Book Details

Imprint: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd

Publication Year: 2015 September

Book Type: Academic

Table of Contents: Foreword by Late Dr Luis Ramiro Beltran Preface Part I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Development Commmunication, Empowerment, and Social Justice in the Globalization Epoch Evolution of Devcom for Development and Social Justice II: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE, MODERNIZATION THEORY, AND DEVCOM Modernization, Globalization, and the Dominant Development Discourse Media and Communication in Modernization and Globalization III: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT Deconstructing the Dominant Development Paradigm Critique of Devcom in the Dominant Paradigm IV: LIBERATION PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES IN DEVELOPMENT Liberation Theology and Development Communication and Spirituality in Development V: PARTICIPATORY AND EMPOWERMENT PARADIGMS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Participatory Paradigm in Development Media and Communication for Empowerment Devcom for Empowerment and Social Justice Appendices Appendix A: Historical Overview of DevelopmentUnderdevelopment Appendix B: Highlights of Media, Communication, and Development Activities since World War II Notes Bibliography Index

Contributors

Author Info: Srinivas Raj Melkote has been a Professor in the fields of media and communication for more than 30 years. Professor Melkote is currently in his 31st year at the School of Media and Communication in Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. He has taught at universities in India, US, and Jamaica. He served as a Fulbright Professor at Manipal University in India and is currently a Fulbright Specialist. Professor Melkote has researched and published extensively on a range of issues ranging from the role of communication in directed social change, participatory communication, international communication, health communication, communication strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention, mass communication theory, quantitative research methods, media effects, and communication pedagogy. His book Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment, 2nd edition (coauthored with Dr Leslie Steeves) is a core text for courses on media and communication in directed social change in colleges around the world. Professor Melkote’s current interests are examining the role of media and communication in achieving empowerment and social justice. His work in social change communication examines the roles of globalization, economics, politics, and hegemonic discourse in sustaining and widening the inequality gaps between people in societies around the world. H. Leslie Steeves is a Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, USA, where she has taught for 27 years. Professor Steeves’ current research centers on two areas and their intersection: communication and information technologies in developing countries (particularly in sub-Saharan Africa) on one hand, and gender and communication on the other. Her recent publications additionally examine entertainment and tourism representations of Africa. Her research has been published in numerous journals, including Journal of Communication; Communication, Culture & Critique; Communication Theory; International Communication Gazette; and Critical Studies in Media Communication. She is guest editor of a special issue ofCommunication, Culture & Critique on “Africa the Media and Globalization.” Professor Steeves recently completed a film, Give a Laptop, Change the World: The Story of the OLPC in Ghana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVrTSq_iKc). She has also coauthored (with Professor Srinivas Raj Melkote) Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment, 2nd edition (SAGE India, 2001), and published Gender Violence and the Press: The St. Kizito Story (1997). Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies as well, and she serves on several journal editorial boards. In 2013, Professor Steeves received University of Oregon Martin Luther King Jr Award (for promoting cultural diversity and social justice on campus). She has received two Fulbright Scholar grants for teaching and research in Kenya and Ghana, and she directs an annual study abroad program in Ghana.

Dimensions

Height: 215 mm

Length: 139 mm

Weight: 730 gr