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Category Archives: Development
Apr 20 2012
How did Kony2012 Go Viral and Should We Copy It?
Leave a commentIn this short draft extract from a much longer paper I argue that what made #Kony2012 go viral was not the slick content or the Invisible Children brand – it was its focus on networking as an end in itself. … Continue reading
Posted by: April 20, 2012
Tagged with: campaigns, campaings, coverthenight, Development, humanitarian communications, Kony2012, NGO, public sphere
Apr 18 2012
Kony2012 and the digital challenge to the public sphere (new research paper)
1 CommentThis is a short early draft extract from a much longer paper I am writing for the International Broadcasting Trust on the future of the ‘public sphere’ in the digital age. In other words, how does our ability to communicate … Continue reading
Posted by: April 18, 2012
Tagged with: Development, humanitarian communications, IBT, internet, Kony2012, papers, politics, public sphere, Research
Mar 9 2012
Why I think the Kony 2012 Campaign Is Wrong
39 CommentsI think the Kony12 campaign is wrong. It is wrong in content, tactics, strategy, ethics and politics. The Invisible Children organisation may well be doing some good work in East Africa, but this media effort is wrong. And it’s not … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, campaigning, Cosmopolitanism, humanitarian comms, Kony, Kony12, social media, StopKony
Mar 8 2012
In Defence of the #Kony12 Campaign (guest blog)
10 CommentsThe Invisible Children Kony campaign has succeeded in one important thing. It has sparked a global debate about the best way to mobilise support for human rights action. With brilliant use of film and online social networks it has created … Continue reading
Posted by: March 8, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, Campaign, humanitarian, Kony, Kony12, social media, StopKony, Uganda
Jan 31 2012
Telling Stories About Global Health and Development: Polis at Gates in Seattle
Leave a commentThis is an article I wrote for the Gates Foundation blog, Impatient Optimists, in advance of their #storytelling conference where I chair one of the sessions. It asks how are we going to get the kind of journalism that can … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2012
Tagged with: Development, Gates, health, Seattle
Jan 18 2012
Who Is To Blame When Africa Starves: media, governments or NGOs?
3 CommentsA report from Oxfam and Save The Children on the East African food crisis shows that thousands of lives could have been saved if aid organisations had acted earlier. This was not a sudden disaster and yet not enough was … Continue reading
Posted by: January 18, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, aid, Famine, humanitarian comms, NGOs, Oxfam, SaveThe Children
Dec 12 2011
Tunisia’s Media Spring?: New Research Project
Leave a commentPolis Visiting Research Fellow Fatima el Issawi is just back from her first field investigation in Tunisia, trying to understand how Arab media is coping with the transitional political phase and how Arab journalists are redefining their identity and role. … Continue reading
Posted by: December 12, 2011
Tagged with: arab, Democracy, deveopment, guest blog, Middle East, politics, Revolution, social media, Tunisia
Nov 18 2011
Charities and celebrities: a media myth?
Leave a commentIf you want to get noticed, get a celebrity. That’s been the maxim for charities desperately seeking column inches to promote their causes. However, recent research has questioned whether journalists are always so easily attracted by actors and pop singers … Continue reading
Posted by: November 18, 2011
Tagged with: Celebrity, Charities, events, NGOs
Nov 15 2011
Four steps to success in a humanitarian appeal
2 CommentsPeople are exhausted by messages they receive from humanitarian NGOs. They’ve become desensitized to images of distant suffering and repeated appeals for help. But, ultimately, people want to do good. So what can humanitarian NGOs do to better open the … Continue reading
Posted by: November 15, 2011
Tagged with: Development, events, guest blog, Guest bloggers, humanitarian comms, NGOs
Nov 4 2011
Connecting communities, connecting people: social media and humanitarian campaigns (guest blog)
1 CommentWhat difference does social media make to a global campaign on a vast issue like HIV/Aids? Polis intern Wanda O’Brien reports on the latest Polis Media Agenda Talk. “Every minute a child is born with HIV.” How does that statement … Continue reading
Posted by: November 4, 2011
Tagged with: Claudia Gonzales, Development, GLobal Fund, HIV, humanitarian comms, Media Agenda Talks
