Development Communication Overview

A tool for facilitating participation in development activities through effective information exchange.

Effective communication involves feedback and interaction between parties.

Various channels like print, radio, and television used for communication.

Communication acts as a means to empower individuals in society.

Essential resources for people to navigate social and technological changes.

The lack of access to information and media among rural underserved populations.

Key focus areas for interventions aimed at improving quality of life and opportunities.

Strategic initiatives to promote awareness and mobilize community participation.

Includes interpersonal, group, and mass communication in the context of development.

An individual who explains the development process to the public for acceptance.

Messages aimed at transforming behaviors and improving quality of life.

Development refers to change, particularly towards improvement or progress.

Preparing and sharing messages so they are understood and accepted by a large audience.

Identification with a community helps gather human resources for welfare.

Goal of development communication to influence societal behaviors positively.

Forms of communication like folk art that are familiar to communities, especially for development.

A participatory medium used to communicate development messages through performances.

A diet that includes a variety of foods necessary for health and growth.

Short, funny plays used in street theatre to convey serious messages.

The method of delivering health-related messages effectively to the target audience.

Visual storytelling medium utilized for simplifying complex messages for better comprehension.

Efforts to teach skills and information to marginalized workers through various means.

Developing educational materials like comics that reflect community culture and needs.

The practice of cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising animals for food and products.

Industries and practices related to catching, processing, and selling fish and other aquatic organisms.

The management and breeding of livestock for food and other products.

Ensuring that all people have access to sufficient and nutritious food.

Infrastructure projects carried out by the government for community benefit.

Practices aimed at maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.

The process of facilitating learning and acquiring knowledge, skills, values, and habits.

Radio programs in the 1940s aimed at rural communities, discussing farming and local issues.

A television program launched by Doordarshan in 1959 focused on agriculture.

Satellite Instructional Television Experiment launched in 1975, broadcasting educational programs to villages.

Topics focusing on government initiatives for planned development, often covered in newspapers post-Independence.

Government initiatives for economic and social development in India, started after Independence.

Languages or variations used in specific regions for effective communication in programs.

Programs that provide weather forecasts to help farmers plan their activities.

Discussions with experts, officials, and farmers included in broadcasts to share knowledge.

Scheduled health initiatives targeting polio vaccination on specific days.

A national program aiming to provide education for all children aged 6-14 by 2010 with community involvement.

Involvement of local populations in managing and executing development projects.

Initiatives designed to spread knowledge and awareness in communities, often in rural areas.

The role of newspapers, radio, and television in promoting development messages to large audiences.

Understanding the specific information requirements of rural communities for effective outreach.

Creating engaging content to ensure development messages resonate with the target audience.