Search Results - Communication in social action

Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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The Amazon biome in messages: Public policy and communication frames on Telegram by Carneiro, Bia, Tucci, Giulia

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Enhancing adaptiveness and collaboration in community forestry in Nepal: reflections from participatory action research by McDougall, C., Ojha, H., Pandey, R.K., Banjade, M.R., Pandit, B.H.

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Social learning through water games in the field by Bernal-Escobar, Adriana, Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo, Domenech, Laia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Sarmiento, Paula J.

“…Economic experiments have traditionally been used as a tool for measuring human behavior in different contexts of social interaction. However, little has been discussed so far on the role of experiments as tools for learning and social change. …”
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Governing a collective bad: Social learning in the management of crop diseases by Damtew, Elias, Mierlo, B. van, Lie, R., Struik, P.C., Leeuwis, Cees, Lemaga, B., Smart, C.D.

“…There has been strong research interest in designing and testing learning approaches for enhancing and sustaining the capacity of communities to manage collective action problems. Broadening the perspective from well-known social learning approaches in natural resource management, this study explores how social learning as a communicative process influences collective action in contagious crop disease management. …”
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Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia by Damtew, Elias, Leeuwis, Cees, Struik, Paul C., Cecchi, F., Mierlo, B. van, Lie, R., Lemaga, B., Cieslik, K.

“…It is concluded that interventions that mainly promote the provision of technical and social information can be counterproductive in managing collective action problems such as late blight unless it is complemented with interactive communication and deliberation processes.…”
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Perceptions of resilience, collective action and natural resources management in socio-ecological production landscapes in East Africa by Bedmar Villanueva, Ana, Morimoto, Y., Maundu, P., Jha, Y., Otieno, G., Nankya, R., Ogwal, R., Leles, B., Halewood, Michael

“…The study shows that in the four communities there was very little communication among farmers and that the cooperation between farmers and local and district stakeholders was rather limited. …”
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Linking social movements: how international networks can better support community action about forests by Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Colchester, M., Mbugua, G., Griffiths, T.

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Communicating criteria by Nilsson, Martin

“…The reasons underlying a change and communication process are scarcely focused on. Thus, grounded on theories in the fields of Critical Management Studies (CSR), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), change and communication, this study analyses how a change of implementing revised SRI communication is carried out at Handelsbanken Asset Management, existing motives for the change in communication, and how key actors can affect the process. …”

Behavior communuication: nutrition key message booklet for extension service providers by Ekesa, Beatrice, Nabuuma, Deborah, Namukose, Samalie, Upenytho, George

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Raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance in rural aquaculture practice in Bangladesh through digital communications: A pilot study by Thornber, Kelly, Huso, Doina, Rahman, Muhammad Meezanur, Biswas, Himangsu, Rahman, Mohammad Habibur, Brum, Eric, Tyler, Charles R.

“…Working with stakeholders from the Bangladesh aquaculture industry, we developed a 4-minute digital animation designed specifically for this audience and assessed its capacity to engage and communicate AMR messages to farmers. We then conducted a small-scale social media campaign, to determine the potential for rapidly disseminating AMR awareness materials to a large audience across Bangladesh, where there is an extensive 4 G internet network and an ever-increasing proportion of the population (57% as of December 2019) have mobile internet access. …”
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Egypt and Sudan Inception Workshop on the CGIAR F2R-CWANA Initiative by ICARDA, Communication Team

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Lebanon and Syria Inception Workshop on the CGIAR F2R-CWANA Initiative by ICARDA, Communication Team

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Communicating ethical sourcing by Anderson, Ingrid, Bæcklund, Johanna

“…In other words, negative publicity may be converted to positive action in a proactive communication strategy. Through communication, for instance with codes of conduct, a company show how corporate responsibility is enacted. …”
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Beyond threats, we need more information about action – how individuals see themselves (or not) in complex social-ecological systems by Waters, Y., Thompson, K., Wilson, K., Dean, A.

“…However, the complexity of these challenges can make it difficult for individuals to understand their role and identify meaningful actions. Little is known about how people perceive these interconnected social-ecological systems or their capacity to influence them. …”
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Farmers’ social media groups for better extension and advisory services by Djanibekov, Nodir, Kurbanov, Zafar, Tadjiev, Abdusame, Govind, Ajit, Akramkhanov, Akmal

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Why we don’t change for climate change : motivational effects of different perspectives by Wallin, Adam

“…Lately, climate change communications have shifted focus from confirming the problem to promoting solutions, a move that involves more complex cognitive functions of motivation and social contexts. …”

Communication of Sustainable Brands within Food and Beverages : A Qualitative Study of KRAV’s CSR Communication by Abelin, Oscar

“…This research used a deductive approached to test Shuili’s et al. (2010) framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communication. The framework explain how companies could maximize the business returns on their CSR communication. …”

Fridays for what future? : a case study on the collective action framing of the Swedish environmental movement by Mcnabb, Lucas

One Health communication guidelines for Rwanda by University of Global Health Equity

“…Given the proliferation of social media as go-to platforms for information, social media communicators and influencers are encouraged to apply the recommendations from these guidelines and verify One Health information by consulting expert opinions before sharing. …”
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