Information communication technologies for gender and development in Africa: the case for radio and technological blend

Collection:

Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)

Contributor:

Asiedu, Christobel (main author)

Format:

Journal article

Publication Date:

2012

Published:

International

Location:

Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois

Related Item:

International Communication Gazette

Related Item Details:

74(3) : 240-257

Subject Term:

adoption, Africa, agricultural development, communication planning, computers, development, development communication, farm women, gender, indigenous knowledge, information issues, Internet, listenership, literacy, media effectiveness, media selection, newspapers, oral communication, participation, radio, readership, rural development, rural poor, rural-urban differences, television, television viewing, traditional knowledge, women, information technology, broadband, community radio

Notes:

Findings suggest that while radio has been marginalized in current discourse, it is the predominant medium used in subSaharan Africa.