Notas sobre los diarios colombianos : función democrática de la prensa - Libertad de imprenta y las normas éticas de los periódicos - Defensa de la libertad de opinar y de informar : la UNESCO y el control de la información - Los nuevos deberes democráticos de la prensa - Sistemas represivos,
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políticos o económicos : la prensa, las agencias de publicidad y la democracia - Misión social y cultural de los suplementos literarios - La prensa y las dictaduras - La hazaña cotidiana : elogio de la prensa de provincia - El sentido cívico y el periodismo : coloquil sobre los temas que amaba José Restrepo Restrepo - "El Colombiano", 70 años : la prensa ante una sociedad desquiciada. Amenazas contra aquellas. El rescate de la patria y de Antioquia. La enseñanza de la historia - Las cosas pequeñas : lo humano en el periodismo de Alegre Levy - Disquisiciones sobre géneros periodísticos : el periodismo y la literatura.
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"This article describes a phenomenon known all over Africa, for which there is no really satisfactory term in English but which is summed up in the French term 'radio trottoir', literally 'pavement radio'. It may be defined as the popular and unofficial discussion of current affairs in Africa, parti
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cularly in towns. Unlike the press, television or radio, pavement radio is not controlled by any identifiable individual, institution or group of people. An examination of the social role and pedigree of pavement radio reveals it to be qualitatively different from either rumour or gossip and to have a quite different social and political function from its counterpart in Europe. It is also different from mere rumour in its choice of subject, often discussing matters of public interest or importance which have been the subject of no official announcement. Pavement radio should be seen in the light of oral tradition and treated as a descendant of the more formal oral histories associated with ruling dynasties and national rituals." (Abstract)
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