Development Communication

Reframing the Role of the Media
Herausgegeben von McPhail, Thomas L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Development Communication is a welcome addition to the growing literature in development communication, especially the chapters on digital divide and feminism in a post-development era.  This book is compulsory reading for everybody interested in development communication. "
Srinivas R.

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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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781405187954
• ISBN-10: 1405187956
• Artikelnr.: 26158694

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

"It fills the need for a readable approach to decades of development history, and gives a range of issues that any student of development communication should know, with thoughtful contexts and case studies designed to stimulate discussion." (European Journal of Communication, July 2010)