This new book by Preeti Raghunath draws on critical media policy studies, to study the principles and performances of policies and policymaking for community radio in four South Asian countries of Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. It focuses on the processes and practices of deliberation that go into policymaking, across space and time, and the global-local spectrum.
It stitches together a critical media policy ethnography, drawing on over a 100 formal interviews and informal conversations with policy actors from South Asia, in a bid to present a deliberative policy analysis of policymaking for community radio in the region. Drawing on Grounded Theory, the book fleshes out the Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach as an inclusive heuristic to study media policies.
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Good risk communication is crucial for raising awareness among citizens and business about the risks their countries face. However, many countries have seen their risk communication tools fail in the past, leading to persistently low levels of risk awareness, especially in the absence of recent disasters. This OECD report surveys current trends in risk communication policies and practices across OECD and partner countries. It seeks to understand why risk communication tools have failed and what OECD countries can do to improve the effectiveness of their risk communication policies. Based on an OECD-wide survey, the report evaluates the degree to which countries have used risk communication tools to not only increase risk awareness but to inform stakeholders about potential preparedness and prevention measures they can take to boost their resilience to future risks.
La communication des risques et l’engagement de la communauté sont essentiels à toute intervention en cas d’épidémie. Cela est particulièrement critique en cas d’épidémie d’Ebola, ce qui peut susciter la crainte chez le public et les intervenants de première ligne en raison de la présentation sévère des symptômes, de l’incompréhension des causes de la maladie et du taux de mortalité élevé. Ce document décrit Réponse de l’engagement communautaire à l’épidémie d’Ebola en République démocratique du Congo.
Risk communication and community engagement are essential for any disease outbreak response. This is particularly critical during outbreaks of Ebola which may create fear in the public and frontline responders alike due to the severe presentation of symptoms, misunderstanding of the causes of illness and high fatality rates.