Dr. Arvind Singhal
Professor and Presidential Research Scholar
School of Communication Studies
Ohio University
singhal@ohio.edu


 

Educational Background

 

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Professional Experience

 

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Publications

 

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Honors and Appointments

 

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Professional Membership

 

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Education

Ph.D., Communication Theory and Research, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1990).

 

M.A., Communication Theory and Research, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1988).

 

M.A., Radio-TV-Film, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, (1985).

 

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi, India (1983).

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Professional Experience

Teaching and Research

 

 Professor and Presidential Research Scholar, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University (2001 onwards).

 

 Professor, School of Communication Studies, College of Communication, Ohio University (2000 onwards). 

 

 Associate Professor, School of Communication Studies, College of Communication, Ohio University (1995 to 2000).

 

Assistant Professor, School of Communication Studies, College of Communication, Ohio University (1990 to 1995).  Also, appointed by courtesy in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University (1990-91), and School of Telecommunications, Ohio University (1990 to 1993).

 

Core-Faculty Member, Communication and Development Studies Program, Center for International Studies, Ohio University (Fall, 1990 onwards).

 

Core-Faculty Member, African Studies Program and South East Asian Studies Program, Center for International Studies, Ohio University (Fall, 1998 onwards)

 

Core-Faculty Member, International Administrative Studies Program, Center for International Studies, Ohio University (1991 to 1994)

 

Adjunct Faculty, School of Business, Department of Marketing, Ohio University’s Zanesville and Chillicothe Branch Campus (Winter and Spring, 1991 and Spring, 1993). Taught MKT 301/501 (Principles of Marketing)

 

Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Winter, 1990.

 

Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, Fall, 1989, and Winter, 1990.

 

Teaching and Research Associate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1985 to 1990.

 

Teaching Assistant, Radio-TV-Film Program, Bowling Green State University, 1983 to 1985.

 
Visiting Assignments
 

Faculty Member, Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Portland, 2004.

 

Senior Summer Scholar, North Dakota State University, Summer, 2002.

 

Visiting Professor, School of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Summer, 2000.

 

Visiting Professor of Communication, Bangkok University, Thailand, Winter and Spring, 1999.

 

Visiting Professor of Mass Communication, Institut Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, Spring, 1997.

 

Visiting Professor of Communication, Bangkok University, Thailand, Winter and Spring, 1995.

 

Guest Lectures

 

Lectured in over 40 countries including INSEAD Business School, France; University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Telenor Corporate University, Oslo, Norway; Stockholm School's Executive Program; Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Universidad del Norte, Colombia; Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Indraprastha College, New Delhi and Sophia College, Mumbai, India; and University of Western Cape, South Africa.

 

Other Experience

 

Residence Fellow and Coordinator, Office for Residential and Greek Life, Division of Student Affairs, University of Southern California (1987 to 1990).

 

Announcer-Producer-Director, All India Radio (New Delhi), 1978 to 1983 (part-time).

 

Market Researcher, Rail India Techno-Economic Services, New Delhi, 1982 (internship).

 

Survey Researcher, Indian Market Research Bureau, New Delhi (1981).
Consultation

 

     International Agencies and NGOs:

 

            World Bank, UNICEF, UN-Food and Agriculture Organization, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNDP,  International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), BBC World Service Trust, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Family Health International (FHI), Program in Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Population Communications International (PCI), Academy for Educational Development (AED), and Soul City Institute of Health and Development Communication.

 

     Government Agencies.

 

            Cabinet of Egypt (1989); U.S. State Department, Public Affairs Division, Academic Scholar Program, Swaziland (2002) and India (2002, 2003, and 2004);

 

    Corporations

 

            Procter & Gamble (U.S.A. and Thailand); Simon & Schuster (U.S.A.),

            Telenor (Norway); SpareBank (Norway); Norsk Tipping (Norway), Alpha & Omega (Norway); Advance, Inc. (U.S.A), and others.

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Honors and Appointments
Organizations and Agencies

 

Honorary Appointment, Professor, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (2004 to 2007).

 

Board Member, Minga Peru, Lima, Peru (2004 onwards).

 

Science Advisory Board Member, Plexus Institute, New Jersey.

 

Member, Technical Advisory Group, Global Health Communication Partnership, Johns Hopkins University (2002 onwards).

 

Member, Advisory Board, Earth Conservancy, Virginia (2002 onwards).

 

Member, Media Awards Advisory Board, Office of Health Communication, Centers for Disease Control, U.S.A (1999 onwards).

 

Member, Program Advisory Board, Population Media Center, U.S.A (1998 onwards).

 

Member, Advisory Council, Center for Media Studies, India (1998 onwards).

 

Technical Advisor for Entertainment-Education Project in India, Population Communications International, New York (2000-2002).

