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> From: Bruce Girard <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:55:49 -0400
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [IAMCR] Request for information ­ communicating policy research to
> the media
> 
> We are currently preparing an action/research proposal to be submitted
> to the International Development Reserch Centre (IDRC). The research
> will investigate new mechanisms for communicating policy research
> results to policymakers, academics, and the media in Latin America. In
> particular we are concerned with mechanisms that make use of the
> internet, including social networks and Web 2.0 applications. The rapid
> emergence and dynamic nature of these new technologies and social
> networks poses significant challenges for researchers.
> 
> In the part of the research concerned with the media we will make use of
> a variety of new mechanisms, technologies and networks to communicate
> with journalists and media outlets, in order to better understand how
> they can be used to disseminate research results and, eventually, to
> influence public policy and public opinion.
> 
> As part of our preparations we are gathering any available research,
> case studies and examples of the use of social networks and Web 2.0
> applications by journalists in the course of their professional
> activities and by organisations and individual researchers seeking new
> ways to communicate with the media to disseminate their research.
> 
> Specifically we are looking for:
> 
>     * any available studies, published or not;
>     * case studies and examples of ways in which journalists use social
>       networks and Web 2.0 applications in the course of their research;
>     * case studies and examples of ways that individuals and
>       organisations use social networks and Web 2.0 applications to
>       communicate research results and policy proposals to the media.
> 
> We would be grateful if you could send any materials or suggestions to
> us at [log in to unmask]
> 
> If you are interested in our work, let us know and we will send you a
> summary of the materials and suggestions we receive.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer.
> 
> Bruce Girard and Mariana Rethen.
> Montevideo, Uruguay
> 
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> | Bruce Girard | www.comunica.org |
> | tel: +598 2 410.2979 | mobile: +598 99 189.652 |
> | Dr. Pablo de María 1036 | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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