[P2P-F] Fwd: Call for Book Chapters: SDG18 - Communication for All

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
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From: Jan Servaes <9freenet9 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 5, 2021 at 2:23 PM
Subject: Call for Book Chapters: SDG18 - Communication for All
To: Alankar Kaushik <alankar at eflushc.ac.in>, ACMC Secretariat <
secretariat at asianmediacongress.org>, Acunzo, Mario (DPSA) <
Mario.Acunzo at fao.org>


*SDG18-Communication for All*

Call for Chapters

Abstracts expected by 10 June 2021


The 2030 agenda for development or what is known as the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) is perhaps the most ambitious agenda collectively
agreed by 193 countries in human history. In 2015, the UN Member States
adopted the 17 SDGs as a framework that would help address the challenges
being faced by humanity. From eradicating poverty, ending hunger, providing
universal access to healthcare and education, addressing climate change; to
the partnering of individuals, philanthropists and nation states to achieve
the global goals.


Yet, the framers of the 2030 agenda for development comprising key
stakeholders from all sectors of all life forgot to dedicate one goal on
the role of communication in achieving the SDGs. Such an oversight has
attracted the attention of media and communication scholars alike,
journalists and policy makers who understand that it is nearly impossible
to achieve the SDGs without the articulation and embrace of the role of
communication in development.


The COVID-19 pandemic which struck in 2019 has shown why communication is
essential to human survival. The Pandemic which started as a health crisis
and later metamorphosed into a full-blown economic crisis is now having a
direct and indirect impact on the possibility of achieving each of the
SDGs. The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021 says the global
economy has experienced the worst recession in 90 years, with the most
vulnerable segments of societies disproportionately affected. An estimated
114 million jobs have been lost, and about 120 million people have been
plunged back into extreme poverty (https://developmentfinance.un.org/).


A major lesson that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic was the role of
communication in providing support for the survival of the global economy
and society as a whole. The global community became more attached to the
traditional and social media in order to understand the nature of the
virus, how it spreads and measures needed to curtail the spread of the
infection.


Social, economic and educational life moved from physical to a now
universally accepted virtual life style. Key global industries resorted to
working from home. Virtual meetings by heads of states are now normal and
remote education from primary to tertiary levels are gaining ground by the
day.


Following the global lockdown, the resilience needed to survive the
pandemic largely rested on the shoulders of the available communication
infrastructure. *Zoom,* which had an average of 19 million daily users in
December 2019 now averages 300 million users per day. *Teams, *developed as
a tool for remote work has 145 million daily users as announced by
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in April 2021.


A study by the *World Health Organization* shows rapid increase in remote
consultation in the healthcare industry, especially in UK, France, Malta,
Germany, Poland, Luxemburg and Austria. Between March and April 2020, 5.5
million people received online consultation from 36,000-56,000 physicians
in France (Richardson et al 2020). The pandemic also exposed major
development challenges such as digital inequality. According to the UN,
COVID-19 has forced the closure of schools in 191 countries affecting 1.5
billion students and 63 million primary and secondary school teachers (UN
News 2020).


Essentially development has become a communication issue and communication
is a development issue. How could such a vital pillar of life be missing in
the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?


Therefore, *we invite high-quality submissions from authors that would
explore the notion of SDG18 (Communication for All).*


Building on the works of Lee and Vargas (2020), Yusha’u and Servaes (2021)
and Servaes (2017), we see SDG18 (Communication for all) as inevitable in
achieving the 2030 Agenda for Development. *We welcome critical submissions
and high-quality research that explore this topic in relation to, but not
limited to the following:*



   * SDG18-Communication for all, targets and indicators.

   * Role of SDG-18 in the realization of each of the 17 SDGs earlier
   agreed by the UN.

   * Why the SDGs should be revisited to include SDG18-Communication for
   all.

   * Why SDG-18 is essential in post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

   * SDG18 and remote working (Work from Home).

   * SDG18 and Communication for Development and Social Change.

   * SDG18 and the new normal in post-COVID-19 World.

   * SDG18 and the World in 2030.

   * SDG18 and Fake News.

   * SDG18 and the role of mass media in development.

   * Role of SDG18 in containing future pandemics.

   * SDG18, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.

   * SDG18 and the digital divide.

   * SDG18 in diplomacy and international relations in post COVID-19 world.

   * SDG18 and vaccine hesitancy.

   * SDG18 and sports.

   * SDG18 and the politics of COVID-19 vaccine development and
   distribution.

   * SDG18 and the role of faith in development.

   * SDG18 and ‘building back better.



The book is expected to be published as part of the *Palgrave Macmillan’s
SDGs series*. Authors should submit *300 words abstract* to the editors: *Jan
Servaes* (9freenet9 at gmail.com) and *Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u* (
mjyushau at gmail.com) *by 10 June 2021*.

Authors whose abstract meet the high-quality criteria would be contacted by
10 July 2021.

*Full chapters are expected by 1**st** November 2021*. All chapters will go
through a peer review process.


Submitted abstracts must contain the following information:

   + Name of author(s).

   + Affiliation.

   + Email address.

   + 150 words profile.

   + Contact number.

   + Corresponding author should be specified where there is more than one
   author.



*References*


Lee, P., Vargas, L. (2020): *Expanding Shrinking Communication Spaces*.
Centre for Communication Rights. Penang, Malaysia. Southbound .

Richardson, E., et al (2020). Keeping What Works: Remote Consultations
During the COVID-19 Pandemic. *Eurohealth*. 26 (2) 1-4.

Servaes, Jan (ed.) (2017). The Sustainable Development Goals in an Asian
context. Singapore. Springer, 174pp. ISBN 978-981-10-2814-4
http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811028144

UN News (2020): *Startling **D**isparities in **D**igital **L**earning
**E**merge
**A**s COVID-19 spreads: UN **E**ducation **A**gency*. Retrieved from
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062232 01/05/2021

United Nations (2021), Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for
Development, *Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021*. (New
York: United Nations, 2021), available from: https://development
nance.un.org/fsdr2021.

Yusha’u, M.J., Servaes, J. (eds.) (2021): *The Palgrave Handbook of
International Communication and Sustainable Development. *Palgrave
Macmillan. Cham.


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*The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable
Development *
*https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030697693
<https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030697693>*
*https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030697693
<https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030697693> *
Learning from Communicators in Social Change. Rethinking the Power of
Development
*https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811582806#aboutBook
<https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811582806#aboutBook>*

*Handbook on Communication for Development and Social Change*

https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-981-10-7035-8

*The praxis of social inequality in media. A global perspective*

*https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498523486/The-Praxis-of-Social-Inequality-in-Media-A-Global-Perspective
<https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498523486/The-Praxis-of-Social-Inequality-in-Media-A-Global-Perspective>*

*Sustainable Development Goals in the Asian Context*


*http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811028144
<http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811028144>*

*Communication for Social Change *ć‘ć±•äŒ æ’­ć­Š


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