 

Advisor, UNICEF, Participatory Communication and Community Participation Initiative, New York (2001).

 

Member, Research and Evaluation Advisory Board, Soul City, South Africa (1999 to 2001).

 

Member, Advisory Board, Clear Vision, U.S.A. (1999 to 2001).

 

Formative and Process Evaluation Officer, Program on Improving Training Quality Through Distance Mentoring and Peer-Learning, Economic Development Institute, The World Bank (1998 to 1999).

 

Extension Communication/Training Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, for a multi-year program on Cooperative Development, National Dairy Development Board, India (1991 to 1996).

 

Board of Directors, Global Media for Education, New York, U.S.A. (1994 to 1997)).

 

Board of Directors, American Society of Engineers from India, U.S.A. (1993 to 1995).

 

Member, Technical Advisory Group, AIDSCAP (AIDS Control and Prevention Project), U.S. AID/Family Health International (1992 to 1994).

 

Editorial Boards

 

Member, Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Communication (2004 onwards).

 

Member, Editorial Board, Communication Studies (2003 onwards).

 

Member, Editorial Board, Communicator, (2003 onwards).

 

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Communication Studies (2002 onwards).

 

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Communication Monographs (2001 onwards).

 

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies (1997 onwards).

 

Awards

 

Awarded the Title of Presidential Research Scholar in the Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio University for five years (beginning Fall, 2001) with $20,000.00 research support.

 

Distinguished Book Award for Applied Communication, National Communication Association, Seattle, November, 2000 for Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change.

 

Top Three Paper Award in Intercultural Communication, National Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1999.

 

Top Paper Award in Organizational Communication, International Communication Association, San Francisco, May, 1999.

 

Top Three Paper Award in Voices of Diversity Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association, Charleston, April, 1999.

 

Top Paper Award in Development Communication, International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 1998.

 

Excellence in Asian Television Writing Award, 1998, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore.

 

Faculty Recognition for Program Contribution, Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University, 1998.

 

Top Paper Award in Development Communication, International Communication Association, Montreal, May, 1997.

 

Phi Beta Delta International Scholarship and Service Recognition, Ohio University, 1996.

 

Top Two Paper Award in Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, Albuquerque, May, 1995.

 

Top Paper Award in Development Communication, International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia, 1994.

 

Top Three Paper Award in Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia, 1994.

 

Provost’s Undergraduate Teaching Recognition, Ohio University, 1993.

 

Outstanding Graduate Student Achievement Award (University-Wide), University of Southern California, 1990.

 

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Office for International Students and Scholars, University of Southern California, 1989.

 

Research Associate Fellowship, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 1985 to 1989.

 

Exceptional Teaching Assistant Award, Graduate College, Bowling Green State University, 1985.

 

Outstanding Masters’ Student Award, Radio-TV-Film Program, Bowling Green State University, 1985.

 

Outstanding Masters’ Student Award, School of Speech Communication, Bowling Green State University, 1984-1985.

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Funded Research Grants

 

James W. Dearing, Nagesh Rao, Arvind Singhal, R. Sam Larson, and Mary Casey. Estimating, Improving, and Measuring the External Validity of Effective STEM Programs. $292,149, National Science Foundation (2004-2005).

 

Arvind Singhal with Everett M. Rogers, David Andrews, and Martin Kaplan. The Impact of Health-Related Content in American Television Soap Operas Broadcast in Asia. $187,126, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2003-2004).

 

Arvind Singhal. Tying Entertainment-Education Broadcasts with Community-Based Action in India.  $150,000, Population Communication International, New York (2002-2004).

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and others. A Field Experiment to Measure the Effects of a Television Soap Opera on Status of Women, Family Planning, and HIV/AIDS Prevention in China, $131,500 (Ford Foundation, Beijing) and $25,000 (Helen Lang Charitable Trust) (1995-2001).

 

Arvind Singhal. TV Soap Opera in China.  Population Communications International, $5,000, (1999-2000).

 

Arvind Singhal. Women’s Empowerment Through Dairy Cooperatives in India, $3,500, Ford Foundation, New Delhi (1998-99).

 

Arvind Singhal. Community Effects of a Radio Soap Opera in India.  Population Communications International, New York, $20,000 (1998-99).

 

Arvind Singhal. Women’s Empowerment Through Dairy Cooperatives in India, $6,000, Ford Foundation, New Delhi (1997-98).

 

Arvind Singhal. Ohio University Research Committee Grant. Pilgrimage to a Marian Apparition Site in Mexico, $500, Ohio University (1997).

 

Arvind Singhal, N. Bhaskara Rao, and others. A Field Experiment to Measure the Effects of Tinka Tinka Sukh, A Radio Soap Opera, On Status of Women, Family Planning, and HIV/AIDS Prevention in India, $94,000, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1996-98).

