Welcome to the course
Welcome to ‘Why Does Media Matter for Development?’ from the School of International Development (DEV) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) – and the Public Media Alliance (PMA).
Media plays an increasingly important role in our lives – in helping us to connect with family and friends, organise our lives – at work and at home, as well us keeping us entertained.
In this course, we hope to show that the media are also central to international development , or to efforts to address poverty and inequality around the world.
Over the next four weeks of this course, you will learn about some key ideas, concepts and debates in this area. Why are representations of development often stereotypical and why does this matter? What is participatory communication and how can it help to empower communities? Does social media have a unique role to play in tackling poverty and inequality? What is a public media organisation and how can it truly serve the public interest?
We hope that throughout the course you will participate in the comments sections and make the most of the range of content we have designed to help you understand the topics covered.
Tweet as you go using the hashtag #DEVMOOC or tagging in @developmentuea and @PublicMediaPMA
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