Define development communication and discuss topic areas where it has been focused.
What will be an ideal response?
Development communication as the art and science of human communication applied to the speedy transformation of a country from poverty to a dynamic state of economic growth and makes possible greater economic and social equality and the larger fulfillment of human potential. Development communication has been focused in the areas of agricultural practices, family planning, infant health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, health education, and housing.
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