 

National Dairy Development Board (India), Arvind Singhal, and Everett M. Rogers.  Women’s Empowerment Through Dairy Cooperatives in India, $67,342, Ford Foundation, New Delhi (1995-98).

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and others. A Field Experiment to Measure the Effects of Tinka Tinka Sukh, A Radio Soap Opera, On Status of Women, Family Planning, and HIV/AIDS Prevention in India, $10,000, Population Communications International, New York (1996).

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and others. A Field Experiment to Measure the Effects of Tinka Tinka Sukh, A Radio Soap Opera, On Status of Women, Family Planning, and HIV/AIDS Prevention in India, $5,000, Helen Lang Charitable Trust, MN (1996).

 

Vibert Cambridge, Anne Cooper Chen, Josep Rota, Arvind Singhal, and Joe Slade, From Sesame Street to Court Street, $6,000, Ohio University 1804 Grant (1996).

 

Arvind Singhal. U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant to Internationalize the Curriculum, $2,000, 1994.

 

Arvind Singhal. Baker Fund Research Award, Ohio University, Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley: Lessons Learned From a Third World Technopolis, $4,700 (1992-93).

 

Arvind Singhal. Ohio University Research Initiative Grant, Office of Research, $4,056 (1992).

 

Arvind Singhal and Michael J. Papa. Ohio University Research Challenge Grant, Rural Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh: Lessons Learned from the Grameen Bank $6,000 (1992).

 

Arvind Singhal. Ohio University Research Initiative Grant, Office of Research, $3,888 (1991).

 

Arvind Singhal. Baker Fund Research Award, Ohio University, The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Mass Communication, $3,173 (1991).

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, and others. Rockefeller Foundation Program on the Status of Women and Fertility: Effects of a Television Soap Opera on Fertility and the Status of Women in Latin America, $70,000 (1989-90).

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, and others. Rockefeller Foundation Program on the Status of Women and Fertility: Effects of Television Soap Operas on Fertility and the Status of Women in India, $30,000 (1987-88).

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, and others.  National Science Foundation, Indo-U.S. Cooperative Science Program: Research on Communication and Development in India, Travel Grant, $26,000 (1987).

Publications and Working Papers

Theses

 

Arvind Singhal (1990). Entertainment-Educational Communication Strategies for Development  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California (Everett M. Rogers, Advisor), DAI-A 51/07, p. 2190, Dissertation Abstracts International.

 

Arvind Singhal (1988). Pro-social Learning from Soap Opera Models in India.  Ph.D. Pre-Dissertation Thesis, University of Southern California (Everett M. Rogers, Advisor).

 

Arvind Singhal (1985). The Coverage of Indira Gandhi's Assassination in the Third World and Western Mass Media.  MA Thesis, Bowling Green State University (Srinivas Melkote, Advisor).

 

Books

 

Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal, and Wendy Papa (in preparation). Organizing for Social Change: A Dialectical Journey from Theory to Praxis. Under contract with Sage Publications.

 

Arvind Singhal, Mike Cody, Everett M. Rogers, and Miguel Sabido (Editors) (2004 ). Entertainment-Education Worldwide: History, Research, and Practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2003). Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action.   Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Arvind Singhal and W.Stephen Howard (Editors) (2003). The Children of Africa Confront AIDS: From Vulnerability to Possibility. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2001). India’s Communication Revolution: From Bullock Carts to Cyber Marts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1999).  Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1989). India's Information Revolution. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Guest Editorship

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2002). Special Issue on Entertainment-Education. Communication Theory, Volume 12(2).

 

Business School Cases

 

Prashant Malaviya, Arvind Singhal, P.J. Svenekrud, and Swati Srivastava (2004). Telenor in Bangladesh (A): The Prospect of Doing Well and Doing Good. Fontainebleau, France: INSEAD -- The European Institute of Business Administration.

 

Malaviya, P., Singhal, A., & Svenekrud, P.J., & Srivastava, S. (2004). Telenor in Bangladesh (B): Achieving Multiple Bottom Lines at GrameenPhone. Fontainebleau, France: INSEAD -- The European Institute of Business Administration.

 

Journal Articles

 

Arvind Singhal (in press). Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for HIV Prevention. University of Western Cape’s Papers in Education.

 

Arvind Singhal (in press). Empowering the Oppressed Through Participatory Theater. Investgacion y Desarrollo.

 

Vijay Krishna and Arvind Singhal (2005, in press). American Teenage Perceptions of Sex Roles in an Entertainment-Education Film. Florida Journal of Communication. Fall issue.

 

Arvind Singhal, Li Ren, and Jianying Zhang (2004, in press). Interpretations of Baixing, an Entertainment-education Television Serial in China. Kentucky Journal of Communication.

