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Critical Issues in Communication: Looking Inward for Answers (Essays in Honour of K E Eapen)

Critical Issues in Communication: Looking Inward for Answers (Essays in Honour of K E Eapen)


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Critical Issues in Communication is comprised of essays which examine the field of communication with specific reference to the areas of international and development communication. The essays are all contributed by leading communication scholars in tribute to the late and prominent K E Eapen. They look at: the political economy of communication and information; media in development and social change; media theory and practice; international communication technology; communication values and ethics

Table of Contents:
Foreword - H Y Sharada Prasad Introduction - Srinivas R Melkote and Sandhya Rao PART ONE: PROF EAPEN: HIS WORK AND EXPERIENCES Reflections on Journalism/Communication Education and Research in India and Abroad - K E Eapen Media and Development - Harold Fisher The Insights of a Pioneer and Reformer PART TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING INWARD: THE CASE OF INDIA Communications in India - B P Sanjay Compulsions and Contradictions Political Economy of Communications in India - Pradip N Thomas From Pre-Television to a Post-Cable Community - Sandhya Rao Two Decades of Media Growth and Use in Bangalore, India National Unity in India - Keval J Kumar Communications Policy and Media Practice Documentary Film in India - M V Krishnaswamy A Critical Appraisal Culture, Ethics and Burdens of History - Anantha Sudhaker Babbili Understanding the Communication Ethos of India PART THREE: AN INTROSPECTIVE LOOK INTO MEDIA′S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERMENT AND BUILDING COMMUNITY Communication and Development - Hamid Mowlana Theoretical and Methodological Problems and Prospects Barking up the Wrong Tree? An Inward Look at the Discipline and Practice of Development Communication - Srinivas R Melkote and Krishna P Kandath Using People′s Organization for Development - Sundeep R Muppidi Role of Women′s Sanghams in Zaheerabad, India Right to Information - P L Vishweshwar Rao A Fundamental Right in a Democracy Communication Creates Community - Robert A White The Role of Community-Oriented Media Looking Inward for Film Visions - Jean-Paul Restoule, Marlene Cuthbert and Bernie Harder Aboriginal Empowerment through Film PART FOUR: CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, THEORY, PROCESS AND PRACTICE Values and Communication Research - James D Halloran Emerging Challenges to Media Theory - Denis McQuail Natural Communication - Ramona R Rush An Unnatural Act for Mankind? Practising Journalism Communicatively - Brenda Dervin and Robert Huesca Moving from Journalism Practiced as Ideology to Journalism Practiced as Theorized Procedure PART FIVE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES Assumptions - Doug Newsom Problems in International Communication Development, Imperialism and Globalization - Colin Sparks The Implication of the Paradigm Shifts in International Communication The Planning of Communication Technology - Cees J Hamelink Alternatives for the Periphery Rethinking African Communication Research in the World of New Information Technologies and Pro-Democracy Movement - Luke Uka Uche Regenerating Information and Communication Inequalities? - Robin Mansell Media Ownership and Control in an Age of Convergence - Herbert I Schiller Inventory of Textbooks in Communication Studies around the World - Kaarle Nordenstreng, Aggrey Brown and Michael Traber

About the Author :
Srinivas Raj Melkote has been a Professor in the fields of media and communication for more than 30 years. Professor Melkote is currently in his 31st year at the School of Media and Communication in Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. He has taught at universities in India, US, and Jamaica. He served as a Fulbright Professor at Manipal University in India and is currently a Fulbright Specialist. Professor Melkote has researched and published extensively on a range of issues ranging from the role of communication in directed social change, participatory communication, international communication, health communication, communication strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention, mass communication theory, quantitative research methods, media effects, and communication pedagogy. His book Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment, 2nd edition (coauthored with Dr Leslie Steeves) is a core text for courses on media and communication in directed social change in colleges around the world. Professor Melkote’s current interests are examining the role of media and communication in achieving empowerment and social justice. His work in social change communication examines the roles of globalization, economics, politics, and hegemonic discourse in sustaining and widening the inequality gaps between people in societies around the world.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761995111
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 492
  • Sub Title: Looking Inward for Answers (Essays in Honour of K E Eapen)
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0761995110
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 2001
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 660 gr


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