presentation on social sector management on Development communication

1. DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
PRESENTED BY :
KAJAL SINGH

2. WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION?
• Its an approach to communication which provides communities with
information they can use in bettering their lives, which aims at
making public programmes and policies real and sustainable.
• The term Development Communication was coined in 1972 by Nora
C. Quebral and was defined as:
“The art and science of human communication applied to the speedy
transformation of a country from poverty to a dynamic state of
economic growth and makes possible greater economic and social
equality and larger fulfillment of human potential.”

3. • As per CFA (Communication Foundation for
Asia),for achieving Development :
Communication goals 5 I’s are important:
• Inform
• Instruct
• Inspire
• Insist
• Involve

4. EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION

5. ISSUES WHICH REQUIRE IMPORTANCE :
• Population
• Illiteracy
• Corruption
• Inefficiency
• Fatalism
• Poverty
• Disease
• Nutrition & Child Care
• Shelter & Clothing
• Transportation & Communication
• Sanitation
• Water Supply

6. Development communication is envisaged as a response to
particular historical, social, and economic factors that
characterize freedom of access to information and citizen
participation.
This includes socio-economic problems such as –
•high levels of poverty and unemployment
•low standards of living
•poor access to basic services
•remote settlement patterns
•lack of access to technology, education & skills and
infrastructure
•lack of information
•poor health services

7. APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
• Diffusion/extension approach : The main focus of this approach is
the adoption of technological and social innovations through
diffusion of new ideas, services and products.
• Mass Media approach : A well defined developed mass media and
interpersonal communication infrastructure is necessary for
development communication. It is necessary that these
infrastructures should be accessible to the people, both physically
and socially.
• Development support communication approach : development
support communication system will continuously emphasis the
appropriate motivation for the ongoing support to sectoral
development programmes.

8. KEY ISSUES ABOUT DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
• Communications” and “communication” are not the same
thing communication.
• There is a sharp difference between everyday
communication and professional communication
• There is a significant difference between development
communication and other types of communication.
• The main scope and functions of development
communication are not exclusively about communicating
information and messages, but they also involve engaging
stakeholders and assessing the situation.

9. • Development communication initiatives can never
be successful unless proper communication
research is conducted before deciding on the
strategy.
• To be effective in their work, development
communication specialists need to have a specific
and in depth knowledge of the theory and practical
applications of the discipline.
• Development communication support can only be
as effective as the project itself.

10. Examples
• Established in 2009, Global South Development
Magazine has been a recent example of
development communication in practice
• A social marketing project in Bolivia in the 1980s
tried to get women in the Cochabamba Valley to
use soybeans in their cooking. This was an
attempt to deal with chronic malnourishment
among children.