Media and Development
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London; New York: Routledge (2018), xv, 300 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 261-281, index
Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development
ISBN 978-0-415-74554-3 (pbk); 9781315797823 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 10-Development-E 2018
"Drawing on case studies from all over the world – including: ‘hate radio’ in Rwanda; theatre for development in India; telenovelas in Latin America; mobile banking and money in Africa, and; GIS and humanitarianism in Haiti – thsi book will be of interest to all undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and development; international development professionals, and; simply to anyone with an interest in how media does, can, or should, change the world." (Back cover)
INTRODUCTION: MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT, A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP, 1
What is 'media'? -- What is 'development'? -- Media development -- Media representations of development
1 THE RISE AND RISE OF MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT, 33
The genesis of media for development -- Three models for development communication -- Social marketing -- Public health campaigns -- Entertainment-education
2 DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWS: FROM ICONOGRAPHIES OF DISASTER TO POST-HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATION, 64
Histories of humanitarianism -- Iconographies of disaster -- Biblical crises -- Compassion fatigue -- Post-humanitarian communication
3 MEDIA, EMPOWERMENT, AND AGENCY: THE PROMISES OF PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION, 112
Dependency theory -- Feminist critiques -- Environmental critique -- Post-colonial development -- Participatory communication -- Indigenous media -- Criticisms of participatory communication and indigenous media
4 STRUCTURAL-ADJUSTMENT AND MEDIA GLOBALIZATION, 157
The economic crises of the 1907s and the 'neo-liberal turn' -- Globalization of the media -- Media development -- Community media -- The mobile phone revolution
5 ICT4D IN NEW MEDIA WORLDS, 192
New media environments, the opportunities for ICT4D: responses to the globalization of legacy media, responses to the mobile phone revolution, mobile money, media activism, participatory GIS -- New media environments: the challenges for ICT4D: 'toxic' media content
6 DEVELOPMENT AND CELEBRITY, 233
The Asian financial crisis and beyond -- The celebrity-development nexus -- Celebrity-humanitarian spectatorship
What is 'media'? -- What is 'development'? -- Media development -- Media representations of development
1 THE RISE AND RISE OF MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT, 33
The genesis of media for development -- Three models for development communication -- Social marketing -- Public health campaigns -- Entertainment-education
2 DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWS: FROM ICONOGRAPHIES OF DISASTER TO POST-HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATION, 64
Histories of humanitarianism -- Iconographies of disaster -- Biblical crises -- Compassion fatigue -- Post-humanitarian communication
3 MEDIA, EMPOWERMENT, AND AGENCY: THE PROMISES OF PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION, 112
Dependency theory -- Feminist critiques -- Environmental critique -- Post-colonial development -- Participatory communication -- Indigenous media -- Criticisms of participatory communication and indigenous media
4 STRUCTURAL-ADJUSTMENT AND MEDIA GLOBALIZATION, 157
The economic crises of the 1907s and the 'neo-liberal turn' -- Globalization of the media -- Media development -- Community media -- The mobile phone revolution
5 ICT4D IN NEW MEDIA WORLDS, 192
New media environments, the opportunities for ICT4D: responses to the globalization of legacy media, responses to the mobile phone revolution, mobile money, media activism, participatory GIS -- New media environments: the challenges for ICT4D: 'toxic' media content
6 DEVELOPMENT AND CELEBRITY, 233
The Asian financial crisis and beyond -- The celebrity-development nexus -- Celebrity-humanitarian spectatorship
