Media, Communication and Social Development

Paper Code: 
SOC143(d)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
  • Social Development: Meaning, Features, Conditions and Barriers
  • Media and Cultural Convergence
  • Knowledge Society and Critical Appraisal of Web-based Knowledge dispersal: Techno-Utopianism, Techno-Cynicism, Techno-Zealotry, Techno- Structuralism

 

12.00
  • Change, Modernization and Development:
  • Concept and Perspectives on Social Change: Evolutionary, Conflict, Structural-functional and Social-psychological
  • Modernization: Concept, Feature and Perspectives
  • Social Change, Modernization and Social Development: An Interface

 

12.00
  • Perspectives of Development:
  • Gidden’s theory of Modernity
  • Liberal perspective on Development
  • Marxian perspective on Development: Historical-Sociological perspective; Neo-Marxian approach; Critical theory
  • Gandhian perspective on Development
  • Dependency theory of Underdevelopment

 

12.00
  • Mass Communication and Mass Media: Print Media, Electronic Media and Web Based Media; Media and Ethics
  • Media and Society: Socio-Economic, Political, Environmental and Gender Issues
  • Role of Media in Social Transformation

 

12.00
  • Communication and Social Development:
  • Information and Communication Technologies and Knowledge Dissemination
  • Social impact of Communication Technology

    

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Abraham, M.F., 1990: Modern Sociological Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: OUP
  • Amin, Samir, 1979: Unequal Development, New Delhi: OUP

 

  • Appudarai, Arjun, 1997: Modernity at Large: Cultural DFimensions of Globalization, New Delhi: OUP
  • Dereze, Jean & Amartya Sen, 1996: India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, New Delhi: OUP
  • Desai, A.R., 1985: India’s Path of Development: A Marxist Approach, Bombay: Popular Prakashan

 

  • Giddens, Anthony, 1990: The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge: Polity Press

 

  • Giddens, Anthony, 1996: “Global Problems and Ecological Crisis” in Introduction to Sociology (II Edition), New York: W.W.Norton & Co.
  • Haq, Mahbub Ul, 1991: Reflections on Human Development, New Delhi: OUP

 

  • Harrison, D., 1989: The Sociology of Modernization and Development, New Delhi: Sage

 

  • Moore, Wilbert & Robert Cook, 1967: Social Change, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India

 

  • Srinivas, M.N., 1966: Social Change in Modern India, Berkley: University of Berkley
  • Stevenson,D. 2002: Understanding media Studies: Social Theory and Mass Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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