Handbook of communication and development / Srinivas R. Melkote and Arvind Singhal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Melkote, Srinivas R., 1952- editor.

Singhal, Arvind, 1962- editor.

Series:

Elgar Handbooks in Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media in economic development.

Communication in economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Outlining the genealogy and history of the field, it then investigates the possible new directions and objectives in the area. Key conclusions include an enhanced role for development communication in participatory development, active agency of stakeholders of development programs, and the operationalization of social justice in development.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Boxes

Contributors

1. Communication in development and social change: a genealogy of the field

PART I BROAD CONCEPTUAL, THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES

2. Communication for development through dialogue, deliberation and civic media: how deliberative democracy and civic capital support social justice

3. Media and public communication for social mobilization toward social justice: a review of the capabilities approach

4. Emerging issues in post-development and development communication for social justice: critical analysis of power, local place and networks

5. Communication and development: Participatory Action Research and praxis for social justice

6. Culture-centered approach to communication for social change

7. Participatory Communication for Social Change

8. Participatory communication and action for a sustainable environment

9. Endogenous wisdom in action - the positive deviance approach: an alternative conceptualization of communication and social change praxis

10. Advocacy communication for social justice

11. Community radio for social change: restoring decentralized democratic discursive spaces

12. Multidimensional model for change: a comprehensive C4D-based framework for sustainable development

13. Putting people first: participatory development communication and sustainable development in agriculture and natural resource management

14. Health communication research and practice for progressive social change: a case study of COVID-19

15. Building capacity in communication for development and health promotion

PART II COMMUNITY AND MEDIA MOBILIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE

16. Participatory and intersectionality approaches for gender equity and maternal health promotion in sub-Saharan Africa.

17. Transforming gender norms through communication: Minga Perú's communicative actions in the Amazon

18. The dialectical praxis of organizing for social change in digital hashtag movements: #MeToo and the Kavanaugh hearings

19. Communication design and co-creation of information solutions for sustainable social change at the margins

20. Experiences in feminist movement building in South Africa

PART III CONCLUSION

21. Communication for development and social change: reflections from theory and practice

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78990-635-0