Development communication

Communities and Media in the Aftermath of Conflict - Participatory productions for reconciliation and peace

by Valentina Baú

Paper presented at the Conference ‘Cultivating Peace: Contexts, Practices and Multi-dimensional Models’, 17-19 May 2012, Centre for Peace Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

A reality characterised by a lack of dialogue among groups can be regarded as a fertile ground for the setup of... more A reality characterised by a lack of dialogue among groups can be regarded as a fertile ground for the setup of community media, where people are given the means for self-expression and succeed in identifying problems and solutions through debate. After a civil conflict, tangible schemes for rebuilding infrastructures should be accompanied by a social renewal aimed primarily at re-establishing a structure among civil society. Within this context, interventions striving to achieve reconciliation at the inter-group level gain particular relevance.

The introduction of participatory approaches to communication emerging from the evolution of Communication for Development as a discipline, have led to the rise of new form of community media productions that have come to be known as participatory media. After providing an illustration and definition of participatory media, this paper seeks to demonstrate the crucial role that this type of productions can play in communities in the aftermath of a civil war or inter-communal violence.

The article begins with an overview to the notion of participation in development and its link to a new model of development communication, based on the pursuit of social change. This will open the path to a discussion on the rise of the media produced by local communities and their use in developing contexts. A review of some of the literature in this field will assist in distinguishing and defining a specific set of community media that sees the direct participation of local community members as the primary element of their production. Subsequently, an analysis of the role of the media in the light of conflict transformation theory will show how media outputs created through participatory methodologies of video, photography and theatre can be regarded as effective tools for dealing with the hostility and grief that linger after a civil conflict, as they provide those channels of communication and storytelling that are needed for effective development interventions aimed at community reconciliation. Examples drawn from projects implemented in developing countries will be brought forward to demonstrate the impact these productions can have in re-connecting groups affected by violence.

Malinis ang Buhay sa Basurang Hiwa-hiwalay: A Social Media Campaign for Waste Segregation

by Joan Dizon

Bringing up TV: Popular culture and the developmental modern in India

by Abhijit Roy

South Asian Popular Culture Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2008, 29–43

The essay suggests that the ideologies of the privatized satellite television in India
remain largely... more The essay suggests that the ideologies of the privatized satellite television in India
remain largely inconceivable unless one takes into account the complex
relationship between the Indian state and realms of ‘popular’ down from the
1960s. It takes a close look at the way India’s state-controlled television tried to
frame a certain aesthetics of ‘development communication’ involving issues of
pedagogy, nationhood, citizenship, sexuality, morality, autonomy and publicness.
One of the key arguments is that the State’s moralizing effort to conceive a
modern televisual public as antagonistic to what it thought to be a ‘vulgar’
cinematic public, along with a concurrent obligation to make television popular
and profitable, created a host of contradictions within the hegemonic projects of
the state. This, however, also led to possibilities of negotiation between the statist
forms and the emergent consumerist forms of citizenship post-1982. In this sense,
we are looking at the conditions of possibility of the way post-Liberalization
satellite television most aptly demonstrates the inter-constitutive relationship
between the State and the Market, the historical liaison between democracy and
capitalism.

From digital divides to digital entitlements in knowledge societies

by Robin Mansell

Reality of e-commerce with developing countries

by Robin Mansell

Great media and communication debates: WSIS and the MacBride Report

by Robin Mansell

Constructing the knowledge base for knowledge-driven development

by Robin Mansell

Entertainment-Education and Participation - Assessing the Communication Strategy of Soul City

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. "Entertainment-Education and Participation - Assessing the Communication Strategy of Soul City". Journal of International Communication. Sydney, Australia. Vol. 7:2, 2001. Pages 25-51. ISSN 1321 6597.

Participatory communication: a practical guide

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Participatory communication: a practical guide. Washington DC : World Bank Publications, 2009. 50 s. (World Bank Working Paper; 170).

