"Conditions générales — Les débuts — Personnel — Radiodiffusion sonore: genres de programmes — Télévision: genres de programmes — Le singulier essor de la radiodiffusion rurale — Les méthodes australiennes inspirent d'autres pays: notamment ceux des pays en voie de développement." ... (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2290, topic code 210.30, 410.30) more

"Since 1945 radio has been used for rural development by the Australian Broadcasting Commission — The aim is to serve and unite the farmers who are often very isolated in such a vast and hostile continent — The work done in this field has been extended to the territories of Papua and New Guinea ... — The information broadcast is of various types: it concerns meteorology, economics, public health and especially agriculture — The positive contribution of rural radio is the feeling of unity and of belonging to a large group which it engenders and the bond formed between people in urban and rural areas — Cooperation between agricultural and radio experts — The programmes are planned in detail and based on the knowledge of the listeners in a particular region about their specific problems — The benefits of radio should be made available to the whole population — For the developing countries it is not simply a matter of increasing agricultural production, but of creating a balance between the cost of the agricultural product and the purchasing power of the citizen — The machine in itself offers no solution to the probems of the developing countries and would he expensive in the long run, but manpower and improved organisation can he obtained cheaply — Education by means of a rural radio system can be very effective and will be received with enthusiasm by the young people of rural areas ; it will also enable the women of these areas to participate in the life of the community and will create a community spirit. [Working Paper, 26 Oct. 1962. Contribution to: The United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology for the Benefit of the Less Developed Areas, Geneva, 4 to 20 February 1963. E/Conf. 39/L/42. Agenda Item: L.2.4]" (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2289, topic code 210.330) more