scholarly journals Book Review - Development Communication: Reframing the Role of Media

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Halder
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Participatory Communication ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of

Development Communication: Reframing the Role of Media is a book that offers an overview of the history of development communication while exploring the main actors of the field and world culture.The author, Thomas McPhail, has written a book with a strong theoretical focus on development communication studies ranging from modernization theories to the movements of liberation theology to participatory communication, cultural imperialism and education-entertainment. Readers will find this book useful for understanding past, present and possible future directions of the development communication field. 

Women in the history of linguistics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Wendy Ayres-Bennett ◽  
Helena Sanson
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Central Section ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of Linguistics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Women

This Introduction outlines the need for a ‘true history’ (Lerner 1976) of the role of women in the history of linguistics, which considers them on their own terms, and challenges categories and concepts devised for traditional male-dominated accounts. We start by considering what research has already been conducted in the field, before exploring some of the reasons for the relative dearth of studies. We outline some of the challenges and opportunities encountered by women who wished to study the nature of language and languages in the past. The geographical and chronological scope of this volume is then discussed. In a central section we examine some of the major recurring themes in the volume. These include attitudes towards women’s language, both positive and negative; women and language acquisition and teaching; and women as creators of new languages and scripts. We further explore women as authors, dedicatees, or intended readers of metalinguistic texts, as interpreters and translators, and as contributors to the linguistic documentation and maintenance. We consider how women supported male relatives and colleagues in their endeavours, sometimes in invisible ways, before reviewing the early stages of their entry into institutionalized contexts. The chapter concludes with a brief section on future directions for research.

Continuity in change: A history of radio for national development

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234
Author(s):  
Gilbert K. M. Tietaah ◽  
Margaret I. Amoakohene ◽  
Marquita S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
National Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Liberal Pluralism ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Control

In this article, we assert and demonstrate a particular and enduring adaptability of radio in tandem with observable temporal shifts in development communication theory and practice in Africa. Specifically, we use the historical research method to explore and explain the ideological discourses, polity contours and social forces that have overlain the role of radio as both an index and an instrument of development in Ghana. The evidence reveals that radio has transitioned through three key milestones in how the technology has been appropriated and applied to national development efforts: from transplantation, through transmission, to transaction. Each of these phases coincides, incidentally, with paradigm shifts in development communication theorizing: from modernization through diffusion to participation. They also coincide, broadly, with three distinctive epochs of ideological shifts in the historical accounting on radio for development in Ghana: from British imperial hegemony, through post-independence command-and-control, to contemporary liberal pluralism.

scholarly journals Spiritual Beliefs Add To the Perceived Health of Cancer Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devakinandan Sharma ◽  
Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari ◽  
Gyanesh Kumar Tiwar
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Healthy Participants

The study aimed to examine the impacts of spiritual beliefs of diagnosed cancer patients and normal healthy participants on their perceived health. The present research employed a correlational research design to collect and analyze data. The purposive sampling method was used to select the participants in the study. Sixty diagnosed male (M = 52.32, SD = 10.52) and female (M = 51.68, SD = 6.90) cancer patients and 60 normal healthy male (M = 44.00, SD = 10.45) and female (M = 47.15, SD = 11.32) participants constituted the samples for the study. The findings of the study evinced that spiritual beliefs had important role in shaping the nature and extent of the perceived health of the cancer patients and normal healthy participants. The gender has also been observed to play pivotal role in impacting the perceived health of the participants. It was also observed that spiritual beliefs had shown positive correlations with the scores of perceived health of the male, female and all the cancer patients and normal healthy participants. An important finding of the study denoted that spiritual beliefs contributed significantly and even higher in degree to the scores of the perceived health of the participants inflicted with cancer as compared to the participants with no known history of chronic diseases. In essence, the findings of the study corroborated the important role of spiritual beliefs in determining the perceived health of the participants suffering from fatal disease like cancer. The findings of the study have significant implications in understanding the spiritual beliefs and perceived health of the patients inflicted with fatal diseases and it will benefit equally health professional, care-givers and public at large. The limitations and future directions for future researchers have been discussed at the end.

THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE UZBEKISTAN ANCIENT PERIOD

Infolib ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Shoira Nurmukhammedova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of

This article is devoted to formation of Uzbekistan’s architecture of ancient period. Features of its development are revealed on examples of building materials and constructions of civil and cultural architecture in such historical and cultural regions of Central Asia as Bactria, Sogd, Fergana and Khorezm. Author defined factors that influenced on emergence of ingressive architecture and role of building materials and constructions, which mainly defined formation of monumental style. Author identifies volumetric and dimensional composition of houses and their impact on formation of palatial architecture on the example of residential architecture. We’ve revealed the role of small types of art – sculptures and paintings, which imparted unique character to the monuments with their artistic characteristics.

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