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The Representation of Rural Christianity in the Films of Gan Xiao’er
Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM), volume 9, issue 2 (2023), pp. 101-125
"The religious dimension of Chinese cinema is, it has been observed, a "triple lacuna" in contemporary scholarship: in research on religion in China, in research on Chinese cinema, and in interdisciplinary research on film and religion. From 2002 to 2012, independent filmmaker Gan Xiao'er directed t
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Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies on the SDGs: The Case of Mayu Telecomunicaciones in Rural Areas of Peru
Information Technology for Development, volume 29, issue 1 (2023), pp. 103-127
"Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are considered a cross-cutting tool that contributes to meeting the global challenges set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in many countries, there is still a significant connectivity gap between cities and rural areas. Using
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Digitalising Rural MSMEs: Thailand’s Agriculture and Tourism Sectors
London: GSMA (2022), 58 pp.
"Thailand faces the dual challenge of swiftly navigating the disruptions caused by COVID-19 while also enabling sustainable and inclusive development. To enable inclusive development, Thailand must focus on building resilience and enhancing the productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MS
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Annual Report: Interactive Radio for Ecologically Sustainable Agricultural Practices (IRESAP) Among Small Scale Farmers in Northern and Central Tanzania. Reporting Period: January 2021 to December 2022
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2022), 37 pp.
"This is the annual report for the Interactive Radio for Ecologically Sustainable Agricultural Practises (IRESAP) among small scale farmers in Northern and Central Tanzania. The reporting period was from January 2021 to December 2022." (commbox)
Understanding the Information Landscape in Agricultural Communities in Rural Bangladesh
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 89, issue 1 (2022), 20 pp.
"Knowledge sharing in rural agricultural communities is vital to the success of farmers and sustaining high yields. A range of actors in the knowledge landscape participate in knowledge sharing, and with this, a variety of complexities are introduced. In this paper, we report on a set of field visit
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"In partnership with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Farm Radio International led On Air Dialogues to gather thousands of small-scale farmers' and other rural peoples' perspectives on climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience. We worked with seven radio stations in Burkin
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Estudio representaciones sociales en la televisión abierta colombiana
Bogotá: Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRCOM) (2022), 74 pp.
"Es reconocida la influencia que tienen los medios de comunicación en la construcción y reproducción de estas representaciones sociales. Los contenidos comunicativos contribuyen a la creación o refuerzo de estereotipos, que en algunos casos generan valoraciones inadecuadas que fomentan la exclus
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Community Radio and Empowerment: An empirical study on rural empowerment by community radio stations in Rajasthan
Manda Publishers (2022), 153 pp.
"The book is based on the empirical research study conducted by the researcher to explore and examine the role of community radio stations in empowering the rural communities of Rajasthan state of India. One of the classic and universally accepted definitions of community radio, given by Louie Tabin
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FM Stations’ Role in Rural Development: The Case of Northern Ghana
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, volume 20, issue 4 (2021), pp. 336-357
"Over the past two decades, Ghana’s media landscape has undergone radical transformation, leading to the emergence of hundreds of frequency modulation (FM) stations across the country. These stations have become the country’s most powerful mediums of communication, carrying an array of programs
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Radio and the Road: Infrastructure, Mobility, and Political Change in the Beginnings of Radio Rurale De Kayes (1980–early 2000s)
Journal of African History, volume 62, issue 1 (2021), pp. 125-149
"Mali’s first non-state radio went on air during the authoritarian rule of Moussa Traoré in 1988, challenging the common narrative that ties political and media liberalization together. Negotiations were conducted by Italian NGOs at a time when such organizations had become key political actors i
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Mobile Assemblages and Maendeleo in Rural Kenya
Bamenda: Langaa (2021), 208 pp.
"In this book, Leah Komen explores the impact of mobile telephony on the lives of people in rural Kenya. The book analyses the outcomes of complex intersections and interactions between mobile phones, individuals, and the broader society as distinct from the traditional cause-effect relationships in
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Usos y representaciones de las TIC en el agro argentino: Repensar el espacio desde la virtualidad
Buenos Aires: Teseo (2021), 296 pp.
Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas. Study period 2018-2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), xiii, 90 pp.
"There is need for further studies focusing on access to broadband services and how emerging technologies can be used to transform rural and remote areas into digital economies.
There is no one-size-fits-all model for financing rural connectivity and engaging all stakeholders, but creating public-pr
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On Air Dialogues: Listening to Rural People 2021
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2021), 42 pp.
Internet and Social Change in Rural Indonesia: From Development Communication to Communication Development in Decentralized Indonesia
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2021), xvii, 341 pp.
"This book is based on an empirical research which explores bottom-up development practices initiated and organized by rural communities in the Indonesian periphery by placing "communication" at its core of analysis. The aim is to determine the extent that the Indonesian decentralization policy and
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South Malekula: A smart island of Vanuatu. Preliminary study of needs and priorities
Geneva: ITU (2021), vi, 21 pp.
"The study identified resource gaps relating to broadband connectivity, affordability, digital literacy and skills, and priority digital services. It identified the need for reliable and quality telecommunication network coverage; digital literacy and skills training (sales and marketing resources a
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"Communication for Change": Radio Sutatenza/Acción Cultural Popular, the Catholic Church, and Rural Development in Colombia during the Cold War
In: Itineraries of Expertise: Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America's long Cold War
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2020), pp. 114-136
"In 1947 Father José Joaquín Salcedo laid the cornerstone of what would become, until its demise nearly a half century later, Latin America’s largest, Catholic, mass media-based education and community development network, the Radiophonic Schools of Radio Sutatenza and Acción Cultural Popular (
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From Digital Divide to Social Inclusion: A Tale of Mobile Platform Empowerment in Rural Areas
Sustainability, volume 12, issue 6: 2424 (2020), 16 pp.
"The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its ser
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