Critical Issues in Communication

Looking Inward for Answers (Essays in Honour of K E Eapen)

Srinivas R Melkote Bowling Green State University, USA
Sandhya Rao Department of Mass Communication, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
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Foreword H Y Sharada Prasad
Introduction Srinivas R Melkote and Sandhya Rao
PART ONE: PROF EAPEN: HIS WORK AND EXPERIENCES
Reflections on Journalism/Communication Education and Research in India and Abroad K E Eapen
Media and Development Harold Fisher
The Insights of a Pioneer and Reformer
PART TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING INWARD: THE CASE OF INDIA
Communications in India B P Sanjay
Compulsions and Contradictions
Political Economy of Communications in India Pradip N Thomas
From Pre-Television to a Post-Cable Community Sandhya Rao
Two Decades of Media Growth and Use in Bangalore, India
National Unity in India Keval J Kumar
Communications Policy and Media Practice
Documentary Film in India M V Krishnaswamy
A Critical Appraisal
Culture, Ethics and Burdens of History Anantha Sudhaker Babbili
Understanding the Communication Ethos of India
PART THREE: AN INTROSPECTIVE LOOK INTO MEDIA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERMENT AND BUILDING COMMUNITY
Communication and Development Hamid Mowlana
Theoretical and Methodological Problems and Prospects
Barking up the Wrong Tree? An Inward Look at the Discipline and Practice of Development Communication Srinivas R Melkote and Krishna P Kandath
Using People's Organization for Development Sundeep R Muppidi
Role of Women's <i>Sanghams</i> in Zaheerabad, India
Right to Information P L Vishweshwar Rao
A Fundamental Right in a Democracy
Communication Creates Community Robert A White
The Role of Community-Oriented Media
Looking Inward for Film Visions Jean-Paul Restoule, Marlene Cuthbert and Bernie Harder
Aboriginal Empowerment through Film
PART FOUR: CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, THEORY, PROCESS AND PRACTICE
Values and Communication Research James D Halloran
Emerging Challenges to Media Theory Denis McQuail
Natural Communication Ramona R Rush
An Unnatural Act for Mankind?
Practising Journalism Communicatively Brenda Dervin and Robert Huesca
Moving from Journalism Practiced as Ideology to Journalism Practiced as Theorized Procedure
PART FIVE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Assumptions Doug Newsom
Problems in International Communication
Development, Imperialism and Globalization Colin Sparks
The Implication of the Paradigm Shifts in International Communication
The Planning of Communication Technology Cees J Hamelink
Alternatives for the Periphery
Rethinking African Communication Research in the World of New Information Technologies and Pro-Democracy Movement Luke Uka Uche
Regenerating Information and Communication Inequalities? Robin Mansell
Media Ownership and Control in an Age of Convergence Herbert I Schiller
Inventory of Textbooks in Communication Studies around the World Kaarle Nordenstreng, Aggrey Brown and Michael Traber

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