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Video letters, mediation and (proper) distance: A qualitative study of international development communication in practice

Karlstad: Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Thesis (2014), 268 pp.
"This study focuses on the institutional practice of international development communication. Through a qualitative study of the Videoletters project, it examines a situated process of intervention in its complexity and analyzes how the specifics of mediation illuminate issues of proximity and dista ... more

Cultura y posdesarrollo: Perspectivas, itinerarios y desafíos de la comunicación para el cambio social

La Plata: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Instituto de Investigaciones en Comunicación (IICOM) (2014), 182 pp.
"La presente publicación tiene como principal intención revisar la riqueza analítica y propositiva de la comunicación en el campo del desarrollo, en el actual contexto de “redimensionamiento” de la cultura y su relación con el cambio social; entendiendo que esta diversidad de puntos de part ... more

The role of community radio in empowerment and social change: An analysis of Radio Jamia 90.4 FM, Delhi and Sangham Radio 90.4, Medak, Andhra Pradesh

Indira Gandhi National Open University, School of Journalism and New Media Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 256 pp.
"This book sets the stage for subsequent books by identifying and analysing the current gaps in the field. It critically reviews the theory and practice of Communication for Social Change (CSC) with a specific accent on the role played by structures in the creation of the discourses of CSC. Thomas a ... more

A Participatory Framework for Researching and Evaluating Communication for Development and Social Change

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 298-320
"This chapter first discusses evaluation of communication for development in relation to ideas around participation and social change, before presenting the framework for evaluating communication for development and social change, and the key principles that underpin it. It then describes some of th ... more

Storytelling for Social Change

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 189-206
"This chapter argues that narrative can be particularly well suited to transcend the unhelpful polarizations – behavioral versus social change, diffusion versus participatory approaches – that have characterized and restricted global health communication to date. The chapter describes a series o ... more

Theorizing Development, Communication, and Social Change

In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians; Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 213-227
"This chapter will focus on the theorizing of communication and social change. It will argue that theory must enable people to know the world. It will also argue the limits to token participation and the unsustainability of "behavioral change communication'' that is theorized outside of structures, ... more

La constitución del campo de la comunicación, el desarrollo y el cambio social: Un campo de resistencia al paradigma dominante

In: Comunicación educación un campo de resistencias
Aura Isabel Mora (comp.)
Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto), Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación (2014), pp. 455-531
"Este trabajo es el referente conceptual de la Maestría en Comunicación, desarrollo y cambio social de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Uniminuto. Tiene como obejtivo presentar un recrrido histórico de la construcción del campo académico de la comuni ... more

Communication, Development, and Social Change: Future Alternatives

In: Global Communication: New Agendas in Communication
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Joseph D. Straubhaar; Shanti Kumar (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2014), pp. 119-141
"To a certain extent the field's shortcomings could be the consequence of academic work increasingly trapped in the normativity of the development industry and out of touch with the variety of agents concerned with social injustice worldwide, who are deploying communication and media strategies to a ... more
"Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and eva ... more

Theatre of Good Intentions: Challenges and Hopes for Theatre and Social Change

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 156 pp.
"Much has been written about theatre's capacity to create social change. Theatre of Good Intentions: Challenges and Hopes for Theatre and Social Change, however, looks at some of the reasons why achieving such goals is hard; examining what theatre can and can't do. It critiques the limitations of th ... more
"The book questions whether and how young citizens in Africa engage with media and communications technologies and platforms in a desire to be included in the change processes of their societies. The theme echoes some of the claims made by disenchanted and frustrated youth and other citizens in the ... more

Reflexiones sobre una comunicación que transforma

Inter Press Service (IPS);Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP);Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (2013), 291 pp.
"This issue of 'Communication Research Trends' provides a survey of the field of sustainable social change and communication in a global context. It starts with a review of introductory works and general overviews and lists some manuals, resource books, journals, and organizations, which are relevan ... more

Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development

In: Digital Anthropology
Heather A. Horst; Daniel Miller (eds.)
London: Berg (2012), pp. 225-241

Development Communication in Directed Social Change: A Reappraisal of Theory and Practice

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2012), vi, 266 pp.
"This article presents an overview of the emergence of sustainability themes in communication for development and argues that there is an urgent need for a framework of sustainability indicators for communication for development and social change projects around the world. It fills a crucial gap in ... more