Communication for Social Change

Pradip Ninan Thomas is an internationally recognised scholar and academic, and is currently based at the School of Communication & Arts (SCA), University of Queensland. He has published widely in areas including communication and social change, the political economy of communication, media and religion, and Indian media. He has published in the world’s top ranked journals including the Journal of Communication, Media, Culture & Society; the International Communications Gazette; the International Journal of Communication; and the European Journal of Communication along with key Indian journals such as the Economic and Political Weekly. He sits on numerous editorial boards and is an Associate Editor of the International Communications Gazette. He is known specifically for his attempts to expand, redraw and renew theory in communication and social change, and his many writings have introduced both theorists such as E. P. Thompson and Raymond Williams and concepts such as ‘contentious action’ from social movement studies to communication and social change theory. He has previously published a trilogy on Indian media with SAGE, and his forthcoming publications include a study of telecommunications history in India. He is currently a coeditor of the book series—the Palgrave Studies on Communication and Social Change (along with Elske van de Fliert). As a former Vice President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), he is a well-known academic on the international circuit—his works have been widely referenced, cited and used as texts in communication-related courses throughout the world. This is his sixth publication with SAGE. Apart from writing, research and teaching, Pradip is keenly interested in natural history and bush walking, and is an amateur photographer and a Blues music fan. He lives in Brisbane with his wife Preetha and his golden retriever Moss.

• AcknowledgementsCommunication for Social Change: An Extended Introduction and CritiqueSection 1: Dealing with ContextAccounting for Context in Communication for Social ChangeAnti-Context: Infrastructure Struggles in India: Between Maoism and the StateSection 2: What Can CSC Theory Learn from Social MovementsSocial Movements, Communications and Social Change: An IntroductionLearning from a Social Movement: The Case of the Right to Information MovementSection 3: Digital Interventions in Social Change: Opportunities and ChallengesDigital Humanitarianism: Challenges and OpportunitiesContemporary Digital Alternatives: Community Informatics, The Case of Telecomunicaciones Indigenas Communitarias and the Information CommonsMaking the Digital Count: E-Government, Public Sector Software and Social ChangeThe Other Side of the Digital: E-WasteIndex