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Latin American Perspectives

Media, Culture & Society, volume 10, issue 4 (1988), pp. 395-515

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Communication Technology and Development

Hamid Mowlana, Laurie J. Wilson

Paris: UNESCO (1988), 50 pp.

"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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Massenmedien, Kommunikationstechnologie und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung in der Dritten Welt

Michael Gedatus

Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (1988), xiv, 619 pp.

"Hinsichtlich der Anwendung von Kommunikationssatelliten in der Dritten Welt zum Zwecke zielgerichteter Entwicklungskommunikation sollen am Beispiel Indien Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Technologieeinsatzes überprüft und entwicklungskommunikationstheoretischen Hypothesen gegenübergestellt werden ... more

The Myth of the Information Revolution: Social and Ethical Implications of Communication Technology

Michael Traber (ed.)

London: Sage (1986), 146 pp.

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Satélites de comunicación

Edward W. Ploman

Barcelona; Mexico, DF: Editorial Gustavo Gili (1985), 221 pp.

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The Communication Revolution and New World Information and Communication Order: The Challenge to the Churches

Singapore: Christian Conference of Asia (1985), 131 pp.

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Kommunikation per Satellit: Ein internationales Handbuch

Rainer Kabel, Thomas Strätling

Berlin: Vistas (1985), 243 pp.

Informationstechnologie in der Dritten Welt: Eine kritische Analyse theoretischer und empirischer Studien

Jörg Becker

Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Information und Dokumentation (GID) (1984), 172 pp.

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Information Technology and a New International Order

Jörg Becker (ed.)

Lund; Bromley, Kent: Studentlitteratur AB; Chartwell-Bratt (1984), 141 pp.

"Papers from an international conference held by the Protestant Academy of Arnoldshain (Schmitten, Federal Republic of Germany), the Protestant Association for Media Communication (Frankfurt, FRG) and the World Association for Christian Communication (London), with the common theme that all people a ... more

Rundfunk-Direktsatelliten

Michael Schmidbauer

München: Ölschläger (1982), 31 pp.

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The SACI/EXERN Project in Brazil: An Analytical Case Study

Emile G. McAnany, João Batista A. Oliveira

Paris: UNESCO (1980), 46 pp.

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New Perspectives in International Communication: A Report on the Conference on Fair Communication Policy for the International Exchange of Information, Held in Honolulu in March-April 1976

Jim Richstad (ed.)

Honolulu: East-West Communication Institute (1978), ix, 241 pp.

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Towards Realistic Communication Policies: Recent Trends and Ideas Compiled and Analysed

John A. R. Lee

Paris: UNESCO (1976), 60 pp.

Comunicaciones: Teoría y estrategia

Neil Peter Hurley Caparella

Santiago: Ediciones Sede Santiago Sur (1974), 172 pp.

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African Broadcasting in the Seventies: International Conference 25th June - 5th July 1972 = La radio en Afrique dans les annees soixante-dix

Berlin: German Foundation for International Development (DSE) (1973), 130 pp.

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An Educator's Guide to Communication Satellite Technology

Kenneth A. Polcyn

Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED); Information Center on Instructional Technology (ICIT) (1973), xv, 99 pp.

"This guide provides educational planners with an awareness and understanding of communication satellite technology, its current uses, and some of the tentative plans for educational experimentation. The first part introduces the general nature of communication satellites in terms of technological c ... more

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Preliminary Study of an African Regional Satellite System for Education, Culture and Development

J. Torfs, A. G. W. Timmers, W. F. K. Coleman, M. von Rundstedt

Paris: UNESCO (1973), 107 pp.

"This report is the outcome of an expert mission, undertaken at the request of several Member States in the African region, by Unesco with the co-operation of the International Telecommunication Union and the Economic Commission for Africa. The mission approached its task from the point of view of t ... more

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A Guide to Satellite Communication

Paris: UNESCO (1972), 35 pp.

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Tecnología educativa. VI Seminario Latinoamericano para Directivos de Teleducación

Lima: Instituto de Solidaridad Internacional (ISI) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (1972), 616 pp.