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This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms.

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Author:   T. Askanius ,  L. Østergaard
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9781349485567

ISBN 10:   134948556
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction; Tina Askanius and Liv Østergaard PART I: THEORISING COMMUNICATION FOR CHANGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPHERES 1. Voiceblind: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Neoliberal State; Nick Couldry 2. Researching and Developing Cybercultur@: Emerging Local Knowledge Communities in Latin America; Jorges A. Gonzalez 3. Advocacy Communication for and about Women; Karin Gwinn Wilkins 4. The Public Sphere and the Dialectics of Globalization; Thomas Hylland Eriksen PART II: CONTEMPORARY ACTORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE: ART, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC PEDAGOGY 5. What is an Intellectual, Anyway?; Ingrid Elam 6. What I Think About when I Think About Being an Intellectual; Carsten Jensen Round-table Discussion led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, moderated by Oscar Hemer: The Flattening of the Public Sphere and the Loss of Respect for Knowledge 7. Interview with Måns Adler by Liv Østergaard: The Democratization of Live Streaming Tools 8. Beyond Polemical Practice: A Tribute to Henry Gireoux; Geetanjali Sachdev PART III: PRACTITIONERS AND PRACTICES: NEW COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVES AND INITIATIVES 9. Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India; Jyothsna Belliappa 10. Participation in the Internet Era; Rikke Frank Jørgensen 11. Communication in Social Movements: A New Perspective on Human Right; Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo 12. Citizen Engagement Through SMS? Audiences 'Talking Back' to a Reality TV Edutainment Initiative in Tanzania; Ylva Ekström and Linda Helgesson 13. Accessing the Public Sphere in Africa Through a Slum Radio Project; Nicky Morrison and Martin Davies Afterword: Addressing The Challenges of the Present Continous; Oscar Hemer and Thomas Tufte 

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Ma?ns Adler, Founder of Bambuser, Sweden Jyothsna Latha Belliappa, Azim Premji University, India Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, UK Martin Davies, Broadcast and Media Specialist, UK Ingrid Elam, Gothenburg University, Sweden Ylva Ekström, Uppsala University, Sweden Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway Jorge A. González, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Carsten Jensen, Writer and Critic, Denmark Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark Nicky Morrison, University of Cambridge, UK Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil Geetanjali Sachdev, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India Linda Helgesson Sekei, Development Pioneer Consultants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Karin Gwinn Wilkins, University of Texas, Austin, USA

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