Towards a global knowledge for environmentally sustainable development agenda in 21 st century southern Africa
After three decades of research and theorizing on the information and communication approach to development, there is no universal consensus among researchers, academics, communication practitioners and development experts on the age-Old question: how does communication and information causally rel...
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University of Johannesburg
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Communicare |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1880 |
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| Summary: | After three decades of research and theorizing on the information and
communication approach to development, there is no universal consensus
among researchers, academics, communication practitioners and
development experts on the age-Old question: how does communication
and information causally relate to development? What has, instead,
emerged is an alphabet soup of theories, concepts, approaches,
paradigms and models on how information and communication might
impact on development. Whether one looks at the various models of
information and communication for development; or whatever one calls it,
the theories advanced under the various acronyms still do not conclusively
address the basic question raised above. Is there a missing link, variable
or factor in all of these attempts to causally relate information and
communication to development? What assumptions are embedded in the
current theories of information and communication for development?
The, article will, by way of addressing these questions, propose an
information, communication and knowledge networking strategy that will
accommodate in a systematic way the varied and ever-changing
information and communication needs of grassroots communities. The
paper will map out a strategic vision for the information agenda for
southern Africa, with a focus on the development of a new cadre of
information agents drawn from a cross section of society, and suggest
practical down-ta-earth strategies that can be implemented to successfully.
and causally relate information, communication and knowledge to
development on a sustained basiS.
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| ISSN: | 0259-0069 2957-7950 |