"Addressing the use of communication (interpersonal, folk, traditional, group, organizational, and mass media) in the development process, this book discusses some of the conceptual and theoretical basis for integrating communication effectively into development plans and execution. It also examines
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the rationale and practical necessity for such integration, and uses case studies to demonstrate how to positively take advantage of communication potentials and possibilities while avoiding possible dysfunctions." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"Der Band basiert auf einer Tagung der Sektion Religionssoziologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Er vereinigt sowohl theoretische als auch empirische Beiträge." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
"Die Beiträge dieses Bandes suchen einen interdisziplinären Zugang zum Verhältnis von Fernsehen und Religion. Aus verschiedenen Fachperspektiven setzen sie sich mit der Frage auseinander, ob das Fernsehen Kommunikationsformen und Funktionen der Religion übernommen hat." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
"El presente manual recoge, por un lado, lo que ya realizó en su momento Comunicación, misión y desafío,(1986) y lo que ofreció el manual de Comunicación para la pastoral y pastoral de la comunicación (1995), del Servicio Conjunto de Comunicación que agrupa las tres grandes organizaciones ca
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tólicas de comunicación: OCIC-AL, UCLAP y UNDA-AL, que tiene sede en Quito, Ecuador. El presente manual será de ahora en adelante una ayuda útil para quienes desean impulsaren América Latina una pastoral de la comunicación, siguiendo para ello lo largamente enseñado y afirmado por la voz de los Pastores de la Iglesia, y que encuentra su expresión en los diversos documentos donde se aborda este tema." (https://documental.celam.org)
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"The growing connections between media, culture and religion are increasingly evident in contemporary society, but until now have rarely been theoretically linked. The contributors to this volume effectively combine these areas into a coherent whole. The issues they examine include: the decline of r
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eligious institutions during the late twentieth century; the increasing autonomy and individualized practice of religion; and the surge of media and media-based icons that are often imbued with religious qualities, and the ensuing effect on cultural practices." (Publisher description)
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"How do religious audiences react to and use the mass media? Religion and Mass Media is an audience-centered examination that reveals how a variety of Christian traditions experience media news and entertainment - in the context of institutional religious influences and expectations. Drawing on soci
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al science theories and empirical research methodologies, the contributors explore responses from Roman Catholics, Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and Mormons and a variety of other traditions. In the first section, contributors set the framework by describing recent theoretical developments in the sociology of religion and communication theory. Section two provides an overview of the particulars of certain religious beliefs, section three looks at audience behavior, section four describes specific case studies (including one on rap music), and section five looks at the changing information environment and the future." (Publisher description)
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