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June 4, 2026Media Culture & Society

Whose voices count? Participation, power, and communication in the Global South

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VPVinod PavaralaMahindra Group (India)

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Critical review explores participatory communication impacts on social transformation, suggesting a need for local engagement.

Key Points

  • The paper aims to analyze the evolution and impact of participatory communication in the Global South, highlighting the disparities between theory and practice.
  • Comparative analysis of participatory communication practices across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
  • Examination of the influence of donor agendas, state regulation, and social hierarchies.
  • Review of literature rooted in Freirean pedagogy and contemporary media scholarship.
  • Identified a consistent gap between rhetoric and actual participatory practices.
  • Argued that real participation requires both redistributing communicative agency and addressing power dynamics.
  • Emphasized the importance of local epistemologies and collective struggle in fostering social change.

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Vinod Pavarala (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2116cfd499ed480b16fc8ahttps://doi.org/10.1177/01634437261452171
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