About the Authors Rachel Carnegie Rachel Carnegie is a consultant on life skills education, health promotion and participatory communication. She has worked in these fields for the past 16 years in South Asia and Africa. She was responsible for the creative development of the Meena Communication Initiative in South Asia, and core adviser to the Sara Communication Initiative in Africa. Email:
[email protected] Nico Carpentier Nico Carpentier (PhD, University of Antwerp, Belgium) is a media sociologist working at the Free University of Brussels. His research interests are mainly focused on the application of discourse theory in (media)domains as sexuality, conflict, journalism, (political and cultural) participation and democracy. He has recently completed his Ph.D. on ‘the construction of participation in television talk shows’. His publications include the articles Images of Prostitutes. The Struggle for the Subject Position (1999, in Dutch), Management of Voices. Power and Participation in North Belgian Audience Discussion Programmes (2000); The Identity of the Television Audience (2000, in Dutch) and Managing Audience Participation (2001). Email:
[email protected] Gary Coldevin in Collaboration with the Communication for Development Group of the FAO Gary Coldevin (PhD, University of Washington, Seattle) is a full- time international consultant specializing in development communication and distance education. Previously, he was a Professor for twenty-five years in the Graduate Programme in Educational Technology, Concordia University, Montreal. He has collaborated with FAO, principally as a communication campaign specialist, on several assignments since 1983. His research interests are focussed on the design, delivery, and quantitative evaluation of a mix of low- to high-end technologies for development, and emerging best practices.