 

Arvind Singhal, Lynn M. Harter, Ketan Chitnis, and Devendra Sharma (2004, in press). Shooting Back: Participatory Photography in Entertainment-Education. Black Praxis.

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, and Avinash Thombre (2004). Indian Audiences Interpretations of Health-Related Content in The Bold and the the Beautiful. Gazette, 66(5), pp. in press.

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and Yogita Sharma (2003). Communication Strategies to Overcome AIDS Stigma. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 22(2): 79-93.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (2003). Empowerment and Communication: Lessons Learned From Organizing for Social Change. Communication Yearbook 27, 67-85.

 

Arvind Singhal (2003). Overcoming AIDS Stigma: Creating Safe Communicative Spaces. Journal of Communication Studies. 2(3): 33-42.

 

Arvind Singhal and Kanta Devi (2003). Visual Voices in Participatory Communication. Communicator, 37, 1-15.

 

Arvind Singhal (2003). Focusing on the Forest, Not Just the Tree: Cultural Strategies for Combating AIDS. MICA Communications Review, 1(1): 21-28.

 

Saumya Pant, Arvind Singhal, and  Usha Bhasin (2002). Using Radio Drama to Entertain and Educate:  India's Experience with the Production, Reception, and Transcreation of ‘Dehleez’. Journal of Development Communication, 13(2): 52-66.

 

Arvind Singhal, Peer J.Svenkerud, and Einar Flydal (2002). Multiple Bottom Lines: Telenor’s Mobile Telephony Operations in Bangladesh. Telektronikk, 98(1): 153-160.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2002). A Theoretical Agenda for Entertainment-Education. Communication Theory, 12(2): 117-135.

 

Robert Westerfelhaus and Arvind Singhal (2001). Appropriations that Entangle: The Cult of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a Site of Struggle and Interdependence. Communication Quarterly, 49(2): 95-114.

 

Nagesh Rao, Arvind Singhal, Li Ren, and Jianying Zhang (2001). Is the Chinese Self-Construal in Transition?. Asian Journal of Communication, 11(1): 68-95.

 

Arvind Singhal (2000). Mobile Telephony for India's Rural Development, Journal of Communication Studies, XVIII(2): 1-5.

 

Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal, Sweety Law, Saumya Pant, Suruchi Sood, Everett M. Rogers, and Corinne Shefner-Rogers (2000). Entertainment-Education and Social Change: An Analysis of Parasocial Interaction, Social Learning, Collective Efficacy, and Paradoxical Communication. Journal of Communication, 50(4): 31-55.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (2000). Entertainment-Education in Asian Nations. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 9 (July-December): 77-88.

 

Li Ren and Arvind Singhal (2000). How Yugong Moved the Mountains: The Rise and Decline of Mass Mobilization Campaigns in China. Journal of Development Communication, 11(2): 16-34.

 

Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal, D.V. Ghanekar, and Wendy H. Papa (2000). Organizing for Social Change Through Cooperative Action: The [Dis]Empowering Dimensions of Women's Communication. Communication Theory, 10(1): 90-123.

 

Peter W. Vaughan, Everett  M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, & Ramadhan M. Swalehe (2000).  Entertainment-Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention: A Field Experiment in Tanzania. Journal of Health Communication. 5: 81-100.

 

Sweety Law and Arvind Singhal (1999). Efficacy in Letter-Writing to an Entertainment-Education Radio Serial.  Gazette, 61(5): 355-372.

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and Meenkashi Sood (1999). The Gods are Drinking Milk! Word-of-Mouth Diffusion of a Major News Event in India.  Asian Journal of Communication, 9(1): 86-107.
Arvind Singhal and Rafael Obregon (1999). Social Uses of Commercial Soap Operas: A Conversation with Miguel Sabido. Journal of Development Communication, 10(1): 68-77. 

Kant Udornpim and Arvind Singhal (1999). Oshin as a Role Model for Diffusing Prosocial Values in Thailand. Keio Communication Review, 21, 3-18. 

Parichart Sthapitanonda Sarabol and Arvind Singhal (1998). Glocalizing Media Products: Investigating the Cultural Shareability of the ‘Karate Kids’ Entertainment-Education Film in Thailand.  Media Asia, 25(3): 170-175.

 

Peer J. Svenkerud, Arvind Singhal, and Michael J. Papa (1998). Diffusion of Innovations Theory and Effective Targeting of HIV/AIDS Programs in Thailand, Asian Journal of Communication, 8(1): 1-30.

 

Usha Bhasin and Arvind Singhal (1998). Participatory Approaches to Message Design: ‘Jeevan Saurabh’, a Pioneering Radio Serial in India for Adolescents. Media Asia, 25(1): 12-18.

