Rethinking Media Development Through Evaluation: Beyond Freedom (palgrave Studies In Communication For Social Change)
by Jessica Noske-Turner /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.