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How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on migration? (ICMPD Report 2017)

May 10, 2017

Is the media underequipped to cover migration? This was the question investigated in the study on 17 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It identifies major challenges to migration reporting and finds that media in many countries on both sides of the Mediterranean are under-resourced and unable to provide the time, money and appropriate level of expertise that is needed to tell the migration story in context.

EUROMED Migration IV, funded by the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the EU  and implemented by ICMPD, commissioned the Ethical Journalism Network  to conduct this study for which journalists from 17 countries have examined the quality of migration media coverage in 2015/16 from a national perspective. The study covers nine EU countries and eight countries in the south of the Mediterranean.

It finds that journalists are often poorly informed about the complex nature of migration as a phenomenon. At the same time newsrooms are also vulnerable to pressure, manipulation and hate speech by some political elites or voices on social media networks. The study also highlights inspirational examples of journalism at its best –resourceful, painstaking, and marked by careful, sensitive and humanitarian reporting. In order to address the identified challenges it  provides a series of detailed recommendations and calls for training, better funding of media action and other activities to support and foster more balanced and fact-based journalism on immigration, emigration, integration, asylum and other migration-related challenges.

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Filed Under: Humanitarian, Media Development, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Hate Speech, Social Media

Media Development in the Digital Age: Five Ways to Engage in Internet Governance (CIMA 2017)

April 2, 2017

The digital convergence means that how the Internet develops going forward — both in terms of policy and technology — will shape the very environment in which all other media operate. This report makes the case to the media development community that they can, and must, engage in the decision-making bodies that are shaping Internet governance (IG) to ensure that the Internet — and the growing media sphere it sustains — remains open, pluralistic, and democratic.

• The media development community can work to improve the global enabling environment for media by actively engaging in Internet governance.

• Policy issues being discussed at ICANN, IGF, ITU, IETF, and IEEE could greatly benefit from the input of those with media development experience.

• Multistakeholder Internet governance presents a unique opportunity for the media development community to actively shape the future media ecosystem.

Filed Under: ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Media Development, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Digital Development, Internet Governance, Social Media

Online self study module: “Social Media for Health and Development” (Global Health eLearning Center)

December 13, 2015

This free short introductory course on social media will strengthen the capacity of global health and development professionals interested in understanding basic principles of social media, using social media to disseminate global health and development information, and measuring social media activities.

The course is authored by subject matter experts and can be completed in two hours. Learners can access a course in multiple visits and a pick up where they left off at any time.

Click here for further details.

 

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Social Media

Lessons Learned: Social Media Monitoring during Humanitarian Crises [Nepal earthquake] (ACAPS 2015)

October 18, 2015

Carried out in English and Nepali, and operating from 1 June to 27 August, social media monitoring was part of ACAPS support to the Nepal Earthquake Assessment Unit. Insights gained through social media (mainly Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and blogs) and national media monitoring were intended to feed into the “Communication with Communities” (CwC) project. Issues of main interest were:  needs, concerns, developing trends and emerging risks among the effected population; and  conversations related to the quality and accessibility of aid.

This document summarises the experiences of the pilot social media monitoring project set up to following the 25 April earthquake in Nepal, and draws out key lessons learned and recommendations. It was informed by a lessons learned workshop in Nepal as well as interviews and email exchanges with members of the project and external recipients of project’s reports. Written by Timo Lüge, the lead consultant responsible for the project, this is not an independent evaluation of the project.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Humanitarian, Humanitarian Communications, Nepal, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Social Media Tagged With: Earthquake, humanitarian, Nepal, Social Media

Global Hand Washing Day Social Media Toolkit (The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing 2015)

August 26, 2015

Updated for 2015, this social media toolkit has sample messages, blog ideas, and resources to help celebrants and handwashing champions spread the word about the annual Global Handwashing Day (15 October).

Filed Under: Advocacy, Awareness Raising, Behaviour Change Communication, Education, Health, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Social Media, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Tagged With: Handwashing, Social Media, Toolkit

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