Issues in Development Communication

By: Nnaane, Barikui

This book discusses critical but contemporary issues in development communication, especially from the perspective of the Global South. Using an empirical approach. It takes a look at the background to the debate on development, tracing it to the issues that led to the setting up of the MacBride Commission, as well as the agitation for a New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO).it dissects the concept of development and its dimensions; the concept of development communication and its multi-facets; the role of the mass media in development communication; the place of civic journalism and development journalism in development communication; the place of the democratic developmental state and development communication in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Global South; the imperative of a Pan-Global South news agency that will usher in cooperation and development in the Global South; models of development communication; a review of related theories of development; as well as theoretical framework. .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6207998723
• ISBN13: 9786207998722
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"