Globalization, Development and the Mass Media

by Colin Sparks

Book Overview

This book gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. It looks at the ways in which the media can be used to effect change and development, and traces the evolution of thinking from attempts to spread ′modernity′ by way of using the media through to alternative perspectives based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761961623
• ISBN13: 9780761961628
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.4"