The Drum Beat – Issue 580 – Blogging on Development Policy
March 21 2011
From The Communication Initiative Network – where communication and media are central to social and economic development.
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This issue of The Drum Beat shares with you entries from a blogging contest, which closed on March 15 2011, focused on topics related to the role of media in democratic development. The Communication Initiative (The CI) and one of The CI’s Partners, the BBC World Service Trust (WST), invited CI Network members from around the world to send their persuasive critiques and opinion pieces on the relationship between media, communications, and international development policy to the collaborative blog at Communication, Media, and Development Policy – http://www.comminit.com/en/development_policy For more information on the contest, please go to: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328581/bbc
Awards at stake:
* The top 10 outstanding bloggers from the network will receive a stipend of 240 UK pounds each to support their writing of 3 additional blog posts.
* The top 2 controversial bloggers from the network (and these may or may not be the same bloggers as are within the Top 10, above) will receive a stipend of 50 UK pounds to acknowledge their skill in inspiring dialogue.
Below please find links to all of the entries that were received as part of the contest. These are the voices of people often at the sharp edge of development practice. What follows are opinions on a wide range of issues – from the place of social media in political crisis…and…the role of the media in preventing humanitarian organisations from exacerbating natural disasters…to…female immobility/invisibility.
We encourage you to read and comment on these blogs, as the judging process is now underway.
CONTRIBUTING BLOGGERS
1. wgibbings
* Independence, Diversity and Self-Confidence
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328774/bbc
2. tyokunbo
* Bullets and The Media
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330796/bbc
* A FLAME THAT BURNS VERY FAST
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331044/bbc
3. Simply Suparnaa
* Crossing Borders-Policy or Politics http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328759/bbc
* 15second Byte
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329124/bbc
* Talkin about a revolution
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330291/bbc
* A Socially Apt Democracy
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330955/bbc
4. Shweta
* Being Effective in using Internet Forums for Dialogue
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331254/bbc
* Saving Sakineh from Iran!
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331252/bbc
5. pkalas
* Blossoming Seeds of Change in Tunisia – The tale of an ICT-enhanced transformation with real potential for regional flourishing
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330265/bbc
6. peterdoerrie
* A Basic Income for Everybody – The Forgotten Development Idea
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329310/bbc
* Towards a New Immigration Policy
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329797/bbc
Please read and comment on these blog posts! Click on any/all of the links below/above and submit a comment at the bottom of the blog post.
The bloggers appreciate your engagement!
CONTRIBUTING BLOGGERS (cont.)
7. Mikele14
* The Humanitarian Equilibrium
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330547/bbc
8. Makori
* Media stagger as governments snooze on food safety policy
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328851/bbc
9. Madeeha
* A Car of One’s Own: Female Mobility in Pakistan
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329298/bbc
* Spinning the Story for Development
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330885/bbc
* The Development of Demand
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331058/bbc
10. Laura Madden
* What Does Jammu & Kashmir Need?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329029/bbc
11. Kris
* Locating invisible women in new media in global mass media gender assessments
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331134/bbc
* With BBC gone, who goin’ take over town?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331208/bbc
12. kmunthali
* The collapse of fortified walls: The power of social media
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330872/bbc
Comments on blog posts can be read at the bottom of each post; «vote» for your favourites by contributing comments.
CONTRIBUTING BLOGGERS (cont.)
13. jasonbrown.jicc
* How BBC helps dampen controversy
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331136/bbc
14. Isomlai
* Synchronicity of rhythms
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329621/bbc
* Development Project Security Feebleness
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329622/bbc
15. Erina
* Obstacles to Media’s Role in Democratic Development
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330765/bbc
* Role of the Media in Promoting State Stability
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330968/bbc
16. dpeck
* Techno-Tentative
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331263/bbc
17. CharlesMafa
* Statutory media regulation not the answer to State-Media conflict
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330625/bbc
* New Media, a new found «friend» for the youth
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330754/bbc
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CONTRIBUTING BLOGGERS (cont.)
18. Bhumika Ghimire
* How Nepal’s political chaos affects its development efforts –
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328822/bbc
* Nepal’s media needs to move on from breaking news
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/328881/bbc
* Nepali Media and West-Inspired Development Policy
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329072/bbc
* Is development really a priority in Nepal?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329420/bbc
* Why limited government in Nepal makes sense
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330028/bbc
* Doing Egypt in Saudi Arabia?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330465/bbc
* China says no to «Jasmine Revolution», what next for the media?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330843/bbc
* Examining the media
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331055/bbc
19. Bella Mody
* What are the development education implications of news?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/330280/bbc
20. bekalu
* Where do the mass media have stronger effects?
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/329579/bbc
21. ambika samarthya
* The African Al Jazeera
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331125/bbc
* Bad TV
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/331229/bbc
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