"Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus represent the fastest, broadest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. T…
"This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes alread…
This book critically examines directed social change theory and practice while presenting a conceptual framework of development communication to address inequality and injustice in contemporary contexts.
"The text provides advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate, students with an introduction to the key theoretical perspectives in both media theory and development studies. It also brings these two bodies of theory into dialogue with each other, by examining the ways in which bo…
At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of media revolutions' throughout the developing world - beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the late-1960s, followed by the …
"The text provides advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate, students with an introduction to the key theoretical perspectives in both media theory and development studies. It also brings these two bodies of theory into dialogue with each other, by examining the ways in which bo…
This book examines the importance of participatory video as a catalyst for development. It shows how powerful video images have been used to promote changes in attitudes and social behaviour, helping communities identify development solutions that are within their reach. Video h…