Media and global change : rethinking communication for development / Oscar Hemer & Thomas Tufte, editors ; Thomas Hylland Eriksen ... [et al.].

"The book project ... has grown out of the collaboration built up in the distance education Master programme in communication for development ComDev at Malmèo University in Southern Sweden"--P. 11-12.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-493).

Introduction: The Challenge of the Global / Thomas Tufte, Oscar Hemer -- How can the Global be Local? Islam, the West and the globalisation of identity politics / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- New Complexities of Transnational Media Cultures / Asu Aksoy, Kevin Robins -- Writing the World / Oscar Hemer -- Five Key Ideas: Coincidences and Challenges in Development Communication / Silvio Waisbord -- Participatory Communication -- The New Paradigm? / Patchanee Malikhao, Jan Servaes -- Communicating for What? How Globalisation and HIV/AIDS Pushes the ComDev Agenda / Thomas Tufte -- The Diffusion and Participatory Models. A Comparative Analysis / Nancy Morris -- Communication for Empowerment. The Practice of Participatory Communication in Development / Maria Celeste Cadiz -- Entertainment-Education in Development Communication - Between Marketing Behaviours and Empowering People / Thomas Tufte -- Media, Democracy and the Public Sphere / James Deane -- From NWICO to Global Governance of the Information Society / Ulla Carlsson -- Media Policy, Peace and State Reconstruction / Nicole Stremlau, Tim Allen -- Participatory and Cultural Challenges for Research and Practice in Health Communication / Mario Mosquera, Rafael Obregon -- Communication for Sustainable Development: Applications and Challenges / Paolo Mefalopulos -- Out of Focus: Gender Visibilities in Development / Karin Gwinn Wilkins -- The Information Society: Visions and Realities in Developing Countries / Madanmohan Rao -- Assessing ICT in Development: a Critical Perspective / Manne Granqvist -- "We Were Nobody. We Were Nothing": Art, Communications & "Memories of Underdevelopmen" / Gilane Tawadros, Sarat Maharaj -- Miners Radio Stations. A Unique Communication Experience from Bolivia / Alfonzo Gumucio-Dagron -- The Citizen, Media and Social Change in Namibia / Ullamaija Kivikuru -- Missed Opportunities in Post-War Bosnia / Kemal Kurspahic -- Radio in Afghanistan: Socially Useful Communications in Wartime / Gordon Adam -- From the Sandinista Revolution to Telenovelas: The Case of Puntos de Encuentro / Clemencia Rodriguez -- SiMchezo! Magazine. Community Media Making a Difference / Minou Fuglesang -- Young Voices Travel Far. A Case Study of Scenarios from Africa / Daniel Enger, Kate Winskell -- Communication Functions in an Evolving Context of Rural Development / Ricardo Ramirez -- Bridging Digital Divides. Lessons Learned from the Information Technology Initiatives of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh / Vijay Krishna, Everett M. Rogers, Prashant Malaviya, Peer J. Svenkerud, Arvind Singhal -- Theatre for Development in Africa / Christopher Kamlongera.