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"After almost three decades of experiments with donors and donor agencies in development, no comprehensive picture of the relationship between communication and development has appeared. We have no systematic research or justifiable theory on which to base efforts in this direction. We operate under ... a number of assumptions, the ultimate assumption being that those assumptions are correct. On a more concrete and positive note, several trends can be identified in the literature and work on the use of communication in development. In the last 10 to 15 years, five areas have been the focus of activity in the field. 1. First is the study of the impact of modern technology on development. The number of symposia and seminars in this area have been increasing quantitatively and improving qualitatively. For example, in 1983, two major international conferences were sponsored by Unesco (in Rome and in Istanbul) to discuss the role of modern technology in development. 2. A second emphasis has been in the area of strategy and planning. As more and more projects were ineffective or failed to materialize because of infrastructural and managerial inadequacies, it was realized that a careful process of planning and evaluation research must be included in any communication and development project. 3. A third apparent trend is toward viewing communication and development as an integrative process, not only considering all societal, political and economic factors of a given system, but also realizing the close relationship between modern technology and the existing infrastructure of communication, both human and mechanical. 4. The fourth level of growth has been in national communication policies, Stimulated by the controversy of the world information and communication debate, discussions in different international fora, including Unesco and its International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, have made the question of communication policy a dominant theme of communication and development efforts. 5. The fifth area, less defined and less concrete, is the transfer of technology and its potential for development, especially in the field of communication. Developments in this area have been encouraging in that writings on the transfer of technology have become increasingly related first to the area of communication policy, and second to the growing interest in technological assessment." (Conclusions, page 16) more

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Violence and Terror in the Mass Media

George Gerbner

Nancy Signorielli (collab.)

Paris: UNESCO (1988), 45 pp.

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Women and media decision-making: The invisible barriers

Margaret Gallagher et al.

Paris: UNESCO (1987), 121 pp.

"This book presents the outcome of five case-studies carried out within Unesco's programme on the Contribution of the Media to Promoting Equality between Women and Men and Strengthening Women's Access to and Participation in Communication. More specifically, it forms part of an action centred on the ... more

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Intergovernmental Conference on Communication Policies in the Arab States: Final Report: Khartoum (Sudan) 19-23 July 1987

Paris: UNESCO (1987), 58 pp.

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Latest Statistics on Radio and Television Broadcasting

Paris: UNESCO (1987), 132 pp.

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Reporting on Prostitution: The Media, Women and Prostitution in India, Malaysia and the Philippines

Lois Grjebine (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (1987), ii, 106 pp.

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Communication Strategies for Heightening Awareness of Water: Report 2 of IHP II Project Cl (on Heightening Awareness of the Socio-Economic Role of Water)

B. Sadler (ed.)

UNESCO (1987), x, 25 pp.

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International Annotated Bibliography on Media Education

Ingrid Geretschlaeger

Paris: UNESCO (1987), ii, 194 pp.

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Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (Seventh Session)

Paris: UNESCO (1986), 24 pp.

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The Cultural Dimension of Development: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography

Luce Kellermann (comp.)

Paris: UNESCO (1986), 350 pp.

"A review of 666 articles and monographs about the cultural influence on development with detailed commentaries. Chapter II.2 is about 'Culture, communication, cultural industries' and describes 100 publications about the impact of the audiovisual media and new information and communication technolo ... more

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Le livre et la lecture en Roumanie

Joan Dragan, Angela Popescu-Bredicini

Paris: UNESCO (1986), 60 pp.

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La circulation internationale des émissions de télévision

Paris: UNESCO (1986), 61 pp.

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International Flow of Television Programmes

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 62 pp.

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Les nouvelles de l'étranger dans les médias: La couverture de l'actualité internationale dans 29 pays

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 129 pp.

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Seventy Years of International Broadcasting

Bernard Bumpus, Barbara Skelt

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 117 pp.

"Traces the history of international broadcasting - broadcasting outside national frontiers - from the early days of radio to the present, with a look at the impact of these broadcasts and how they can be measured. The authors also examine some of the problems inherent in the practice, including jam ... more

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Books and Reading in India

Lokenath Bhattacharya

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 82 pp.

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Five Successful Asian Community Newspapers

Crispin C. Maslog

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC); UNESCO (1985), xvi, 136 pp.