This report explores the ways in which ICTs and the data they generate can assist international actors, governments, and civil society organizations to more effectively prevent violence and conflict. It examines the contributions that cell phones, social media, crowdsourcing, crisis mapping, blogging, and big data analytics can make to short-term efforts to forestall crises and to long-term initiatives to address the root causes of violence. Five case studies assess the use of such tools in a variety of regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America) experiencing different types of violence (criminal violence, election-related violence, armed conflict, short-term crisis) in different political contexts (restrictive and collaborative governments).
We’re Still Listening: A Survey of the Media Landscape in the Accessible Areas of South Sudan in 2015 (USAID, Internews, and Forcier Consulting 2015)
South Sudan is the world’s youngest and most fragile country and its media landscape reflects these challenges. While the media sector has made gains in recent years, it remains challenged by a rapidly changing environment and a population lacking access to reliable and trustworthy information. Likewise, media sector actors lack reliable data on the extent of the population’s information needs and media access. These challenges are further exacerbated by conflict that has once again developed into civil war and an ensuing widespread humanitarian crisis since December 2013. Despite the immense problems that South Sudan faces, its media landscape provides significant opportunities for growth.
Internews commissioned Forcier Consulting to conduct an audience survey in South Sudan. While the ongoing security situation prevents coverage of the country on a fully national basis, this study set out to collect information on South Sudanese media access and consumption to inform the strategies and programming of media houses and media initiatives. This study is the first detailed analysis of the media landscape in South Sudan since the wide-scale conflict began in December 2013. Conducted across the country in April 2015, this survey collected data on media usage from 3,710 respondents. This survey does not purport to be nationally representative, but rather, is representative of the population that could be safely accessed in April 2015.
Join our newly launched C4D & Peace Group
The C4D Network is excited to invite you to join our newly launched topical group focusing on C4D and ‘Peace’.
The group welcomes those working in or interested in the areas of C4D and Peace. We have forums, resources and collaborations around peace and are happy to welcome new members to join our online community. Click here to join.
C4D Network is currently partnering with UNICEF to develop a ‘C4D & Peacebuilding’ platform and a set of resources and support activities to UNICEF country offices and other Network affiliates and members. Click here for full details of the UNICEF & C4D Network Partnership.
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‘Sounds of Peace’ (C4D Network podcast launched as part of World Radio Day 2016)
Ranging from the foothills of the Himalayas, to the meditteranean, to radio stations across the African continent… to celebrate World Radio Day 2016, the C4D Network produced the ‘Sounds of Peace’ podcast – with vibrant contributions from C4D Network members across the globe, this podcast explores the role of radio, songs and conversations in peacebuilding.
Click here to listen and download for free!
New Media and Communication volume: ‘Peacebuilding and New Media’
Media and Communication is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields. It aims to provide a research forum on the social and cultural relevance of media and communication processes.
Their latest volume [Vol 4, No 1 (2016)] has a special focus on ‘Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media’ and considers several global case studies.
Table of Contents:
– Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
– Elicitive Conflict Transformation and New Media: In Search for a Common Ground
– Likes for Peace: Can Facebook Promote Dialogue in the Israelia/Palestinian Conflict?
– Fields and Facebook: Grassroots Activism and Archiving the Peace that Will Have Come in Israel/Palestine
– Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime
– EU Armed Forces Use of Social Media in Areas of Deployment
– Building Peace through Journalism in the Social/Alternate Media
– Awareness towards Peace Journalism among Foreign Correspondents in Africa
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