Table of Contents
1. Development Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Situating the Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A. The Background: First Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Secondary Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
C. Development Communication from a Human
Rights Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
D. Indigenous Knowledge Systems . . . . . . . . . . 6
E. Participatory/Liberation Models . . . . . . . . . . . 6
F. Empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
G. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. The Current Situation: Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A. Notions of Alternative Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B. The Concept of Group Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C. Communication Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
D. Information and Communication
Technologies: “Informatization” . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4. The Current Situation: Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A. The State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B. International Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C. Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Concerns in Contemporary Development
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A. Globalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
B. Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
C. The Entertainment-Education System . . . . . . 22
D. People-based Participatory Research . . . . . . . 22
E. People’s Movements and Empowering
Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6. Some Conclusions: Development
Communication—A Third World Perspective . . 23
Editor’s Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recommended Citation
Srampickal, Jacob S.J.
(2006)
"Development and Participatory Communication,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 25:
No.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol25/iss2/1