"A UNESCO report headed by Sean MacBride of Ireland in which representatives from Canada, Chile, Columbia, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Tunisia, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia and Zaire were mandated "to study the totality of Communication problems in modern
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society" in order to formulate "a more just and more efficient world information and communication order," keeping in mind particularly the differences among nations in culture and resources. The result of this hard, if not impossible, charge to reconcile divergent viewpoints represents a compromise which can wholly please none of the three worlds, but it does offer a wide-ranging investigation with varying viewpoints. Appendixes include a list of international organizations active in communications, and there are, in addition, a list of about 100 available background papers. Index. For a discussion of the report giving some of its strengths and weaknesses see 'Communication in the Eighties: A Reader on the "MacBride Report"', edited by Cees J. Hamelink. A 244-page paperback abridgement, 'Many Voices, One World', was published in 1984 by UNESCO." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 210)
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"Several decades ago communication research about the Third World centered largely around the diffusion-of-innovation theory which measured elements of social structure but drew no policy implications from its findings. This anthology brings together research with a new perspective involving the rur
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al poor, and reexamining communication's role in terms of equity (who benefits from information) and productivity (what impact information has on agriculture productivity, health, and income, as well as knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of rural people). Studies are grouped in three parts: "Information in Rural Development: General Social Issues," with articles by McAnany and Larry Shore; "Information within Structural Constraints: Three Case Studies" which includes the Ivory Coast by Frans Lenglet, Guatemala by Jeremiah O'Sullivan, and Brazil and Guatemala by Eduardo Contreras, and "Information and Education in Rural Development: Economic Analysis" by Jacqueline Ashby, Steven Klees, Douglas Pachico and Stuart Wells." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 275)
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"Focusing on issues of access to and participation in community media, this report reviews progress so far and analyzes the difficulties that underlie the transfer and adaptation of community communications media in developing countries. The first chapter contains introductory material on the subjec
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t of community media and development and describes a participative model for using media in community development situations. The second chapter discusses the practice of community communications by defining objectives, presenting background information on present projects, and describing criteria for selecting community media. The third chapter examines three community development communications projects in detail to show the development of methods that suit particular tasks and the choice of media that suit particular conditions, and the fourth chapter offers an appropriate methodology for using media in community development, with implications for future projects." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"Este libro recoge en forma acertada y amena todo aquel conjunto de pequeños grandes detalles que sumados hacen que funcione una radiodifusora, no solamente tomando en cuenta la parte técnica como base del engranaje, sino principalmente, las características del elemento humano que la conforma. El
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autor brinda espontáneamente todo aquel legado de experiencias adquiridas prácticamente en el diario trajinar de la radiodifusión y sistematizado en la docencia académica del aula universitaria." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"This bibliography [...] contains 395 annotated entries that cover a variety of problems and issues relating to communication policy and planning in fifty-three countries. The main purpose of the bibliography is to serve as a reference tool for social science researchers interested in the emerging a
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rea of communication planning research, and policy makers and planners engaged in the practical tasks of communication planning. This is probably the first comprehensive annotated bibliography on communication policy and planning. The literature on this area is not very large. Books, journal articles, and reports dealing exclusively with communication policy and planning issues are very limited in number. In most cases the policy and planning problems are discussed in the context of other communication problems. Therefore, the selection of items for this bibliography has been somewhat eclectic reflecting our preference, experience, and access to the general literature on communication and development. We limited our search to English language literature on communication that focuses on communication and development." (Preface)
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