Family Planning Communication in India - The Actors and the Acts

This book is the first systematic study on the historiography of the family planning communication process in India. It traces the history of the development of a highly technical health communication process.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1 Malthusian Heritage and Family Planning in India: A Historiography 2 Development Communication: Theory and Practice 3 Family Planning Communication: The Actors and the Acts 4 Family Planning Communication through the Intersection of Nationalism, Religion, Caste, Class and Gender 5 Conclusion: Is There One? Index

About the author

Shashwati Goswami is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Research at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, India. Previously, as a communication professional, she has been associated with India's national radio broadcaster, the All India Radio and BBC Media Action. As a media academic, she has received varied grants and fellowships from numerous research and academic organisations, including Panos South Asia, Rockefeller Archive Centre, New York and E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. Her areas of research and teaching are political economy of media, gender and media, health communication and development and conflict-zone journalism. She has been an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (PhD), University of Delhi (MA) and Cotton College, Gauhati University (BA Hons).

Summary

This book is the first systematic study on the historiography of the family planning communication process in India. It traces the history of the development of a highly technical health communication process.

Product details

• Authors: Shashwati Goswami
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032554280
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255428-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: South Asia in Context
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, India, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising