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Communication for development and social change: Conclusion

  • Jan Servaes

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review

Abstract

This concluding chapter attempts to answer the question whether “the glass is half empty or half full.” It summarizes the main findings presented in this Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change and highlights some of the major questions for the future - What about the Sustainable Development Goals? What about children, women, and seniors rights? What about worldwide inequality? What about the Global South? What about digital rights and digital cooperation? - to conclude that communication for development and social change is crucial to effectively tackle the major problems of today.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
EditorsJan Servaes
PublisherSpringer Singapore
Chapter85
Pages1471-1482
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9789811520143
ISBN (Print)9789811520136
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Research Keywords

  • Advocacy communication
  • Behavior change communication
  • Digital cooperation
  • Human development index
  • Mass communication
  • Participatory communication
  • Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
  • Transdisciplinarity
  • Worldwide inequalities

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