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9781444310733

Development Communication: Reframing the Role of the Media

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    9781444310733

  • ISBN10:

    1444310739

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

In Development Communication, top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change. Offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication - the process of systematically intervening with either media or education in order to promote positive social change Discusses the major approaches and theories in development communication, including educational issues of training, literacy, schooling, and use of media from print and radio to video and the internet Explores the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the power of grass-roots movements and 'bottom-up' approaches that challenge the status quo in global media

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Introduction to Development Communication
Major Theories Following Modernization
United Nations and Specialized Agencies
The Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Differing Views of World Culture
A Framework for Conceptualizing Technology in Development
The Global Digital Divide
Feminism in a Post-Development Age
Sonagachi Project: A Case Study Set in India
Roma Project: A Case Study Set in Europe
Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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