 

Peer J. Svenkerud and Arvind Singhal (1998). Enhancing the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs Targeted to Unique Population Groups in Thailand: Lessons Learned from Applying Concepts of Diffusion of Innovation and Social Marketing. Journal of Health Communication, 3: 193-216.

 

Corrine L. Shefner-Rogers, Everett M. Rogers, and Arvind Singhal (1998). Parasocial Interaction with the Television Soap Operas ‘Simplemente Marìa’ and ‘Oshin’.  Keio Communication Review, 20: 3-18.

 

Arvind Singhal and Sweety Law (1997). Past, Present, and Future of Development Communication. Journal of Development Communication, 8(2): 107-116.

 

Michael J. Papa, Mohammmad A. Auwal, and Arvind Singhal (1997). Organizing for Social Change Within Concertive Control Systems: Member Identification, Empowerment, and the Masking of Discipline. Communication Monographs, 64: 1-31.

 

Arvind Singhal and Sweety Law (1997).  A Research Agenda for Diffusion of Innovations Scholars in the 21st Century. Journal of Development Communication, 8(1): 39-47.

 

Arvind Singhal and Kant Udornpim (1997). Cultural Shareability, Archetypes, and Television Soaps: ‘Oshindrome’ in Thailand. Gazette, 59(3): 171-188.

 

Singhal, A., & Brown, W.J. (1996). The Entertainment-Education Communication Strategy: Past Struggles, Present Status, Future Agenda. Jurnal Komunikasi, 12, 19-36.

 

Arvind Singhal and Parichart Sthapitanonda (1996). The Role of Communication in Development: Lessons Learned from a Critique of the Dominant, Dependency, and Alternative Paradigms. Journal of Development Communication, 7(1): 10-25.

 

Michael J. Papa, Mohammad A. Auwal, and Arvind Singhal (1995). Dialectic of Control and Emancipation in Organizing for Social Change: A Multi-theoretic Study of the Grameen Bank. Communication Theory, 5(3): 189-223.

 

Peer J. Svenkerud, Rita Rahoi, and Arvind Singhal (1995). Incorporating Ambiguity and Archetypes in Entertainment-Education Programming: Lessons Learned from Oshin. Gazette, 55: 147-168.

 

Arvind Singhal, Rafael Obregon, and Everett M. Rogers (1994). Reconstructing the Story of ‘Simplemente Marìa’, the Most Popular Telenovela in Latin America of All Time. Gazette, 54(1): 1-15.

 

Arvind Singhal and Peer J. Svenkerud (1994). Pro-Socially Shareable Entertainment Television Programs: A Programming Alternative in Developing Countries. Journal of Development Communication, 5(2):17-30.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1993). Ethical Issues of Promoting Prosocial Messages through the Popular Media. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 21(3): 92-99.

 

Arvind Singhal and Motoko Nagao (1993). Assertiveness as Communication Competence: A Comparison of American and Japanese Students. Asian Journal of Communication, 3(1), 1-18.

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and William J. Brown (1993). Harnessing the Potential of Entertainment-Education Telenovelas. Gazette, 51: 1-18.

 

Elizabeth M. Lozano and Arvind Singhal (1993). Melodramatic Television Serials: Mythical Narratives for Education. Communications: The European Journal of Communication, 18(1): 115-127.

 

Subhash Sharma and Arvind Singhal (1993), Modern Management Theories: Promise or Peril?. Indian Journal of Public Administration, Volume XXIX(1), pp. 20-28.

 

Ashok K. Gupta and Arvind Singhal (1993). Managing Human Resources for Innovation and Creativity. Research Technology Management, May-June, pp. 41-48.

 

Arvind Singhal and Jerry Domatab (1993).  The Field of Development Communication: An Appraisal. Journal of Development Communication, 4(2): 97-101.

 

Arvind Singhal and Anjali Ram (1992). AIDS: Can the Media Do More?. Critique, 1(5): 6-9.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1992). Entertainment-Education Media: An Opportunity for Enhancing Japan’s Leadership Role in Third World Development. Keio Communication Review, 15: 81-101.

 

Min Wang and Arvind Singhal (1992). “Ke Wang, A Chinese Television Soap Opera With a Message. Gazette, 49(3): 177-192.

 

Mohammad A. Auwal and Arvind Singhal (1992). The Diffusion of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh: Lessons Learned About Rural Poverty Alleviation. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, & Utilization, 14(1): 7-28.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1991). Hum Log Story: From Concept to After-Effects. Communication 2000AD, New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communications, pp. 17-25.

