SDG18 Communication for All, Volume 1

​Jan Servaes is the former UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change. He is the Editor of the Lexington Book Series Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity and Springer book series Communication, Culture and Change in Asia. Servaes has been President of the European Consortium for Communications Research and Vice-President of the International Association of Media and Communication Research. Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u is the Editor-in-Chief of Africa Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School. He is a development expert, author of Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria (Palgrave Macmillan 2018), and co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development.

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for an 18th Sustainable Development Goal-Communication for All.- Chapter 2. Communication and Information Poverty in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Case for SDG 18-Communication for All.- Chapter 3. Significance of Communication Studies to SDGs: (Re)setting Global Agendas.- Chapter 4. Sustainable Development Goals and Communication as a Commons in the Context of Extractive Capitalism: Tensions and Possibilities.- Chapter 5. Six Information and Communication Dynamics That Call for the Adoption of an 18th Sustainable Development Goal.- Chapter 6. The Role of Strategic Communication in Gender Equality Activism and Collective Action: Illustrating the Need for SDG18.- Chapter 7. Media Literacy and Conflict: Understanding Mediated Communication for the Achievement of Peace and Development.- Chapter 8. Creating Safe Communication Spaces Amidst the Disinformation Quandary.- Chapter 9. Communicating the SDGs: Formulating Performance Metrics for Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 10. SDG-18 Communication for All: The Tool We Need for Real Development and Social Change.- Chapter 11. Conclusion: SDG18-The Soul of An Ambitious Agenda-Communication and the Match Towards Sustainability in the COVID-19 Century./