Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36925
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Via SciDev.net. 2 pages., Director of the non-profit media organisation, TVE Asia Pacific, argues that "the media and development organizations are currently part of the problem."
Swinnen, Johan F.M. (author), Francken, Nathalie (author), Minten, Bart (author), and Research Group on Food Policy, Transition and Development (PRG-Leuven) & LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
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Paper
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2005
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Madagascar
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27322
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29028
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Posted on http://www.youtube.com > Search on "p. sainath", Via You Tube, Features the thoughts of an award-winning journalist in India, P. Sainath Palagummi Sainath, about what he identifies as serious gaps in mass media coverage. He observes that due to the advertiser-driven environment for media organizations, national media are not interested in serving the information needs of rural residents and the poor, generally. National media do not have "rural" or "poverty" beats, he explains, although residents in those categories make up the majority of the population in India. He urges media to signal the weaknesses in society as well as the areas of progress.