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"Después de la segunda guerra mundial circuló en América Latina el ideario de que los países podían “desarrollarse” si seguían ciertos pasos entre los que se incluía un cambio de actitudes y de mentalidad en su población. Según esto, los trabajadores debían capacitarse y modificar algu ... more
"This book critically examines directed social change theory and practice while presenting a conceptual framework of development communication to address inequality and injustice in contemporary contexts. This third edition features significantly revised and updated chapters to include the latest sc ... more
"For some decades western institutions have shared an enormous enthusiasm for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Nevertheless, despite the field’s ever-increasing importance, research on it remains fragmented and lacks a theoretical foundation. By establishing a li ... more

Modernización y democracia en América Latina desde la perspectiva de la "razón comunicativa" de Habermas

Caracas: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) (2014), 218 pp.
"Drawing on a historical approach to Malaysia's political development since independence, this paper argues that the political effects of the rise of Malaysia's new media are best understood as being parallel to those of modernization and socio-economic change from previous decades, which augured im ... more
"This article critically explores the shortcomings of the West-centric theory of singular modernity. By focusing on the modern transformation of mass communication in Muslim countries, it argues that both traditional means of mass communication, such as manbars, and modern media, such as newspapers ... more

Modernization and its Discontents: Ethics, Development, and the Diffusion of Innovations

In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Robert S. Fortner; Mark Fackler (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 933-952
"Daniel Lerner's 1958 book 'The Passing of Traditional Society' was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book cla ... more

Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity

New York; London: Routledge (2010), xii, 251 pp.

Theorizing the Muslim Blogosphere: Blogs, Rationality, Publicness, and Individuality

In: International Blogging: Identity, Politics, and Networked Publics
Adrienne Russell; Nabil Echchaibi (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2009), pp. 29-46
"This book gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. It looks at the ways in which the media can be used to effect change and development, ... more

Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt

Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2005), xvii, 319 pp.
"Dramas of Nationhood identifies a fantastic cultural form that binds together the Egyptian nation—television serials. These melodramatic programs—like soap operas but more closely tied to political and social issues than their Western counterparts—have been shown on television in Egypt for mo ... more
"This completely revised edition builds on the framework provided by the earlier text. It traces the history of development communication, presents and critiques diverse approaches and their proponents, and provides ideas and models for development communication in the new century." (Publisher descr ... more

Medienpädagogik

Tübingen: Niemeyer (1997), 105 pp.

Mundialización y cultura

Buenos Aires: Alianza Editorial (1997), 319 pp.