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This WhatsAapp group will send you COVID-19 news in South Africa

May 22, 2020

In order to combat the spread of fake news, the government has set up an automated @WhatsApp group to provide credible and factual details around #COVID19 in the country.

Read more:  https://t.co/t91GUhE9WY

Filed Under: [A] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, *APPROACHES, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Sub-Saharan Africa, *STRATEGY & METHODS, *TELEPHONY ROUTES, Article, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Mobile, Social Media, South Africa, Whattsapp

ICFJ-Facebook Training & Reporting Grants Program: Reporting on Refugee Communities Amidst a Pandemic

May 22, 2020

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is pleased to partner with Facebook Journalism Project on a training program that allows journalists across the Middle East and North Africa to produce high-quality and engaging stories that shine a light on life in refugee camps at this time of the coronavirus pandemic. The program equips journalists with the skills, resources, and technical support needed to produce compelling reports that surface underreported stories from refugee camps across countries with large refugee communities such as Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. With an emphasis on the direct and indirect consequences of COVID-19 on an already struggling community. The goal is to ensure that this vulnerable community is not forgotten during the global pandemic.

Read more: https://www.icfj.org/our-work/icfj-facebook-training-reporting-grants-program-reporting-refugee-communities-amidst?fbclid=IwAR1xTF0gUI2CwUgqZYw0_u-twABsoWP3UmA9ItKxzLTiwcCiz0SHdEE05ok#.Xr_GPZvDPPs.facebook

Filed Under: [A] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *ONLINE LEARNING, *REGION: Middle East and North Africa (MENA), COVID-19, Facebook, Media Development

Humanitarians on TikTok

May 21, 2020

5 Lessons on Combatting Misinformation During COVID-19.

Read more: https://medium.com/@UNmigration/humanitarians-on-tiktok-246651af74d

Filed Under: [E] INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Issues - Rumour, Misinformation & Fake News, Social Media, Tik Tok

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

When hip-hop saves lives: UNESCO, i4Policy, UNHCR join forces in #DontGoViral campaign to fight infodemic around COVID-19

May 14, 2020

“The success of the DontGoViral campaign underlines the resilience and creativity of women and men on the African Continent to harness the power of cultural diversity to effectively combat the infodemic that is proving to be just as viral as the pandemic itself. Their contributions highlight the fact that cultural players are a much-needed part of the solution,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.

Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/news/when-hip-hop-saves-lives-unesco-i4policy-unhcr-join-forces-dontgoviral-campaign-fight-infodemic?fbclid=IwAR04T46gUMwV4bRx6TXXJwff_ZlPa8cvgS-a2UQFNLnbbb7vpt8C8pM0AnM

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *REGION: Sub-Saharan Africa, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, Awareness Raising, Civil Society, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Edutainment, Influencers, Issues - Rumour, Misinformation & Fake News, Music, Social Media, UNESCO

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