"This study focuses on participatory approaches using radio for education and community development. By means of a case study of Radio San Miguel of Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia, the development of participatory approaches in community radio at the institutional level, organizational level, and community level will be examined. This case study on rural radio uses and imprementation of participatory approach for education and community development in the Bolivian Amazon has two specific objectives: 1. To analyze the process of communication and education played by "Radio San Miguel of Riberalta, RSM," in cooperation with another community organization, the "Mobile Teams of Rural Integral Education, EMEIR" (Equipos Móviles de Educación Rural Integral), in developing a unique experience of communication and education focusing on an isolated audience through a series of radio-canoe visits. The specific work conditions of this radio station and the communicative educative system that has developed for its rural population in the Amazonic region of Bolivia are almost unknown. Therefore, documenting these conditions as an indigenous communication experience and a practical case of community radio for development is of value in itself. 2. To examine the application and development of a popular participatory strategy in mass communication by considering the presence, involvement, and decision making of various individuals in a communication system at 1) the institutional level, 2) the organizational level, and 3) the community level." (Pages 4-5)