Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00446
Notes:
Pages 123-139 in Thomas L. McPhail (ed.), Development communication: reframing the role of the media. Electronic resource from Wiley InterScience. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK. 239 pages.
Examines issues of connectivity, language and content of the internet. Concludes that "in reality the internet concentrates economic activity and power more narrowly in one group. As a result there is a real risk that we are moving towards a two-tier technology society that perpetuates the old distinctions between North and South."
Mueller-Falcke, Dietrich (author), Matambalya, Francis A.S.T. (author), and Wolf, Susanna (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25439
Notes:
Pages 174-184 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Cites findings of an internet research project conducted by the Research Center for Social Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Findings indicated that for most people, especially the young, the internet provides a new and exciting source of entertainment and a way to communicate with others. It also represents a place where people can find information that is difficult to procure from the traditional media and where they can express their own opinions. More users (51 percent) than non-users (42 percent) said they believe the internet will make the world a better place.
Attias, Lynda (author) and Deflander, Johan (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36152
Notes:
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/y4721e/y4721e00.pdf, Pages 63-74 in Bruce Girard (ed.), The one to watch: radio, new ICTs and interactivity, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 243 pages. In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Geneva Office and Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service, Research, Extension and Training Division, Sustainable Development Department. 243 pages.
