Syllabus

Course Code: XIX    Course Name: Development Communication

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Development: Concept and meaning
 Social change, modernization and development
 Characteristics of developed and developing society
 Theories of development : social, political and economic theory
 Models of development : western, eastern, Gandhian,
 Schumacher's development communication-concept and meaning
 Spiritual vs. materialistic development
2  Family Planning
 National integration
 Women and child development
 Uplift of weaker sections
 Education literacy
 Poverty alleviation programmes and unemployment
 Human rights
 Environment and ecology
 Health, hygiene and nutrition
 The concept of social marketing and media
 Development Indices
3  Government sector
 Public Sector
 Corporate Sector
 Non-Governmentorganizations (NGOs) and social service organizations
 National and international bodies
 Media for development communication
4  Panchayati Raj
 Rural journalism
 Media and agricultural development programmes
 Role of community radio and local media in development
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