[ecrea] New Internet Course - Development Communication

> An internet based course for credit or non-credit is being offered by
> the University of Missouri St. Louis this Spring.  The 16 week course is
> on the topic of Development Communication.  The course will focus on the
> failure of modernization theory and practice to deliver a substantial
> change in developing nations.  It will be from a non-western perspective
> and it will examine how media function and for whom in poor nations.
> Covered in detail will be cultural imperialism, participatory
> communication theory, education-entertainment theory, the digital divide
> and the role of women as well as NGOs in development.  The textbook is
> Development Communication:  Reframing the Role of the Media
> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) by Tom McPhail who also teaches the course.
> There is a series of 1 hour weekly video lectures by McPhail, plus a
> series of web based activities.  Students from anywhere in the world -
> with internet access - may enroll.
>
> To register online go to:  https://myview.umsl.edu
>
> Or contact:  Lynn Voss at (lvoss /at/ umsl.edu) or 314.516.5972

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.56
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.36.84
Office: 5B.401a
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E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
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