Re-imagining development communication in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chuka Onwumechili and Ikechukwu Ndolo
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| Titolo: |
Re-imagining development communication in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chuka Onwumechili and Ikechukwu Ndolo
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302.2096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Communication in community development - Africa |
| Communication and technology - Africa | |
| Social change - Africa | |
| Mass media in community development - Africa | |
| Technological innovations - Social aspects - Africa | |
| Altri autori: |
OnwumechiliChuka
NdoloIkechukwu S
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Reviewing past frameworks and today's discourse. Transcultural social change and development : a critical review of paradigm shifts / Daniel Awodiya -- Africa, development and communication : the day after / Chuka Onwumechili and Ikechukwu Ndolo -- Speaking of African women's agency, activism and complementary gender roles : a look at African feminism / Annie Duru -- Going back to basics : shifting research focus to indigenous knowledge systems and their role in development / Matt Mogekwu. Theorizing & expanding the realm. Another view : theorizing development media / Chuka Onwumechili and Ritchard M'Bayo -- The theory of communicative action for population-communication management in sub-Saharan Africa : argumentative speech in Nigeria / Cornelius Pratt and Thomas Jacobson -- Development media : challenges and attempts / Genet Lakew -- Issues and perspectives on community engagement for behavior and social change / Ikechukwu Ndolo and Hilary Ozoh. Country cases. Health communication and Nigeria : sickle cell anaemia in Nollywood / Tokunbo Ojo and Jan Servaes -- Moving the signpost in Cameroon? : resolving inter-village rivalry through a form of communication / Kehbuma Langmia -- Communicating peace : women transcend cultural boundaries in post-genocide Rwanda / Eddah Mutua and Ayantu Tibeso -- Coding for development in the Silicon Savannah : the emerging role of digital technology in Kenya / George Gathigi and Ernest Waititu -- Sustainable development and rural access to telecommunications in Nigeria / Chukwudiebube Bede Opata. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book takes a new look at development communication in Africa from the perspective of experienced scholars and practitioners. The book is organized into three sections or parts, the first focusing on the past and the history of development communication scholarship; the second analyzes theoretical issues, and finally a third section that looks at country cases. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Re-imagining development communication in Africa |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-7615-3 |
| 1-299-14865-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779326703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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