 

Ashok K. Gupta, David L. Wilemon, and Arvind Singhal (1991). Bringing New Products to Market Speedily. Product & Process Innovation, 1(4): 5-10.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1990). India’s High-Tech Microelectronics Development. Telematics and Informatics, 7(2): 152-162.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1990). Ethical Dilemmas of Prosocial Television. Communication Quarterly, 38(3): 268-280.

 

Arvind Singhal (1989). Evolution of Development and Development Administration

       Theory. Indian Journal of Public Administration, XXXV(October-December): 841-850.

 

William J. Brown, Arvind Singhal, and Everett M. Rogers (1989). Pro-Development Television Soap Operas: A Novel Approach to Development Communication. Media Development, 36(4): 43-47.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1989). Estrategias de Educacion Entretenimiento.  Chasqui (Latin America’s Journal of Communication), 31: 9-22.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1989). A High-Tech Route to Development. Interaction, 7(1): 29-50.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1989). Educating through Television. Populi (Journal of the United Nation’s Population Fund), 16(2): 38-47.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1988). Television Soap Operas for Development in India. Gazette, 41(3): 109-126.

 

Noshir S. Contractor, Arvind Singhal, and Everett M. Rogers (1988). Meta-theoretical Perspectives on Satellite Television and Development in India. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 32(2): 129-148.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1988). Telenovelas Para el Desarrollo en la India. Estudios Sobre las Culturas Contemporanaes, II(4): 296-329.

 

Arvind Singhal, J.K. Doshi, Everett M. Rogers, and S. Adnan Rahman (1988). The Diffusion of Television in India. Media Asia 15(4): 222-229.

 

Arvind Singhal (1988). Indira Gandhi’s Assassination: A Case Study in International News Reporting. Vidura (Journal of the Indian Press Institute), March-April, pp. 3-8.

 

Arvind Singhal (1987). Wilbur Schramm: Portrait of a Development Communication Pioneer. Communicator (Journal of the Indian Institute of Mass Communications), XXII(1-4): 18-22.

 

Noshir S. Contractor, Janet Fulk, Peter Monge, and Arvind Singhal (1986). Cultural Assumptions that Influence the Implementation of Communication Technologies. Vikalpa (Journal of Indian Decision Makers), 11(4): 287-299.

 

Book Chapters

 

Arvind Singhal, Peer J. Svenkerud, Prashant Malaviya, Everett M. Rogers, and Vijay Krishna (in press). Bridging Digital Divides: Lessons Learned from the Information Technology Initiatives of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. In O. Hemer and T. Tufte (eds.), Media, Communication and Social Change: Rethinking Communication for Development. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordicom.

 

Arvind Singhal, Ketan Chitnis, and Ami Sengupta (in press). Cross-Border Mass-Mediated Health Narratives: Narrative Transparency, “Safe Sex”, and Indian Viewers. In L.M. Harter, P.M. Japp, and C.S. Beck (eds), Co-constructing Our Health: The Implications of Narratives for Enacting Illness and Wellness. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Lynn M. Harter, Devendra Sharma, Saumya Pant, Arvind Singhal, and Yogita Sharma  (in press). Catalyzing Social Reform Through Prticipatory Folk Performances in Rural India. A chapter in Larry Frey and Kevin Carragee (Eds.) Communication and Social Activism. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

 

Arvind Singhal (2004). Llevar Puesto un Pendelus, Cacerolazos, y Corchos que Flotan: (De)Construyendo la Cultura y el Genero Papa Promover Comunidades Saludables? In E.E. Valdeavellano and E.N. Riquelme (eds.), Salud Reproductiva en la Amazonia: Perspectivas desde la Cultura, el Genero y la Communicacion (pp. 47 to 55).  Iquitos, Peru: Minga Peru.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2004). The Status of Entertainment-Education Worldwide. In A. Singhal, M. J. Cody, E.M. Rogers, & M. Sabido (eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice (pp. 3-20). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Shereen Usdin, Arvind Singhal, Thuli Shongwe, Sue Goldstein, and Agnes Shabalala (2004). No short Cuts in Entertainment-Education: Designing Soul City Step-by-Step. In A. Singhal, M. J. Cody, E.M. Rogers, & M. Sabido (eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice (pp. 153-176). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Arvind Singhal, A. (2004).  Entertainment-Education Through Participatory Theater: Freirean Strategies for Empowering the Oppressed. In A. Singhal, M. J. Cody, E.M. Rogers, & M. Sabido (eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice (pp. 377-398). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Arvind Singhal, Devendra Sharma, Michael J. Papa, and Kim Witte (2004).  Air Cover and Ground Mobilization: Integrating Entertainment-Education Broadcasts with Community Listening and Service Delivery in India. In A. Singhal, M. J. Cody, E.M. Rogers, & M. Sabido (eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice (pp. 351-376). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Arvind Singhal (2003). Communication Strategies for Confronting AIDS: Empowering the Children of Africa. In Arvind Singhal and W. Stephen Howard (Eds.) The Children of Africa Confront AIDS: From Vulnerability to Possibility (pp. 230-246). Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.

