# Resource centre The help desk and GFMD IMPACT meetings are supported by our resource centre which collates literature reviews ahead of events, detailed reports from meetings, as well as research and policy papers authored or commissioned by GFMD IMPACT. ## Resources by type of literature Resources are organised by **type of literature** featuring: guides, declarations, policy briefs, working papers and primers, academic research, research and reports, articles, podcasts, case studies and evaluation and impact reports. ### [Guides](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/media-funding-guides) for media development donors & funders of journalism support {% embed url="" %} ### [**Declarations**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/declarations) **related to effectiveness of media development funding and support to journalism.** {% embed url="" %} ### [Policy briefs](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/policy-briefs) and working papers on effective media development and donor support to journalism. {% embed url="" %} ### [Academic research](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers) on the effectiveness of media development funding and support to journalism from donors and foundations. {% embed url="" %} ### [Research and reports](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports) on effective media development funding and donor support to journalism. {% embed url="" %} ### [Articles](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles) on effective media development funding and donor support to journalism. {% embed url="" %} ### [**Podcasts**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/podcasts) **related to media development and journalism support.** {% embed url="" %} ### [Case studies](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/case-studies) that demonstrate interesting, effective or innovative approaches to the design, measurement, evaluation, and learning, from media development and journalism support initiatives. {% embed url="" %} ### [Evaluation and impact reports](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/evaluation-reports) from a selection of media development and journalism support programmes. {% embed url="" %} ### Development and media development [indicators](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/indicators). {% embed url="" %} ### [Data sources](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/data-sources) {% embed url="" %} ### Processes and documents that frame data, learning & knowledge sharing on media development and governance within Official Development Assistance (ODA). {% embed url="" %} ### A [glossary](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/glossary) of terms related to international development aid, media development and journalism support. {% embed url="" %} ## Resources by topic Literature is further broken down by topic analysing (among other themes): disinformation, sustanability and viability, media development effectiveness, AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms. ### Disinformation * [**Academic studies on disinformation**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/disinformation) * [**Research & reports on disinformation**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/disinformation) * [**Policy briefs, working papers & primers on disinformation**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/policy-briefs/disinformation) * [**Articles on disinformation**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/disinformation) * [**Case studies of projects addressing disinformation**](https://app.gitbook.com/@gfmd/s/impact/resources/case-studies/disinformation) #### **Essential reading list on disinformation** * [Disinformation Primer (Feb 2021)](https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00XFKF.pdf) USAID * [Balancing Act: Countering Digital Disinformation While Respecting Freedom of Expression (Sept. 2020)](https://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/working-groups/FoE_Disinfo_Report.pdf) Broadband Commission (see especially the section “Typology of Disinformation Responses”) * [Claire Wardle on disinformation and today’s journalistic conventions (June 2020)](https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/the-breakdown-claire-wardle-on-disinformation-and-todays-journalistic-conventions-51ce5a41fe7d) Berkman Klein Center - The Breakdown * [Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (2018)](https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews/modules) UNESCO - CHERILYN IRETON & JULIE POSETTI * [Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking (2017)](https://edoc.coe.int/en/media/7495-information-disorder-toward-an-interdisciplinary-framework-for-research-and-policy-making.html) - Council of Europe - CLAIRE WARDLE & HOSSEIN DERAKHSHAN ### Sustainability & viability * [**Academic resources on sustainability and viability**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/sustainability-viability) * [**Research and reports on sustainability and viability**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/sustainability-viability) * [**Policy briefs, working papers & primers on sustainability and viability**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/policy-briefs/sustainability-and-viability) * [**Articles on sustainability and viability**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/sustainability-and-viability) * [**Podcasts on sustainability and viability**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/podcasts/sustainability-and-viability) #### Key quotes from the literature review on media sustainability > ***“To maximise impact we need evidence on what works, for whom, why, and under what circumstances.”** -* OECD. [Better Criteria for Better Evaluation.](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/sustainability-viability#better-criteria-for-better-evaluation-revised-evaluation-criteria-definitions-and-principles-for-use) OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation > ***“…for many, sustainability has become a “buzzword”, an injunction to assess the likelihood that the effects of an intervention will continue after it is completed..”** -* Michael Leroy, 2021, [Sustainability: Going Beyond the Buzzword.](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/sustainability-viability#going-beyond-the-buzzword-oct.-2021) Research Reviews for Media Development Practitioners. > ***There is no common understanding about the definition of “viability”, which goes under several names, including “media sustainability”, “financial/ economic sustainability”, “business viability”, or “media resilience”.** -* [PRIMED Viability Learning Brief](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/sustainability-viability#viabilitylearningbrief) by MDIF {% hint style="info" %} Read about strategies for improving media viability and sustanability [here](https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/mfc-estonia/sustainability-feb-2022#strategies-for-improving-media-viability-and-sustainability). {% endhint %} ### Media development effectiveness * [**Policy briefs and working papers on media development effectivenes**](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/mediadev-effectiveness) * [**Academic studies & papers on media development effectiveness** ](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/mediadev-effectiveness) * [**Research and reports on media development effectiveness** ](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/mediadev-effectiveness) * [**Articles on media development effectiveness** ](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/mediadev-effectiveness) ### AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms * [**Academic studies & papers on AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms** ](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/regulation-legislation-platforms) * [**Research and reports on AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms** ](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/research-reports/regulation-legislation-platforms) * [**Articles on AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms** ](#ai-regulation-legislation-and-design-of-platforms) {% hint style="info" %} These resource pages are a work in progress. The resources are collected and curated by GFMD IMPACT staff with sumbissions from our members and partners and [GFMD IMPACT regional coordinators](https://impact.gfmd.info/about/gfmd-impact-regional-coordinators). By February 2022, we have collected over 200 resources. If you want to add relevant resource, report, or example of your work or you wish to let us know what is missing, please get in touch [using this form](https://forms.gle/ZAjDBxAk2D3V5Bes8). {% endhint %}