Participatory Communication for Social Change

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8039-9296-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Communication and Human Values

This collection of 15 essays on participatory communication covers a wide range of contexts and countries. The book challenges the field of development communication to rethink its role in elaborating the concepts and practices of people's participation. Part One presents theoretical perspectives on policy issues and political ideologies; Part Two explores diverse methodological issues arising from current debates in the social sciences and development sociology. The final part details significant case studies which articulate specific experiences of interfacing theory and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Servaes, Jan

Jacobson, Tom

White, Shirley A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Juan Diaz Bordenave
Introduction - Jan Servaes
Participatory Communication and Research in Development Settings
PART ONE: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES
Linking Theoretical Perspectives to Policy - Jan Servaes
Communication, Participation and Development - Majid Tehranian
Comparative Political Ideologies
PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Development Communication Theory in the `Wake' of Positivism - Thomas L Jacobson
Participatory Communication Research with New Social Movements - Jan Servaes
A Realistic Utopia
Participation Approaches to the Research Process - Randall Arnst
The Indigenous Farmer and the Scientific Researcher - Njoku E Awa
Issues in Participatory Research in Africa
Animation and Leadership - Colleen Flynn-Thapalia
Participation in Community Communication - Cicilia Maria Krohling Peruzzo
PART THREE: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Grass-roots Communication in West Africa - Daniele Mezzana
Powerful Grass-roots Women Communicators - Sara Stuart and Renuka Bery
Participatory Video in Bangladesh
Popular Theater in Sickness and Health - Pradip N Thomas
Observations from India
Mobilizing Communities for Participation and Empowerment - Sylvie I Cohen
Fitting Projects to People or People to Projects? - Rutger-Jan Schoen
Conclusion - Thomas L Jacobson
Prospects for Theoretical Development

Über Autor(innen)

White, Shirley A
Shirley A White is Professor Emeritus within the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She has also served as Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension for Cornell University and Chairman of the Department of Extension Home Economics, Kansas State University.

Servaes, Jan
Jan Servaes (Ph.D., 1987, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA), Editor-in-Chief of Communication for Development and Social Change: A Global Journal (Hampton Press), Associate Editor of Telematics and Informatics: An International Journal on Telecommunications and Internet Technology (Elsevier), Editor of the Southbound Book Series Communication for Development and Social Change, and Editor of the Hampton Book Series Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity. He chaired the Scientific Committee for the World Congress on Communication for Development (Rome, 25–27 October 2006), organized by the World Bank, FAO and the Communication Initiative.

Servaes has taught International Communication and Development Communication in Australia (Brisbane), Belgium (Brussels and Antwerp), the USA (Cornell), the Netherlands (Nijmegen) and Thailand (Thammasat, Bangkok). He has been President of the European Consortium for Communications Research (ECCR, www.eccr.info) and Vice-President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR, www.iamcr.net), in charge of Academic Publications and Research, from 2000 to 2004.

Servaes has undertaken research, development, and advisory work around the world and is known as the author of journal articles and books on such topics as international and development communication; ICT and media policies; intercultural communication and language; participation and social change; and human rights and conflict management.