Sustainability, participation & culture in communication : theory and praxis / Jan Servaes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Servaes, Jan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication.

Interpersonal communication.

Oral communication.

Public speaking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

a=Sustainability, participation and culture in communication

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when sustainability is on everyone's lips, this volume is one of the first to offer an overview of sustainability and communication issues - including community mobilization, information technologies, gender and social norms, mass media, interpersonal communication, and integrated communication approaches - from a development and social change perspective. Drawing on contemporary theories of communication as well as real-world examples from development projects around the world, the contributors showcase the increasing richness and versatility of communication research and practice.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Acronyms; List of Figures and Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Kaleidoscope of Text and Context in Communication; Chapter 2: Powerful Beyond Measure? Measuring Complex Systemic Change inCollaborative Settings; Part I: Sustainable Social Change; Chapter 3: The Global Agenda: Technology, Development, and SustainableSocial Change; Chapter 4: ICTs and Mobile Phones for Development in Sub-Saharan African Region; Chapter 5: Fair-Trade Practices in Contemporary Bangladeshi Society: The Case of Aarong

Chapter 6: Asserting Contested Power: Exploring the Control-ResistanceDialectic in the World Trade Organization's Discourseof GlobalizationPart II: (New) Media For Social Change; Chapter 7: Revolutions, Social Media, and the Digitization of Dissent:Communicating Social Change in Egypt; Chapter 8: Two Cases and Two Paradigms: Connecting Every Village Projectand CSO Web2.0 Project in China; Chapter 9: From Liberation to Oppression: Exploring Activism through theArts in an Authoritarian Zimbabwe; Part III: Culture and Participation

Chapter 10: Right to Communicate, Public Participation, and DemocraticDevelopment in ThailandChapter 11: The Child Reporters Initiative in India: A Culture-Centered Approach To Participation; Chapter 12: Advancing a Pedagogy of Social Change in Post-Katrina New Orleans:Participatory Communication in a Time of Crisis; Chapter 13: Gender as a Variable in the Framing of Homelessness; Part IV: Health Communication; Chapter 14: Understanding the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand; Chapter 15: Framing Illness and Health on the USAID Website for Senegal

Chapter 16: Communication for Social Change in Kenya: Using DVD-led Discussionto Challenge HIV/AIDS Stigma among Health WorkersChapter 17: Effect of a Public Service Announcement on Couple Testing for HIVin Uganda on Beliefs and Intent to Act; Chapter 18: Crime and Punishment: Infidelity in Telenovelas and Implicationsfor Latina Adolescent Health; Chapter 19: Conclusion: Communication for Sustainable Social Change Is Possible, but not Inevitable; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-78320-071-5

OCLC:

836405067