Mass Communication and Social Change in Rural Areas

Drawing on theoretical perspectives regarding the importance of place and belonging to a place in understanding young people’s lives as well as broader processes of social change and continuity, this article explores conceptions of youth as experienced—and narrated—by young people living in rural areas. The article analyzes how discourses on urbanism and youth can be traced in young people’s narratives about their communities and their own lives as young people; how these discourses seem to frame the young people’s narratives and how they rearticulate these discourses through their accounts (Davies, 2000). In the article, we thus also focus attention on the cracks and opposing discourses that can be identified in the young people’s narratives, and how they influence their relationship with their local area.

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Innovative Mobility Solutions in Rural Areas With Case Studies

Implications of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Urban and Rural Environments - Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1614-0.ch007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 156-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marian Gogola ◽

Dana Sitányiová

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Health Services ◽

Case Studies ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Transport Services ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Important Challenge

Rural areas still have some disadvantages in comparison to urban areas. Access to jobs, education, or health services provided for inhabitants in rural areas are limited. Another important topic is mobility, which is crucial to meet the travel expectations of inhabitants in rural areas. Finding new forms of mobility capable of covering all areas and meeting the requirements of rural inhabitants is the most important challenge. This chapter deals with mobility in rural areas from the perspective of demographics, social change, and accessibility to transport services. Moreover, this chapter offers various case studies dealing with innovative solutions for mobility in rural areas resulting from the RUMOBIL project.

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Types of Vulnerable Household across Social Classes in Rural India

Social Change ◽

10.1177/0049085720953408 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. 466-472

Author(s):

Surajit Deb

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Household Size ◽

Social Classes ◽

Rural India ◽

The Social ◽

Vulnerable Households ◽

Female Headed Households ◽

Adult Member

The eighth part of the Social Change Indicators series presents data on vulnerable households, that is, mean household size, percentage of female-headed households, percentage of households with no literate adult, percentage of households with no adult member and percentage of landless households dependent on manual casual labour across different social classes in rural areas of different states.

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