[ecrea] Media and Development: New Book

My new book on ‘Media and Development’ (Zed Books) is available from 
today. See below for details.



Ive also made a short animation about it – ‘does media matter for 
development?’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQT2IVxMkhY and written a 
blog about it here – 
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/martin-scott/media-development_b_5206117.html



The book launch is in London on 19th June 2014 at the end of an event on 
‘Sensational (ising) Development: Analysing media representations of 
international development’ (see a previous email for details of that event)



Regards





Media and Development

Martin Scott

Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering 
public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state 
accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet 
the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as 
a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech 
and propaganda.

How then should we respond to the growing importance of the media - 
including journalism, radio, television, community media and social 
media - for poverty and inequality? The first step is to acquire an 
informed and critical understanding of the multiple roles that the media 
can have in development. To help achieve this, this book provides 
concise and original introductions to the study and practice of 
communication for development (C4D), media development and media 
representations of development. In doing so it highlights the increasing 
importance of the media, whilst at the same time emphasising the 
varieties, complexities and contingencies of its role in social change.

The broad and interdisciplinary focus of this book will make it 
attractive to anyone with an interest in media, communication, 
development, politics and social change.



Reviews

'Martin Scott has written an excellent book which will go straight to 
the top of student reading lists. It is lucid, readable and clear, 
parsing complex debates and voluminous literatures with an easy mastery. 
It is also thoroughly thought-provoking. You could not ask for a better 
introduction to this topic.'
Daniel Brockington, University of Manchester

'This book is innovative, relevant and very useful for students wishing 
to understand the complex relations between media and development. 
Martin Scott delivers accessible narratives, interesting insights and 
nuanced arguments. But not least, he writes well. A good communicator 
offering an important contribution to the field!'
Thomas Tufte, Professor of Communication, Roskilde University

'Martin Scott offers a compelling and original constructive critique of 
media development, artfully integrating critical attention to 
communication for development with concerns with communication about 
development. This work offers a valuable contribution to communication, 
humanitarian, and development work.'
Karin Wilkins, Professor of Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin

'Insightful and eloquent, Martin Scott's book comes a long way in 
addressing the notoriously slippery question of how exactly media matter 
in development. By clearing conceptual ground, synthesising debates and 
formulating new challenges, the book also powerfully demonstrates just 
how valuable interdisciplinary scholarship can be.'
Lilie Chouliaraki, Professor of Media and Communications, London School 
of Economics and Social Science



Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Media for development: magic bullet or corporate tool?
2. Participatory communication in development: more questions than answers
3. Defining media development: nailing jelly to a wall
4. From media development to development: a long and winding road
5. Strategies of humanitarian communication: choose wisely
6. Media coverage of the global South: who cares?
Conclusion



About the Author:

Dr Martin Scott is a lecturer in media and international development at 
the University of East Anglia. His research is primarily concerned with 
media coverage of development and the global South. He has also written 
about entertainment education, media literacy and the role of popular 
culture in engaging young people in politics



The book is available from here - 
http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/paperback/media-and-development and here - 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Media-Development-Matters-Martin-Scott/dp/1780325509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399538422&sr=8-1&keywords=martin+scott+media+and+development




Dr Martin Scott
Lecturer in Media and International Development
School of International Development (DEV)
University of East Anglia, Arts 1.66, NR4 7TJ
01603 591559
http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/People/Academic/scott
http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/courses/ma-media-and-international-development

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