Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Why Media Matters for Global Development
UEA (University of East Anglia)
This course will show you the ways that global development is conceptualised, imagined and communicated. You’ll decipher ways in which these understandings impact individuals living in different parts of the world, and how the media can shape, address and enhance key ideas and debates.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
David Girling
Associate Professor in Media and Global Development
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- How media can tackle poverty and inequality, around the world
- The key ideas, concepts and debates in media and global development
- A range of case studies to discover the role of media and communications in development processes and social change
- Media representations of development, community media, participatory media, public media and social media in campaigns
- How media promotes development in your country / community and in other parts of the world
Syllabus
- Get an introduction to media and global as a body of knowledge
- Understand why media matter for global development
- Identify the role of social media in humanitarian communication and its role in imagining global development
- Understand the importance of public service media and why it matters for development
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Issued on 5th July 2025
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