Title:
Communication for development : one world, multiple cultures
Author:
Servaes, Jan, 1952-
ISBN:
9781572731981
9781572731974
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Publication Information:
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, c1999.
Physical Description:
xxii, 323 p. ; 24 cm.
Series:
The Hampton Press communication series
Series Title:
The Hampton Press communication series
Contents:
Foreword / Jan Pronk -- Moving at Last / Naowarat Pongpaiboon -- Pt. I. From Theory ... 1. Two World (view)s Apart? Modernization Versus Dependency. 2. The Best of Both World(view)s: Multiplicity. 3. Does it Make Sense? Validity and Evaluation in Communication Research. 4. From Theory to Policy -- Pt. II. To Policy and Planningmaking. 5. Communication Policy and Planning for Social Change. 6. Technology Transfer for Whom and for What? (The Case of Thailand). 7. Participatory Strategies for Policymaking and Research Toward a Framework for Participatory Policymaking and Research -- Pt. III. ... To Praxis. 8. A Village in the Jungle: Culture and Communication in Thailand. 9. Broadcasting in Bhutan: Between Tradition and Modernization. 10. Institutional Perspectives on Development Communication: The German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 11. From Radio Schools to Community Radio: Participatory Research at Radio Enriquillo. 12. Conclusions.
Abstract:
This volume summarizes the evolution in post-war thought about development and communication and identifies the various options in communication policymaking and communication research. Throughout, case studies are provided to exemplify the major theoretical arguments.
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