Media and the Global Divide. A Bottom-up and Citizen Perspective

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Media and the Global Divide. A Bottom-up and Citizen Perspective. In: Nordicom Review, Vol. 30, 2009, s. 175-184.

Edutainment in HIV/AIDS Prevention. Building on the Soul City Experience in South Africa

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Edutainment in HIV/AIDS Prevention. Building on the Soul City Experience in South Africa. In: Communication for Development and Social Change. red. / Jan Servaes. New Delhi : Sage Publications, Incorporated, 2008. s. 327-344.

Resounding the Voices - Letter writing, Audience Participation and HIV/AIDS Communication for Social Change

by Thomas Tufte

Co-authored with Aran Corrigan, Ylva Ekstrøm, Minou Fuglesang and Datius Rweyemamu.

Tufte, Thomas; Aran Corrigan, Ylva Ekstrøm, Minou Fuglesang and Datius Rweyemamu. 2008. Resounding the Voices: Letter Writing, Audience Participation and Communication for Social Change (in Tanzania). Paper presented at ALAIC, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 8-10 October 2008.

Communicating for what? How globalization and HIV/AIDS push the ComDev agenda

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Communicating for what? How globalization and HIV/AIDS push the ComDev agenda. In: Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development. red. / Thomas Tufte ; Oscar Hemer. Göteborg, Sweden & Buenos Aires, Argentina : NORDICOM, 2005. s. 105-122.

Entertainment-education in development communication: Between marketing behaviors and empowering people

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Entertainment-education in development communication - between marketing behaviours and empowering people. In: Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development. red. / Thomas Tufte ; Oscar Hemer. Göteborg, Sweden & Buenos Aires, Argentina : NORDICOM, 2005. pp. 159-176

Development Communication and the Policy Sciences

by Alexander Flor

Published in Volume II of the Journal of Development Communication, December 1991.

Although most of their practitioners are unaware of it, development communication and the policy sciences are... more Although most of their practitioners are unaware of it, development communication and the policy sciences are inextricably linked. This paper discusses the historial affinities and similarities that these two disciplines share. The article was published by the Journal of Development Communication (Kuala Lumpur) in December 1991.

THE MEDIA MAP PROJECT A RESOURCE ON THE IMPACT OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE: Review of Literature

by Amelia Arsenault

Co-authored with Shawn Powers. Commissioned by Internews and the Media Map Project.

This report explores the origins of media development research, outlines existing empirical measurements of the impact... more This report explores the origins of media development research, outlines existing empirical measurements of the impact of media development projects, and examines relevant theories about the relationship between media modernization and societal progress. In reviewing the literature, it lays the groundwork for The Media Map Project, a study on the impact of media development worldwide, funded by the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Inside [His] Story: Beyond Science Communication and Philippine Mass Media

by Earvin Charles Cabalquinto

This paper is presented in DEVC263: Communicating Scientific and Technical Information which explores how Scientific Concept such as Climate change could be communicated to the non-science based public in the Philippines through Science Journalism and Educational Entertainment.

IMAG(E)NATION: Construction and Struggles in National Mass Media

by Earvin Charles Cabalquinto

A reflection paper submitted in a Masters class of Media Literacy.  This paper zooms in on Media’s social and political implications in the Philippines, 7 September 2007.

Interconnectivity: Strategic Link as a key toward Scientific Literacy

by Earvin Charles Cabalquinto

A paper presented in a Masters Class, DEVC263: Communication of Scientific and Technical Information at UP Open University.

This article showcases the values in scientific research whilst articulates the domains of science communication as... more This article showcases the values in scientific research whilst articulates the domains of science communication as relative to the essential role of collaboration among stakeholders.

On Line or Off Line The Spot: The Effects of Online Media on Image Building of the Philippines among Filipinos in Brunei Darussalam

by Earvin Charles Cabalquinto

A research focusing on the utilization of Online Media by Overseas Filipino Workers in Brunei as presented to the class of DEVC202: Introduction to Development Communication, 24 July 2010