Media and Development

Informationen zum Autor Richard Vokes is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Adelaide. He has long-standing research interests in the Great Lakes region of East Africa, especially in the areas of visual and media anthropology. Zusammenfassung The text provides advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate, students with an introduction to the key theoretical perspectives in both media theory and development studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Media and Development, A Complicated Relationship 1. The Rise and Rise of Media for Development 2. Development in the News: From Iconographies of Disaster to Post-Humanitarian Communication 3. Media, Empowerment and Agency: The Promises of Participatory Communication 4. Structural-Adjustment and Media Globalization 5. ICT4D in New Media Worlds 6. Development and Celebrity Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Vokes Richard, Richard Vokes, Richard (University of Adelaide Vokes, Vokes Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2017
• EAN: 9780415745536
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74553-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development; Routledge Perspectives on Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography