COMM 3310U – Communication for Social Change, Community and Development

This course is about the theory, method and professional practice of “communication for social change.” It presents a survey of the ways that communications media (traditional, electronic and digital) can be used to bring about equitable and sustainable social changes within marginalized communities, locally and globally. The course will cover topics such as: the history of communication for social change; tensions between “top down” models of transmissive communication and “bottom up” models of participatory communication; communications media support for the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Human Development Index (HDI).