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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black">Beyond the Impasse: Exploring new thinking in communication for social change</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black"> is the title of this Special Issue of <I>Nordicom Review</I> edited </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>by Dr Pradip<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Ninan <SPAN style="COLOR: black">Thomas, Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Art, University of Queensland, Australia. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordicom-review/nordicom-review-special-issue-2015">http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordicom-review/nordicom-review-special-issue-2015</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-AU>Combining insights from both theory and practice, this publication foregrounds innovative thinking on Communication for Social Change (CSC), offers fresh perspectives on the changing nature of this field while throwing new light on old realities. It offers critical insights and practical pathways that are a valuable contribution to knowledge on CSC.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black">Th</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #1f497d">e </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black">publication should be seen as an extension of the <I>Nordicom Review</I> <I>Special Issue</I> published in 2012, entitled <I>Communication, Media and Development. Problems and Perspectives, </I>edited by Florencia Enghel and Karin Wilkins. </SPAN><SPAN class=hps><SPAN lang=EN>These two</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=shorttext><SPAN lang=EN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=hps><SPAN lang=EN>publications</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=shorttext><SPAN lang=EN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=hps><SPAN lang=EN>complement each other very well, as Pradip<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN>Nina<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">n</SPAN> Thomas notes in his foreword: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black">“We think that these two issues of the <I>Nordicom Review</I>, both as stand alone issues and together, offer students and researchers, an up to date introduction to CSC as a field that is both contested and that, at the very same time, offers many resources of hope.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #1f497d">”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black">Ulla Carlsson</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: SV">University of Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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