Development Communication in Practice: India and the Millennium Development Goals

This book looks at development communication in the Indian context. Charting its international history and discussing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that evolved as part of the phenomenon of globalisation, it links the history of India's development with development communication and discusses the role of media in disseminating information to the public.

The book analyses 7 Indian newspapers for a period of 7 months and evaluates the extent to which development issues are addressed in them. The findings reveal an under-representation of development issues in the media which, the author argues, needs to be addressed. Reviewing recent concepts on poverty measurement and the MDGs set forth by global scholars such as Jagdish Bhagwati, Amartya Sen, and Joseph Stiglitz, the book acknowledges the importance of information technology, literacy, and education in the process of development. The book's intended audience is: economists, development communication practitioners, government officials dealing in media and communication, and students and researchers working in the fields of communication and media studies and journalism.

Contents include:

• Development Concepts: Old and New
  
• Globalisation
  
• Growth versus Development
  
• Development Communication: Some Practical Considerations
  
• Recent International Development Efforts
  
• Development News in Seven Newspapers of India
  
• Results, Conclusions, & Recommendations