[eccr] New FAO book - radio, ICTs, development

>New book
>The One to Watch Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity
>Available in print from FAO and online at 
><http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/>http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/
>Sometimes looked down upon as the "poor relation" of television, and 
>certainly considered old-fashioned compared to the Internet, radio today 
>has become the one to watch... Still the most portable communication 
>medium, the most widespread and the most economical, radio is now proving 
>itself versatile enough to go hand-in-hand with the Web.
>Carleen Gardner, Assistant Director-General for Information, FAO
>Ordinary broadcast radio is still the communication technology of choice 
>for most of the worlds population, indeed it is often the only choice for 
>people in rural areas of developing countries. Despite recent expansion, 
>there are still fewer than two telephone lines for every 100 people in 
>Sub-Saharan Africa and less than one percent of Africans use the Internet 
>-- half of them in South Africa and virtually none in rural areas. Radio, 
>on the other hand, is widely available. Even in rural areas most 
>households have access to a receiver and, increasingly, to a local radio 
>station.
>In recent years the introduction of new ICTs, especially the Internet, has 
>begun to bring about significant possibilities that are changing radio in 
>the developing world. But far from making it less relevant, the new 
>technologies are opening up hitherto unimagined possibilities:
>Broadcasters who used to have to travel for hours or even days to find a 
>public library to research a programme, now have instant access to the 
>Internet;
>    * National, regional and global radio news agencies are making world 
> news and alternative perspectives available to even the most remote 
> communities;
>    * The radio/telecommunications combination is helping to keep 
> communities together, despite the distances imposed by migration.
>The first chapters in the book introduce the concepts and context 
>necessary for understanding and analysing radio and Internet projects. The 
>following ones take a closer look at nine case studies from Africa, Asia 
>and Latin America. The final three chapters will be especially useful to 
>readers unfamiliar with rural radio and the essential role it plays in 
>peoples lives -- looking at the history of rural radio in the USA and 
>Africa and at how a typical station in Latin America works to fulfil its 
>communitys day-to-day communication needs.
>The chapters in the book show that the injection of the Internets 
>digital DNA is changing the nature of radio. The cases considered here 
>are indicative of the first few steps in this transformation of radio. 
>They offer insight into what the next generation of radio might be like 
>and underscore the significant potential of the combination of radio and 
>new ICTs.
>The book is edited by Bruce Girard in collaboration with the Communication 
>for Development Group of the FAO. It is available in print, on CD Rom and 
>on the Internet at 
><http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/>http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/
>For more information contact:
>The Communication for Development Group
>Research, Extension and Training Division
>Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE)
>FAO
>Via delle Terme di Caracalla
>00100 Rome, ITALY
>Email: (rural-radio /at/ fao.org)
>or
>Bruce Girard
>Comunica
>Kloksteeg 17-B
>2611 BL Delft
>The Netherlands
>Tel: +31 15 284.0323
>Fax/Voicemail: +31 84 882.6517
>Email: (bgirard /at/ comunica.org)
>Table of Contents
>Foreword - Ester Zulberti
>Preface - Bruce Girard
>Section I - Concepts and Context
>Chapter 1 - Radio and the Internet: Mixing media to bridge the divide - 
>Bruce Girard
>Chapter 2 - Take Five:  A handful of essentials for ICTs in development - 
>Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
>Chapter 3 - Linking Rural Radio to New ICTs in Africa: Bridging the rural 
>digital divide - Jean-Pierre Ilboudo and Riccardo del Castello
>Chapter 4 - The Information Highways are still Unpaved: The Internet and 
>West African community radio - Lynda Attias and Johan Deflander
>Chapter 5 - Public Radio and the Internet in the United States - Robert 
>Ottenhoff
>Section II - Gateways
>Chapter 6 - Community Multimedia Centres: Creating digital opportunities 
>for all - Stella Hughes
>Chapter 7 - The Kothmale Model:  Using radio to make the Internet visible 
>- Ian Pringle and MJR David
>Chapter 8 - Creating & Sustaining ICT Projects in Mozambique - Birgitte Jallov
>Chapter 9 - The Russian Rural Information Network - Nancy Bennett
>Section III - Networks
>Chapter 10 - Awaking from the Big Sleep: Kantor Berita 68H - Martin Hala 
>and Santoso
>Chapter 11 - The Agencia Informativa Púlsar - Bruce Girard
>Chapter 12 - InterWorld Radio: The kind of thing that connects you to the 
>world - Francesca Silvani
>Section IV - Communication with migrants
>Chapter 13 - Blending Old and New Technologies: Mexicos indigenous radio 
>service messages - José Manuel Ramos and Ángel Díez
>Chapter 14 - Callos and Guatitas: Radio and migration in Ecuador and Spain 
>- Luis Dávila and José Manuel López
>Section V - Rural Radio: Cases from USA, Africa and Latin America
>Chapter 15 - Farm and Rural Radio in the United States: Some beginnings 
>and models - Robert L. Hilliard
>Chapter 16 - After 50 years: The role and use of rural radio in Africa - 
>Jean-Pierre Ilboudo
>Chapter 17 - Radio Chaguarurco: Now youre not alone - Bruce Girard
>__________________________________
>Comunica.org     -     (info /at/ comunica.org)
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