Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Part I:Theorising communication for social change and the transformation of public spheres: Voiceblind: beyond the paradoxes of the neoliberal state/ Nick Couldry -- Researching and developing cybercultur@: emerging local knowledge communities in Latin America / Jorges A. Gonzalez -- Advocacy communication for and about women / Karin Gwinn Wilkins -- The public sphere and the dialectics of globalization / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Part II: Contemporary actors of social change: art, technology and public pedagogy: What is an intellectual, anyway? / Ingrid Elam -- What I think about when I think about being an intellectual / Carsten Jensen -- Round-table discussion / led by Thomas Hyllanderiksen, moderated by Oscar Hemer: The Flattening of the public sphere and the loss of respect for knowledge -- Interview with Måns Adler / by Liv Østergaard: The democratization of live streaming tools -- Practitioners and practices: new communication for social change perspectives and initiatives. Beyond polemical practice: a tribute to Henry Gireoux / Geetanjali Sachdev -- Public discourses on gender, modernity, and assaults on women in India / Jyothsna Belliappa -- Participation in the Internet era / Rikke Frank Jørgensen -- Communication in social movements: a new perspective on human right / Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo -- Citizen engagement through SMS audiences talking back to a reality tv edutainment initiative in Tanzania / Ylvaek Ström and Linda Helgesson -- Accessing the public sphere in Africa through a slum radio project / Nicky Morrison and Martin Davis.