Audience-centered discourses in communication and social change
The ‘Voicebook’ of Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon , an entertainment-education initiative in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12890649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hua Wang (0000-0001-8396-809X, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author), Arvind Singhal (0000-0001-7058-3932, The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-191 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Multicultural Discourses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-7143 • E-ISSN: 1747-6615 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17447143.2018.1481857 |
| OpenAlex | W2809324737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
In a world where development is unequal and dominant discourses are strident, communication strategies that both listen and speak to the needs and aspirations of the marginalized are few and far between. In this article, we investigated Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon (MKBKSH), an entertainment-education initiative in India that strategically utilized storytelling on television, radio and digital platforms to question and challenge hegemonic patriarchal discourses. In so doing, MKBKSH not only garnered a staggering audience of 400 million, it pioneered the use of an interactive voice response (IVR) system to invite feedback from diverse audience members and to track their engagement with the programme in real time. Our analysis documents 1.7 million calls from over 390,000 unique phone numbers. Given the high penetration of mobile telephony in India, and its uniquely invitational nature, the IVR system enabled women, youth and the less privileged, to access curated content, answer questions and share personal opinions and actions inspired by MKBKSH. The IVR’s simple user interface and purposive use – akin to the ‘voicebook’ of the have-nots – hold important implications for the design, implementation and evaluation of large-scale, real-time communication and social change interventions
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |