India's Information Revolution

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-8039-9617-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Gewicht: 315 g

This book examines the impact of the information revolution in India at the cultural, political and technical level.

The authors show to what extent India is becoming an information society, how communication technologies are bringing about notable change in Indian society and even in government operations. The picture presented is balanced, with some of the social problems which will accompany these changes given due attention. The volume is important reading for academics and researchers in communication, mass communication, politics and sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singhal, Arvind M.

Rogers, Everett M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Communication and Development
What is Development Communication?
Theories of Development
Intellectual Growth of the Field of Development Communication
Communication Technology and Development
Changing Government Policies Towards Mass Communication
History of Communication Research
Communcation Research in India
The Importance of Information
The Story of an IIT Engineer
Founding the IITs and th IIMs
The Information Society
Conclusions
The Televison Revolution
Background on the Diffusion of Television in India
The Policy Debate About Indian Television
Social Impacts of Indian Television
Conclusions
The Hum Log Story
Pro-Development Soap Operas
Distinctive Features of Pro-Development Soap Operas
Hum Log is Launched
Direct Effects of Hum Log
Indirect Impacts of Hum Log
Internaional Diffusion of Pro-Development Soap Operas
Conclusions
The Video Revolution
Diffusions of VCRs in India
User Control, Demassification, and Diversity
Characteristics of VCR Adopters
The Audie Revolution
Social Impacts of VCRs in India
Conclusions
High-Tech Micro-electronics in India
What is High Technology?
Growth of High -- Tech in India
Semiconductors
Government's Changing Economic Policies
Government Programs to Help Entrepreneurs
Outlook for High -- Tech in India
The Telecommunications and Computer Revolution
Background on Telecommunications in India
Telephones
From Luxury to Necessity
Background on Computers in India
Grwoth of Computers in India
Computer Adoption in India
Computer Software
Impacts of Computers in India
Outlook for Computers in India
India's Information Revolution
Summary of Lessons Learned
Implications for Development
The Information Revolution
Lesson Learned About Becoming an Information Society
Limitations of India's Information Revolution

Über Autor(innen)

Singhal, Arvind M.
Dr. Arvind Singhal ([e-mail]) is the Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Endowed Professor of Communication and Director of the Social Justice Initiative in UTEP’s Department of Communication. He is also appointed, since 2009-2010, as the William J. Clinton Distinguished Fellow at the Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, Arkansas. Singhal teaches and conducts research in the diffusion of innovations, the positive deviance approach, organizing for social change, the entertainment-education strategy, and liberating interactional structures. His research and outreach spans sectors such as health, education, peace, human rights, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, civic participation, democracy and governance, and corporate citizenship.
Singhal is co-author or editor of 12 books – Health Communication in the 21st Century (2014); Inviting Everyone: Healing Healthcare through Positive Deviance (2010); Protecting Children from Exploitation and Trafficking: Using the Positive Deviance Approach (2009); Popular with a Purpose (2008); Communication of Innovations (2006); Organizing for Social Change (2006); Entertainment-Education Worldwide: History, Research, and Practice (2004); Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action (2003); The Children of Africa Confront AIDS: From Vulnerability to Possibility (2003);India’s Communication Revolution: From Bullock Carts to Cyber Marts (2001); Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change (1999); and India's Information Revolution (1989). Three of Singhal’s books won awards for distinguished applied scholarship. In addition, he has authored some 170 peer-reviewed essays in outlets such as the Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Monographs, Health Communication, Management Communication Quarterly; Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Health Communication, and others.
Singhal has won Top Paper Awards from the International and National Communication Associations (ICA and NCA) over a dozen times, and Ohio University’s Baker Research Award twice. The Social Science Research Council & the International Communication Association recognized him as the winner of the Communication Research as Collaborative Practice Award in 2009, and the winner of the Communication Researcher as an Agent of Change Award in 2008. The NW Communication Association honored him with the 2007 Human Rights Award for Steadfast Commitment to Social Justice, Social Change, and Freedom, and in 2005, USC’s Norman Lear Center honored him with the first Everett M. Rogers Award for Outstanding Contributions to Entertainment-Education.
Singhal’s recent academic honors and appointments include President-Appointed Visiting Professor, Kumamoto (National) University, Japan (2012-13); Fulbright Hays Scholar, Slovakia (2012); Schomburg Distinguished Scholar, Ramapo College of New Jersey (2011), Commerzbank Foundation Professor, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany (2009); Berkitt Williams Distinguished Lecturer, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkansas (2009); and Raushni Memorial Deshpande Distinguished Lecturer, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India (2006).
Singhal's research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, The Dutch Health Research Council, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, The National Science Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and others. He has served as an advisor to the World Bank, UN-FAO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFPA, U.S. Department of State; U.S. A.I.D., Family Health International, PATH, Save the Children, the BBC World Service Trust, International Rice Research Institute, Voice for Humanity, and private corporations such as Procter & Gamble (U.S.A and Thailand), Telenor AS (Norway), SpareBank (Norway), and others.
He has taught previously at Ohio University, University of Southern California, University of California- Los Angeles, and held visiting professorships at the USC Annenberg School; the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Royal Roads University, Canada; Kumamoto (National) University, Japan; Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany; Institut Teknologi (Malaysia), Bangkok University (Thailand); and visited and lectured in some 70 countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Australia, Europe, and North America.