ungelesenes garantiert vollständiges Exemplar sehr guter Zustand mit geringen Lagerspuren als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet Bestellungen bis 1500 Uhr werden mit Re u MwSt am gleichen Werktag verschickt ______Modern mass media as well as interpersonal communication processes are indispensable elements of development planning for social change However the same media that are expected to bring about democratization and to foster development processes have been highly criticized for cultural imperialism consumerism and securing the political status quo While information is often still misunderstood as a missing link between a problem and the solution communication is rarely practiced as a dialogue This is why the role and effects of media support and communication processes in development were at all times discussed controversially by academics practitioners political and financial decision makers The present world of change is characterized by a breakdown of ideologies and a frustration over grand theories on the background of a further deterioration of most developing countries Instances of success in regions like Southeast Asia or Latin Amerika cannot hide that Africa is in danger of being written off by development planners while Eastern Europe s new challenges seem bottomless In general a lack of orientation and spirited concepts is evident that abandons the definition of change mostly to market for ces Rapid internationalization and commercialization of the mass media leave many of the old questions related to communication for development relevant in addition to newly emerging ones The modernization euphoria over radio TV satellites or microchips in practice or mechanistics diffusion models in theory is over or is it not Later skepticism over media effects or the multiplicity of communication of communication models never replaced them So what kind of change and development should and could be promoted through media and communication and by whom and how