Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02265
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Pages 184-186 in Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha (eds.), The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. Sage Publications India, New Delhi. 303 pages.
Via web site. 2 pages., "At odds over the question of trade secrets versus the public's right to know, a biopesticide manufacturer and the Monterey County Weekly have sued each other. A third case brought by environmentalists is schedule to be heard Oct. 18."
Author reports on this Free Media Pioneer Award from the International Press Institute. Also describes other matters on the agenda at the IPI World Congress.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25270
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Retrieved September 16, 2006, Via organization web site. 5 pages., Notes that since February 1,"reporting from rural and remote areas of the country has become even more dangerous. Reporters are risking their lives, without having proper security and insurance for their lives. Dozens of journalists have been picked up by the security forces and interrogated. Some were held for only a few hours, but 10 remained in custody in mid-April."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06633
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Aggregated statistical summary of responses from IFAJ guilds in 17 of 30 member countries. Individual countries not identified. Report also includes narrative responses to the 10 survey questions. 13 pages.
Describes how the editor of a rural Montana weekly chose not to report on the rebellion of a local group of anti-government militants, beyond running official press releases from the Department of Justice.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37094
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See C37085 for original, Pages 219-232 in Anna Robinson-Pant (ed.), Women, literacy and development: alternative perspectives. Routledge, London, England. Routledge Studies in Literacy. 259 pages., Using a case study, the author examines why participants engage in adult learning/literacy programs and how they use the outcomes. "Literacy achievement could not have been the driving force." Nor could the participatory practices have "rendered the programme irresistable and empowering to women."
Posted at http://home.intekom.com/tm_info/rw90525.htm, Author suggests wording to use (e.g., genetic engineering) and wording to avoid (e.g., biotechnology) in communicating negatively about biotech foods.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06736
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Pages 321=-348 in Nico Stehr (ed.), Biotechnology: between commerce and civil society." Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey., Tempers benefits of the Green Revolution with concerns of adverse impacts of industrial agriculture, the power of corporate firms and other less visible infrastructure agents in the political networks of Asia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12895
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Papers presented at the 12th Annual Convention and Conference of the Society for Information Science, Hyderabad, India, January 28-30, 1993., Chapter 17 in P.C. Bose and H.C. Jain (eds.), Information management for rural development. Shipra Publications, Delhi, India. 159 p.
Retrieved January 28, 2007, 25 pages., Gaunle refers to something associated with a village. Deurali is a public place in the village, where people congregate. This newspaper is published by a non-governmental organization, Rural Development Palpa. It "is used as a platform for local leaders and villagers to express what is important to them rather than being a channel for the government or political elite to push their agenda."
Hafkin, Nancy (author / Academy for Educational Development), Taggart, Nancy (author / Academy for Educational Development), and Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2001-06
Published:
For the Office of Women in Development, Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, United States Agency for International Development
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20314
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24348
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162 pages., Focuses on the language being used by politicians, scientists, journalists and companies regarding genetic modification of plants. Examines "how language shapes, and can be used to manipulate, our opinions."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25910
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Women's Feature Service via Media South Asia. 3 pages., Describes the development and pioneering role of a rural magazine for which rural women handle all the reporting, writing, editing, layout, artwork, photography and circulation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17076
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Pages 119-133 in Wilbur Schramm and Daniel Lerner (eds.), Communication and change: the last ten years - and the next. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 372 pages.
Massarani, Luisa (author), Buys, Bruno (author), Henrique Amorium, Luis (author), and Veneu, Fernando (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Italy
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28077
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Pages 71-79 in Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi (eds.), Journalism, science and society: science communication between news and public relations. Routledge, New York, New York. 286 pages., Refers to coverage of issues such as BSE and genetically modified organisms.
