[cr-india]New FAO book - Radio, New ICTs, Interactivity, development
George Lessard (s)
media at web.net
Tue Jul 22 21:27:04 CEST 2003
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> From: Bruce Girard <boa at COMUNICA.ORG>
> Date: Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:06:43 PM America/Winnipeg
> To: DEVMEDIA at listserv.uoguelph.ca
> Subject: new book from FAO - radio, ICTs, development
> Reply-To: Media for Development in Democracy
> <DEVMEDIA at listserv.uoguelph.ca>
>
> New book
>
> The One to Watch
> Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity
>
> Available in print from FAO and online at
> http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/
>
> Sometimes looked down upon as the "poor relation" of television,
> and certainly considered old-fashioned compared to the Internet,
> radio today has become the one to watch... Still the most
> portable communication medium, the most widespread and the most
> economical, radio is now proving itself versatile enough to go
> hand-in-hand with the Web.
> Carleen Gardner, Assistant Director-General for Information, FAO
>
> Ordinary broadcast radio is still the communication technology of
> choice for most of the world’s population, indeed it is often the
> only choice for people in rural areas of developing countries.
> Despite recent expansion, there are still fewer than two
> telephone lines for every 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa and
> less than one percent of Africans use the Internet -- half of
> them in South Africa and virtually none in rural areas. Radio, on
> the other hand, is widely available. Even in rural areas most
> households have access to a receiver and, increasingly, to a
> local radio station.
>
> In recent years the introduction of new ICTs, especially the
> Internet, has begun to bring about significant possibilities that
> are changing radio in the developing world. But far from making
> it less relevant, the new technologies are opening up hitherto
> unimagined possibilities:
>
> * Broadcasters who used to have to travel for hours or even days to
> find a public library to research a programme, now have instant
> access to the Internet;
> * National, regional and global radio news agencies are making
> world news and alternative perspectives available to even the
> most remote communities;
> * The radio/telecommunications combination is helping to keep
> communities together, despite the distances imposed by migration.
>
>
> The first chapters in the book introduce the concepts and context
> necessary for understanding and analysing radio and Internet
> projects. The following ones take a closer look at nine case
> studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The final three
> chapters will be especially useful to readers unfamiliar with
> rural radio and the essential role it plays in people’s lives --
> looking at the history of rural radio in the USA and Africa and
> at how a “typical” station in Latin America works to fulfil its
> community’s day-to-day communication needs.
>
> The chapters in the book show that the injection of the
> Internet’s “digital DNA” is changing the nature of radio. The
> cases considered here are indicative of the first few steps in
> this transformation of radio. They offer insight into what the
> next generation of radio might be like and underscore the
> significant potential of the combination of radio and new ICTs.
>
>
> The book is edited by Bruce Girard in collaboration with the
> Communication for Development Group of the FAO. It is available
> in print, on CD Rom and on the Internet at http://comunica.org/1-
> 2-watch/
>
>
>
> For more information contact:
>
> The Communication for Development Group
> Research, Extension and Training Division
> Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE)
> FAO
> Via delle Terme di Caracalla
> 00100 Rome, ITALY
> Email: rural-radio at fao.org
>
> or
>
> Bruce Girard
> Comunica
> Kloksteeg 17-B
> 2611 BL Delft
> The Netherlands
> Tel: +31 15 284.0323
> Fax/Voicemail: +31 84 882.6517
> Email: bgirard at comunica.org
>
>
> Table of Contents
>
> Foreword - Ester Zulberti
> Preface - Bruce Girard
>
> SectionI - Concepts and Context
> Chapter1 - Radio and the Internet: Mixing media to bridge the
> divide - Bruce Girard
> Chapter2 - Take Five: A handful of essentials for ICTs in
> development - Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
> Chapter3 - Linking Rural Radio to New ICTs in Africa: Bridging
> the rural digital divide -
> Jean-Pierre Ilboudo and Riccardo del Castello
> Chapter4 - The Information Highways are still Unpaved: The
> Internet and West African community radio - Lynda Attias and
> Johan Deflander
> Chapter5 - Public Radio and the Internet in the United States -
> Robert Ottenhoff
>
> SectionII - Gateways
> Chapter6 - Community Multimedia Centres: Creating digital
> opportunities for all -
> Stella Hughes
> Chapter7 - The Kothmale Model: Using radio to make the Internet
> visible - Ian Pringle and MJR David
> Chapter8 - Creating & Sustaining ICT Projects in Mozambique -
> Birgitte Jallov
> Chapter9 - The Russian Rural Information Network - Nancy Bennett
>
> SectionIII - Networks
> Chapter10 - Awaking from the Big Sleep: Kantor Berita 68H -
> Martin Hala and Santoso
> Chapter11 - The Agencia Informativa Púlsar - Bruce Girard
> Chapter12 - InterWorld Radio: “The kind of thing that connects
> you to the world” -
> Francesca Silvani
>
> SectionIV - Communication with migrants
> Chapter13 - Blending Old and New Technologies: Mexico’s
> indigenous radio service messages - José Manuel Ramos and Ángel
> Díez
> Chapter14 - Callos and Guatitas: Radio and migration in Ecuador
> and Spain - Luis Dávila and José Manuel López
>
> SectionV - Rural Radio: Cases from USA, Africa and Latin America
> Chapter15 - Farm and Rural Radio in the United States: Some
> beginnings and models -
> Robert L. Hilliard
> Chapter16 - After 50 years: The role and use of rural radio in
> Africa - Jean-Pierre Ilboudo
> Chapter17 - Radio Chaguarurco: Now you’re not alone - Bruce
> Girard
>
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