Development Communication Reframing the Role of the Media

by McPhail, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9781444310740
• ISBN10: 1444310747
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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

Author Biography

Thomas L. McPhail is Professor of media studies and a fellow in the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He serves as a media analyst for many media outlets including AP, NPR/PBS, Financial Post, and the New York Times. He is the author of many books, including Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends 2e (Wiley-Blackwell 2006).

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

1. Introduction to Development Communication (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

2. Major Theories Following Modernization (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

3. United Nations and Specialized Agencies (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

4. The Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

5. Differing Views of World Culture (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

6. A Framework for Conceptualizing Technology in Development (Renée Houston, University of Puget Sound and Michele H. Jackson, University of Colorado and Boulder).

7. The Global Digital Divide (Mitchell F. Rice, Texas A&M University).

8. Feminism in a Post-Development Age (Luz Estella Porras, University of Oregon and H. Leslie Steeves, University of Oregon).

9. Sonagachi Project: A Case Study Set in India (Satarupa Dasgupta, Temple University).

10. Roma Project: A Case Study Set in Europe (Eva Szalvai, Colby-Sawyer College).

11. Summary and Conclusions (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis).

Bibliography.

Index.