 

Arvind Singhal, Shereen Usdin, Esca Scheepers, Sue Goldstein, and Garth Japhet (2003). Entertainment-Education Strategy in Development Communication. In C.C. Okigbo and F. Eribo (eds.), Development and Communication in Africa (pp. 141-153). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (2001). The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Campaigns.  In R.E. Rice and C. Atkins (eds.) Public Communication Campaigns, 3rd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Arvind Singhal and Krishna Kandath (2001). The Role of Communication Networks in Environment Education and Training Activities. In T. Wentling, R. Adhikarya, and C. Teoh (eds.), Participatory Environment Education and Training for Sustainable Agriculture.  Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Parichart Sthapitanonda-Sarabol and Arvind Singhal (1999). Cultural Shareability, Role Modeling, and Para-Social Interaction in an Entertainment-Education Film: The Effects of Karate Kids on Thai Street Children.  In S. Ralph, J.L. Brown, & T. Lees (eds.), Youth and Global Media (pp. 205-217). Luton: University of Luton Press.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1999). Entertainment-Education Media Strategies for Social Change: Promises and Problems.  In D. Demers and K. Vishwanath (Eds). Mass Media, Social Control, and Social Change. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press.

 

Arvind Singhal, Sweety Law, Krishna Kandath, and D.V. Ghanekar (1999). Investigating Dis)empowering Attitudes and Behaviors of Women Dairy Farmers and the Effects of the Three Intervention Programs in the Kolhapur and Jaipur District Milk Unions of India.  In National Dairy Development Board, Women’s Empowerment Through Dairy Cooperatives in India pp. 102-132.

 

Michael J. Papa and Arvind Singhal (1999). The Empowering and Diempowering Dimensions in the Communication of Women Dairy Farmers. In National Dairy Development Board, Women’s Empowerment Through Dairy Cooperatives in India pp. 133-185.

 

Arvind Singhal and Saumya Pant (?) In M. Oepen…..

 

Arvind Singhal, Peer J. Svenkerud, Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrist (1998). Cultural Transcendence as an Alternative to Cultural Imperialim: Role of Pro-Social Entertainment Television Programs in Developing Countries. In S.R. Melkote, P. Shields, & B.C. Agrawal (eds.), International Satellite Broadcasting in South Asia: Political, Economic, and Cultural Implications pp. 249-271. New York: University Press of America.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1998). Ethical Guidelines for Promoting Prosocial Messages through the Popular Media.  In G. Edgerton, M.T. Marsden, & J. Nachbar (eds.), In the Eye of the Beholder: Critical Perspectives in Popular Film and Television (pp. 207-223). Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Press.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1996). Diffusion of Innovations. In Michael Salwen  and Don W. Stacks (eds.), An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research (pp. 409-420), Norwood, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal (1995). Influencing the Character of Entertainment Television: Ethical Dilemmas of Pro-Social Programming. In Don E. Eberly (ed.), The Content of America’s Character: Recovering Civic Virtue, New York: Madison Books.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1994). Planned Social Change.  In Erv Bettinghaus & Michael J. Cody (eds.), Persuasive Communication (pp. 379-397), Fifth Edition, New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

 

Arvind Singhal and Vijay Krishna (1994). An Analysis of the Mass Media System in Syria. In H. Mowlana and Y. Kamalipour (eds.), Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook (pp. 261-272), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

 

Noshir Contractor, Arvind Singhal, and Everett M. Rogers (1993). Satellite Television and Development in India. In K.S. Nair and Shirley A. White (eds.), Perspectives on Development Communication (pp. 230-249), New Delhi: Sage.

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, and William J. Brown (1993). Harnessing Entertainment for Education. In Anamaria Fadul (ed.), Serial Fiction in TV: The Latin American Telenovelas, Sao Paulo, Brasil: Escola de Communicacoess e Artes, Universidade de Sao Paulo.

 

Arvind Singhal (1992). Bangalore, India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Lessons for Technology Transfer and High-Tech Development. Proceedings of the College of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, COLIME/ORSA/TIMS.

 

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers, H. Sawhney, and D. Gibson (1990). Bangalore: India’s Emerging Technopolis. In Frederick Williams and David Gibson (eds.), Technology Transfer: A Communication Perspective (pp. 240-257), Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1990). New Perspectives on Health Communication: The Academic Perspective.  In Charles Atkins and Elaine Arkin (eds.), Mass Communication and Public Health (pp. 176-181), Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1989). Pro-Social Television for Development in India. In Ronald E. Rice and Charles Atkins (Eds.), Public Communication Campaigns, Second Edition (pp. 331-350), Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

 

Articles (Invited)

 

Arvind Singhal (1996). In Search of Values in the Media: Can Commercial and Social Interests Be Balanced? Indian Theosophist, 94(6-7): 168-169.

