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Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press (1995), 294 pp.
"Bourgault investigates three principal influences: the pre-colonial legacy of the oral tradition, the presence of an alienated managerial class, and the domination of African nations by systems based on political patronage. The first two chapters provide the theoretical framework. Subsequent chapte
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La mirada comunicacional
Caracas: Alfadil Ediciones (1994), 241 pp.
Participatory Communication: Working for Change and Development
London et al.: Sage (1994), 470 pp.
"This volume explores the strengths, weaknesses, and complex nature of participation in diverse settings through a collection of 20 essays that focus on the concept of participation in development and raise questions relating to power, control, empowerment, awareness-raising, and self-reliance. The
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In Other Words ... The Cultural Dimension of Communication for Development
The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (CESO) (1994), 229 pp.
"Based on literature research and personal experiences gained in Africa, this book pays attention to the cultural and educational aspects of communication for development in developing countries. The book addresses the many pitfalls of communication and the factors that have an influence on the effe
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Communication, Culture and Hegemony: From the Media to Mediations
London et al.: Sage (1993), xv, 272 pp.
World Families Watch Television
London: Sage (1988), 264 pp.
Massenmedien und Entwicklungsländer
Köln; Wien: Böhlau (1985), 257 pp.
Impact of Modern Communication Technology. II. Indonesia
Paris: UNESCO (1980), vi, 72 pp.
"Transfer of technology it seems can also be a vehicle for the transfer of ideology. Therefore the recent interest of Australia in appropriate communication technology in order to produce adequate endogenous messages so as to redress imbalances in flow of information and cultural materials. One of t
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Comunicação, modernização e difusão de inovações no Brasil
Petropolis: Vozes (1978), 252 pp.
"10 contributions, e.g. on literacy and rural communication. The "Bibliografia de Estudos Norte-Americanos sobre Comunicação no Brasil. Bibliografia Anotada" (pages 151-246) includes 235 North American publications on communication in Brazil." (commbox)
The Islamic Sermon as a Channel of Political Communication
"The Islamic sermon is a channel of communication which is well suited to the needs of contemporary Middle Easteners. It is an old Islamic institution with a high degree of legitimacy among the traditional people. Yet the modernizing ruling elites can control it and feed into it modern messages whic
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Intercommunication Among Nations and Peoples
New York: Harper & Row (1973), 608 pp.
Kommunikation und Modernisierung: Meinungsführer und Gemeinschaftsempfang im Kommunikationsprozeß
München-Pullach; Berlin: Verlag Dokumentation Saur (1971), 239 pp.
"Am Beispiel der Farm-Radio-Foren in Indien, der Radio-Klubs in der Republik Niger und Landfunkforen in Ghana wird die Bedeutung von Meinungsführern und der kollektiven Rezeption gezielter Kommunikationsangebote im Modernisierungsprozeß der Armen Welt untersucht. Dabei wird deutlich, dass für ein
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Modernization Among Peasants: The Impact of Communication
New York et al.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1969), xviii, 429 pp.
"The purposes of the present study are: (1) to examine the nature of the modernization process among peasants in one less developed country, Colombia, and (2) to determine the cross-cultural validity of these findings in other of the less developed nations. Peasants are important subjects of study b
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Mass Media and National Development: The Role of Information in Developing Countries
Stanford, Calif.; Paris: Stanford University Press; UNESCO (1964), xiv, 333 pp.
"The author describes the information media, analyses their role in national development and shows how they can be used as a weapon against ignorance, hunger and disease, in order to accelerate the growth of the developing countries. He concludes with suggestions regarding the method of organising t
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Communications and Political Development
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1963), xiv, 381 pp.
"Analysis of the contributions of major specialists in the mass media (more especially in the developing countries): Schramm, Schils, de Sola Pool, Lerner. This work constitutes the first volume of a series of 6 works entitled "Studies in political development", published under the patronage of the
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The Passing of Traditional Society: Modernizing the Middle East
New York; London: Free Press; Collier-Macmillan (1958), xiii, 466 pp.
"Daniel Lerner's 1958 book 'The Passing of Traditional Society' was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book cla
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