Introduction : The kaleidoscope of text and context in communication / Jan Servaes -- Powerful beyond measure? Measuring complex systemic change in collaborative settings / Adinda Van Hemelrijck -- The global agenda : technology, development, and sustainable social change / Toks Dele Oyedemi -- ICTs and mobile phones for development in sub-Saharan African region / Tokunbo Ojo -- Fair-trade practices in contemporary Bangladeshi society : the case of Aarong / Fadia Hasan -- Asserting contested power : exploring the control-resistance dialectic in the World Trade Organization's discourse of globalization / Rachel Stohr -- Revolutions, social media, and the digitization of dissent : communicating social change in Egypt / Emily Polk -- Two cases and two paradigms : connecting every village project and CSO Web2.0 project in China / Song Shi -- From liberation to oppression : exploring activism through the arts in an authoritarian Zimbabwe / Verity Norman-- Right to communicate, public participation, and democratic development in Thailand / Boonlert Supadhiloke -- The child reporters initiative in India : a culture-centered approach to participation / Lalatendu Acharya and Mohan Jyoti Dutta -- Advancing a pedagogy of social change in post-Katrina New Orleans : participatory communication in a time of crisis / David J. Park and Leslie Richardson -- Gender as a variable in the framing of homelessness / Solina Richter [and others] -- Understanding the spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand / Patchanee Malikhao -- Framing illness and health on the USAID website for Senegal / Joelle Cruz -- Communication for social change in Kenya : using DVD-led discussion to challenge HIV/AIDS stigma among health workers / Katrina Phillips and Betty Chirchir -- Effect of a public service announcement on couple testing for HIV in Uganda on beliefs and intent to act / Jyotika Ramaprasad-- Crime and punishment : infidelity in telenovelas and implications for Latina adolescent health / Tilly A. Gurman -- Conclusion : Communication for sustainable social change is possible, but not inevitable / Jan Servaes.