 

Arvind Singhal and William J. Brown (1995). Entertainment-Education: Looking Backward and Forward. CommDev News, 6(2): 1-5.

 

Peer Svenkerud, Arvind Singhal, and Phatanaphongse Chatiketu (1995). An Investigation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs Targeted to Unique Population Groups in Bangkok: A Preliminary Report. CommDev News, 6(2): 7-12.

 

Mohammad A. Auwal and Arvind Singhal (1993). Poverty Alleviation and the Grameen Bank. CommDev News, Winter, p. 12 and p. 16.

 

Arvind Singhal (1991). High-Tech Led Development. CommDev News, 2(2): 3-12.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1990). Entertainment-Education Communication Strategies for Development. CommDev News, 1(1): 1, 7-8.

 

Scholarly and Technical Reports for International Agencies

 

Arvind Singhal, Kim Witte, Nithya Muthuswamy, Desiree Duff, P.N. Vasanti, Michael J. Papa, Lynn M. Harter, Devendra Sharma, Saumya Pant, Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, Tracy Worrell, Mumtaz Ahmed, Alok Shrivastav, Chetna Verma, Yogita Sharma, nagesh Rao, Ketan Chitnis, and Ami Sengupta (2004).  Effects of Taru, a Radio Soap Opera, on Audiences in India: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. New York: Population Communications International.

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, P.N. Vasanti, Avinash Thombre, Ketan Citnis, Ami Sengupta, Sanjeev Kumar, and Adite Chatterjee (2003). Audience Interpretations of Health-Related Content in Two American Television Programs Broadcast in India. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Arvind Singhal (2002). Facilitating Community Participation through Communication. New York, NY: UNICEF.

 

Arvind Singhal (2001). Communication for Behavior and Social Change: HIV/AIDS Programme Experiences, Examples, and the Way Forward. Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS.

 

Arvind Singhal (2000), Improving Training Quality Through Distance-Mentoring and Peer Learning: An Assessment. Washington D.C.: EDINP, The World Bank.           

 

Arvind Singhal, Li Ren, and Jianying Zhang (1999).  Audience Interpretations of “Baixing”, an Entertainment-Education Television Serial in China. New York: Population Communications International.

 

Arvind Singhal (1998), Mainstreaming Environment into Development Programs through Education, Training, and Communication: Best Practices and Future Challenges. Washington D.C.: EDINP, The World Bank.

 

Arvind Singhal and University Sains Malaysia (1996), Strategic Extension Campaign: Results Demonstration and Experience Sharing. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Arvind Singhal and University Sains Malaysia (1996), Developing a Generic Prototype KAP Survey Questionnaire on AIDS and its Implications for Agricultural Extension. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Arvind Singhal (1995), Identifying Opinion Leaders among Motor Cycle Taxi Drivers in Thailand. AIDSCAP, Asia Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Everett M. Rogers, Arvind Singhal, and others (1994). A Behavior Change Model for the Cooperative Development Program of the National Dairy Development Board in India. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1994), Behavior Change Strategies for the Cooperative Development Program in Indian Dairy Cooperatives.  Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1993), Communication Strategies for the Cooperative Development Program in Indian Dairy Cooperatives.  Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1993), Expansion, Consolidation, and Sustainability of Cooperative Development in India  Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Arvind Singhal and W. Stephen Howard (1992), Information Campaigns and Innovation Diffusion Techniques For Improving the Efficiency of Primary School Education in Lesotho.  Lesotho: U.S. Agency for International Development.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1992), Expansion and Consolidation of the Cooperative Development Program in India. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers (1992), Diffusion of Innovations and Cooperative Development in India. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 

Everett M. Rogers, Thierry Bardini, and Arvind Singhal (1992), An Inventory-Analysis of Microcomputer Applications in Agricultural Extension, Education, and Training. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

 

Everett M. Rogers and Arvind Singhal (1989), Effects of “Hum Log”, a Television Soap Opera, on Women’s Status and Fertility in India. New York: The Rockefeller Foundation.

 

Reviewer

 

Book Reviewer

 

Arvind Singhal (2004).  

 

Manuscript Reviewer

 

      Publishing Houses: Free Press, Sage Publications, and Hampton Press.

 

      Journals: Rural Sociology, Journal of Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Communication Research, Communication Theory, Communication Studies, Communication Monographs, and Journal of Health Communication.

 

      Professional Associations: Intercultural and Development Communication Division, International Communication Association (1991 onwards); International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (1991 to 1996).

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