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[ecrea] Development Communication Class Summer 2010

Wed May 19 19:42:29 GMT 2010



The University of Missouri-St Louis is offering an internet based course beginning June 14, ending August 7, 2010.  Introduction to Comparative International Media Systems (MedSt 2500) is an online course offered for both credit and non-credit.  The Summer 2010 course deals with development communication and attempts by core nations to assist those in the third world through a variety of communication/media efforts.  Comparative Media Systems consists of weekly videos, readings and discussions.  The textbook is Developmental Communication: Reframing the Role of the Media (Wiley-Blackwell Publishers) by Tom McPhail who also teaches this course.  Students from anywhere in the world – with internet access- may enroll.
 
In Developmental Communication: Reframing the Role of the Media, top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change.
·         Offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication – process of systematically intervening with either media or education in order to promote positive social change.
·         Discusses the major approaches and theories in development communication, including educational issues of training, literacy, schooling, and use of media from print and radio to video and the internet
·         Explores the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the power of grass-roots movements and ‘bottom-up’ approaches that challenge the status quo in global media
 
 
For additional information on YouTube about the course see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXMbXXM9YeM&feature=related
 
 
To register for Media Studies 2500, for either credit or non-credit, students may contact Raina Traore-Gress  by phone at 314-516-5974 or by email: (traoregressr /at/ umsl.edu)
 

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