Current Issue

WINTER ISSUE / DECEMBER 2011
Volume: 2 / Number: 2

Theme : Recent Trends in Development Communication

Guest Editor (Students' Research & Documents Sections):
Mr. Santwan Chattopadhyay
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, P G Diploma in Mass Communication
Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Email: santwanchattopadhyay@yahoo.com, schat1974@gmail.com

Contents

EDITORIAL

Articles

1. APPLICATION OF ICT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA - By Ajantha Hapuarchchi
   
   
2. ICTs, NEW MEDIA AND REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA - KEY TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT - By Charulata Singh
   
   
3. DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION: A PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH SOCIAL CONSCIENCE - AN IINDIAN PERSPECTIVE - By Rajesh Kumar
   
   
4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND FOLK-MEDIA: A COMMUNICATION MODEL FOR SRI LANKAN RURAL SOCIETY - By W.W Manoj Pushpa Kumara Jinadasa
   
   
5. TACKLING TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA WITH SELF-HELP GROUP AND SHORT FILM -
   By Deepa Makesh
   
   
6. MASS MEDIA AND ICT IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION: COMPARISON & CONVERGENCE - By Baishakhi Nag
   
   
7. ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
   - By Y Prabhanjan Yadav & By Rapaka Jhansi Rani
   

Students' Research

1. APPLICATION OF ICT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - By Sushmita Mukherjee
   
   
2. DOES DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION FOSTER FEMINIST CONTEMPTATIONS ? - By Babli Hooda & Prem Singh
   
   
3. NEW MEDIA AND CONVERGENCE: A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE - By Archan Mitra
   
   
4. THE ICT IN AGRICUTTURE: BRIDGING BHARAT WITH INDIA - By Anwesha Banerjee
   
   
5. DESIGNING COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR POLIO ERADICATION CAMPAIGN: A CASE STUDY - By Gaurav Glashan
   

Commentaries

1. TELEVISION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONIN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL - By Rommani Sen Shitak
   
   
2. DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN INDIA: PROSPECT, ISSUES AND TRENDS - By Vineet Kaul
   
   
3. RECENT TRENDS OF PRINT MEDIA IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION - By
   Dhanshri M. Patil
   
   
4. THE ROLE OF FOLK MEDIA AND PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF COMBATING CHILD MARRIAGE IN MALDA - By Reshmi Naskar
   
   
5. MEDIA IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION - By Payel Sen Choudhury
   
   
6. CYBER EXTENSION: A CONVERGENCE OF ICT AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT - By Vivek Ahuja
   
   
7. INITIATIVES IN ICT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE - By
   Arijit Ghosh
   

Book Reviews

1. DEMOCRACY IN MEDIA MARKET - By Sankar Majumder
   
   
2. COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE - By Baidyanath Bhattacharjee
   

Documents

1. DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION SOURCE BOOK - WORLD BANK, 2008
   
   
2. COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT: ROLE OF UNESCO IN INDIA - BY J.S. YADAVA