Lights" by Warren Feek
"the point you have brought up is one that few people dare to address..." Click here for more...
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13. COMMENTS RELATED TO "People, Ideas and Things" by Warren Feek
"The write-up...was brilliant and reinforced my belief in the Development Communications work i am doing in India, as a social entrepreneur without a formal economics background." Click here for more...
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Other RECENT BLOG POSTS:
- "Haiti: Much Strength and Support" - add your comments below the blog!
- "Digital Technologies: Development Added Value?" - add your comments below the blog!
- "Social Climate Change" - add your comments below the blog!
- "Battle Star Development: Prescriptions vs. Platforms" - add your comments below the blog!
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