The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change (Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research)

This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of social, cultural, and political change. It is a stand-out reference on a vital topic of primary international concern, with a rising profile in communications and media research programs. Multinational editorial team and global contributors. It covers the history of the field as well as integrating and reconceptualising its diverse perspectives and approaches. It provides a fully formed framework of understanding and identifies likely future developments. It features a wealth of insights into the critical role of digital media in development communication and social change "This Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change offers a valuable resource for advocates, scholars, and communities engaged in long-term and comprehensive struggles for social justice ... This book fills a critical niche by offering a comprehensive framework in a growing area of research and action, as social movements and organizations make strategic use of communication technologies and processes in a complex world of dominant global industries and oppressive political regimes ... This work integrates the interests of many of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) sections, including that of participatory communication, health communication, community communication, communication policy and technology, gender and communication, political communication, and political economy"--Introduction. "This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of social, cultural, and political change"--Provided by publisher pt 1. Communicating development and social change pt 2. Developing strategic communication for social change pt 3. Activist approaches for development and social change.