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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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TeleviZion: Children's Fantasies and Television

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TeleviZion is an online journal of International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), which does research in television (TV) programming formats, holds national and international conferences and workshops, and publishes a literature database on children, youth, and educational television, particularly focused on German speaking countries. This issue includes 12 research articles on imagination, fantasy, and the role of television, as well as three articles on programming and an editorial.

 

The titles include the following:

 

  • Thomas Gruber - How much fantasy does the future need?
  • Ruth Etienne Klemm - The formation of inner pictures;
  • Marjorie Taylor - Children's imaginary companions;
  • Gerard Jones - Battle-Zord Nu-Nu meets Power Ranger Po Maya Götz - Fantasies of fighting and fighters;
  • Norbert Neuss - Gaps for fantasy in children's films - Television and the aesthetic of reception;
  • Maya Goetz, Dafna Lemish, Amy Aidman, Hyesung Moon - The role of media in children's make-believe worlds;
  • Ralf Gerhardt - The Fantastic Film Factory. Children's TV stories;
  • Charlotte Cole - Imagine that! The importance of fantasy on "Sesame Street" co-productions around the world;
  • Jan Uwe Rogge - Fantasy, emotion and cognition in "Sesame Street" - Notes on the framework stories;
  • Dorothy G. Singer - Television and its potential for imagination.

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IZI.