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________________ priorities of empowerment, social inclusion and security. These are: 1. For Empowerment - Citizen's with Agency and Voice 2. For Social Inclusion -- Inclusive and Accountable Institutions 3. For Security - Societies that are Resilient to Conflict The Empowerment Potential of Internet Use. "To understand how a group of individuals might engage in different processes of empowerment, such as utilizing the flexibility of expression offered on the Internet, we must first understand how individuals and groups are marginalized and disempowered by social institutions in real life. It is appropriate to consider marginality, development and empowerment in conjunction since the concept of development participation has largely been equated with the betterment of the poor and oppressed. Essentially, all of these concepts compromise part of a world-view whose terms have largely been defined by wide range of scholars (cultural analysis, sociologists, political scientists, etc..). This world-view posits that individuals and groups can be oppressed and disempowered by other individuals, groups, social institutions and cultural contexts, and that individuals and groups do have the potential to empower themselves, to be liberated from these limiting factors. My principle reference in researching this knowledge base has been Lucia Vargas' book Social Uses & Practices: The Use of Participatory Radio by Ethnic Minorities in Mexico. This work looks at how indigenous ethnic groups utilized and participated in INI(Instituto Nacional Inigenista) public radio stations in central Mexico. Thus, the literature that informed her research on the cultural and development implications of grassroots participation in mass communication projects, as well as her methodology in reception studies and ethnography, have guided my understanding of these vital themes. The writings of Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Freire, Vargas explains, are principle to the understanding of how participation in developmental communication can lead to empowerment. Gramsci's concept of hegemony has shaped how cultural studies scholars have viewed the perpetuation of marginality of subordinate groups within societies. According to Vargas this theory, "proposes that the ruling class governs not just by grounding its superiority in economic matters, but also by establishing a widespread belief in its moral and intellectual leadership; it rules by molding, through the church, 108 C - Toet TF1 sich 122 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 524617 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2003 10 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2003 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 6 MB |