The Davao Bloggers Society (DBS) successfully hosted their first Valentine themed virtual hangout entitled “Love in the Digital Era: Valentine’s Then and Now” on February 10, 2024. The event, co-presented by foodpanda, brought together different blogging communities and esteemed brands for an insightful discussion on the evolution of love. Organized by the DBS officers and […]
OBJECTIVE After studying this chapter, you should be able to enumerate and discuss the prevailing myths on development communication and ICT. ACTIVITY 13 Read the final chapter of your text. Find the statement,” the development process is a communication process” in this chapter. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Prepare to […]
Objectives: After studying this chapter, you should be able to:1. trace the historical links of development communication with the policy sciences; 2. define the policy sciences;3. describe the stakeholders of communication policy; and4. enumerate methods of policy analysis applicable to development communication. ACTIVITY Read Chapter 12 of your text. The major consumer groups in the […]
Objectives At the end of this module, you should be able to: ACTIVITY 11 Read Chapter 11 of your text. Read “The Role of Education in Rural Development” by Philip Coombs in your Additional Readings (p.53). Which area of development communication practice would you like to specialize in? Why? ANSWER: The area of development communication […]
OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you should be able to articulate the philosophical and theoretical foundations of development communication. ACTIVITY 10 Read Chapter 10 of your text. From the ideas presented in this chapter, make a list of five arguments from other disciplines that support the ascendancy of the development communication approach. Each item in […]
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this module, you should be able to: ACTIVITY 9 The simplest, most concise and most elegant definition of development communication that I have ever read was that of Nora C. Quebral’s in the Development Communication Primer (Quebral and Gomez, 1976). In it, Quebral states: “Development communication is communication for planned […]
After studying this module, you should be able to recall and discuss the concepts contained in Chapter 8 of your text. ACTIVITY 8 Read Chapter 8 of your text. Read “The Role of Information in National Development” by Wilbur Schramm in your Additional Readings (p.44). Which of the concepts discussed in this chapter intrigue you? […]
OBJECTIVES: By the end of this module, you should be able to: ACTIVITY 7 Read Chapter 7 of your text. Make a list of the noise that you must deal with every day at home and at work. Take a quick walk around your office or work to help you decide how you will answer. […]
OBJECTIVES At the end of the first part of this module, you should be able to:1. give the advantages and limitations of the various communication media;2. explain how the various media are used; and3. discuss the implications of new communication technology on development. ANSWERS: Activity 6.1. How do interpersonal media differ from the mass media? […]
OBJECTIVES By the end of this module, you should be able to:1. define communication;2. explain the elements of communication;3. explain how communication takes place in different levels; and 4. compare the various models of communication. ACTIVITIES Read Chapter 5 of your text Read “The Structure and Function of Communication in Society by Harold Lasswell in […]