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Not Just Dance Moves: TikTok, Snapchat and other teen faves are essential spaces for social connection and self expression

May 21, 2020

TikTok isn’t only useful for practical health information—although doctors and nurses have been showing off some killer moves over the past few weeks, and reaching teenagers who might otherwise be missed by the UK government’s lacking communication strategy. It is also providing a sense of community, something that is more and more important as the possibility of lockdown looms longer, and digital spaces shift from being a secondary aspect of our social lives, to being a an essential space for maintaining social connections. For teenagers, this is particularly important.

Read more: https://www.media-diversity.org/not-just-dance-moves-tiktok-snapchat-and-other-teen-faves-are-essential-spaces-for-social-connection-and-self-expression/?fbclid=IwAR3MEiWXLHu2n8Lyj19EFtaD65cD9_PM5Yy9_6INr0rT8Y71Vp88ayYKGp0

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Friend Groups, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Social Media, Social Mobilisation, Tik Tok, Youth / Adolescent

Can Local News Survive COVID-19?

May 21, 2020

Everyone is clamoring for local news right now. They want to know who is sick, what businesses are open, and, most importantly, if there is space in the hospitals near them. However, local news has not felt this support in its revenue–rather, the opposite. In fact, it might be on the verge of extinction due to the economic fall out from the COVID-19 pandemic. What does this mean for the communities whose stories rarely make it to the national and international media?

View more:

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Md2DB81kdps&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR06c88eZQIlYyblE_k6AMyRv8vnOABYYZoI0VJ867X7okWVTa1aUyTG_fI

Filed Under: [E] INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, *REGION: Global, *VIDEO & FILM, Audio-visual, Community Media, COVID-19, News / Reportage

Launch of the WHO Academy and the WHO Info mobile applications

May 20, 2020

WHO announces the launch of the WHO Academy app designed to support health workers during COVID-19 and the WHO Info app designed to inform the general public.

Read more: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-05-2020-launch-of-the-who-academy-and-the-who-info-mobile-applications

Filed Under: [A] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, *TELEPHONY ROUTES, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Mobile, Public Health Communication, WHO - World Health Organisation

Integrating Gender in the COVID-19 RCCE Response

May 20, 2020

Integrating gender into the COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) response demands consideration of how gender norms and roles, as well as inequitable power dynamics and decision-making, influence people’s experiences and needs at all stages. This technical brief provides practical recommendations to integrate gender across the six pillars of the RCCE response.

Read more: https://covid19communicationnetwork.org/covid19resource/integrating-gender-in-the-covid-19-rcce-response-technical-brief/

Filed Under: [E] INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, COVID-19, Gender, Guide/Manual/Toolkit, JHU - Johns Hopkins University, RCCE (Risk Communication & Community Engagement), Social Norms Analysis

Covid-19 in low-income countries – we need rapid learning about effective handwashing initiatives

May 20, 2020

Frequent and proper handwashing with soap is one of the most important measures that can be used to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, along with physical distancing, avoiding touching one’s face (eyes, nose and mouth) and practising good respiratory hygiene. However, like physical distancing measures, frequent handwashing with soap and water is next to impossible for huge swathes of the global population.

Read more: https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/covid-19-in-low-income-countries-we-need-rapid-learning-about-effective-handwashing-initiatives/

Filed Under: [F] MACRO LEVEL, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, COVID-19, Message - Handwash, Social Norms Analysis, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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