This newsletter article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- "International" file section - "OCIAC" file folder., Maitra,S. "Role of rural newspapers in adult education." Indian Journal of Adult Education. 45(7/8) : 18-22. 1984., Summary of a journal article. The findings suggested that the rural press would give newly-literate rural people something to practice reading, as well as give them information that would help them participate in development and decision-making processes that affect them.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35801
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Pages 368-371 in L. John Martin and Ray Eldon Hiebert (eds.), Current issues in international communication. Longman, White Plains, New York. 390 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22984
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Pages 64-69 in V.S. Gupta, Rural press: problems and prospects. Press Institute of India, New Delhi. 78 pages., Describes role of the rural press, as well as issues facing it. Urban-based newspapers generally dominate the national scene. "What they file about rural issues, based often on government handouts, gets relegated to inside or insignificant columns."
