Rethinking Media Development through Evaluation: Beyond Freedom (Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change)

Noske-Turner, Jessica

ISBN 10: 3319585673 / ISBN 13: 9783319585673

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Media Development through Evaluation: Beyond Freedom (Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319585673
• ISBN 13: 9783319585673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book argues for an overhaul of the way media assistance is evaluated, and explores how new thinking about evaluation can reinforce the shifts towards better media development. The pursuit of media freedom has been the bedrock of media development since its height in the 1990s. Today, citizen voice, participation, social change, government responsiveness and accountability, and other ‘demand-side’ aspects of governance, are increasingly the rubric within which assistance to media development operates. This volume will appeal to scholars and students of media development and communication for social change whilst simultaneously representing a deep commitment to translating theoretical concepts in action-oriented ways.

About the Author

Jessica Noske-Turner is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, where she is part of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre. Her research interests focus on media, communication and technology for social change and development.