New media and international development
Subtitle: representation and affect in microfinance
By: Anke Schwittay
Series: Rethinking development; Rethinking development
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780415856072; 9780415856089
Subjects: Microfinance; Social aspects; Economic development; Economic assistance; Charities; Digital media; Poverty; Humanitarianism; International cooperation
Description: "This book brings together two sets of development questions usually considered separately: the affective investments in humanitarian and development aid and the latter's use of visual representation and digital media. The author interweaves analysis of both to directly address young people's investments in charitable giving, mediated through websites and tours. Using the example of microfinance - the inclusion of the world's poor people into formal financial services - this book analyzes how the participation of financial inclusion supporters in global poverty alleviation efforts is shaped by affective sentiments, relationships and collectivities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.