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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Rural Communication for Development
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Rural Press
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Agricultural Radio Programmes
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Radio for Development
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Community Radios
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Audience Clubs & Listener Groups
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Rural Women & Communication
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Agriculture & ICTs, e-Agriculture
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Participatory Communication
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ICTs and Development
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Rural Areas, Rural Communities, Rural Development
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Access to Media & Information
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Traditional Communication
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Public & State Radios
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Mobile Phone Use
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Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
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ICT Development Assistance
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Rural Libraries
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Good Practice Examples
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Agricultural Development & Policies
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Community Radio Audiences & Use
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Media Use: Urban Populations
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Educational Films & Videos
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Communication Strategies
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Community Development: Role of Communication & Media
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Visual Aids for Development
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Digital Inclusion
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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Educational Radios
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Radio Schools
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Nonformal Education
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Training of Trainers, Teacher Education
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Local Journalism
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Local Communication & Media
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Communication Networks
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Low-Cost Solutions, Low Budget Calculation
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Radio
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Business & Economics Radio Programmes
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Media Effects
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Social Change
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Visual Communication
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agriculture
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Family Farming
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Film Audiences, Film Consumption
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Development Communication Campaigns
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Radio Campaigns
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Christian Films & Videos
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Community Radio & Gender
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Information for Development
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Internet
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Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Documentation Systems
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Small Enterprises, Micro Businesses, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
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Audiobooks & Audio Cassettes
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Journalism / Communication Training Centers
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Illiteracy, Non-Literate Persons
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Media Assistance: Educational & Instructional Media
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Teaching & Teaching Methods
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Training
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Environmental Radio Programmes
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
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Journalism Education & Training
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Radio Journalism Training & Education
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Diffusion of Innovations
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Media, Mass Media
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Press
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Radio Production
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Kothmale Community Radio (Kothmale, Sri Lanka)
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Radio Chaguarurco (Santa Isabel, Azuay, Ecuador)
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Habits
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Preference
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Television Reception & Effects
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Participatory Research Methods
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Rural Issues: Media Representation & Reporting
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Telecommunications
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Illustrations, Pictures, Images
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Environmental & Land Conflicts
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Land Property, Land Grabbing, Land Reforms
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Pastoralism
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Shamba Shape Up (Agricultural Reality TV Programme, Kenya)
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Audiences & Users
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Book Reading Habits, Book Readers, Book Consumption
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Information Needs
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Radio Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Print Media Use, Press Readers
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Book Publishing
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Small-Scale & Self-Publishing
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Catholic Radios
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Catholic Social Work
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Catholic Social Thought
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Film and Religion, Religion in Motion Pictures
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Nollywood
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Films in Health Communication
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Videos
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Government Communication Strategies
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Strategic Communication Planning
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Community Communication
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Community Media Management
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Community Newspapers, Community Press
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Community Telecommunication Networks
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Radio Language & Moderation
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Digital Anthropology, Cyberanthropology
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Theatre for Development
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Cultural Development
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National Character
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Development Projects
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Gender Projects (Development Cooperation)
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Development Strategies
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Communication for Local Development
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Communication for Social Change
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Development Communication Education & Training
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Development Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
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Development Communication Research
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Development Communication Tools & Methods
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Edutainment Television Programmes
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Digital Criticism
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Electronic Commerce
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Alibaba
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Social Media & Web 2.0 for Development
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Development Websites, Blogs & Online Communities
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Digital Transformation Approaches
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Business Management
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Information Centres
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Library Management
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Library Performance & Impact
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Printing Industries
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Local Media Economics & Markets, Local Media Financing
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Radio Economics
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Financing Radio
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Remittances
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Traffic & Transport Infrastructure
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Education and Communication / Media
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Adult Education
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Basic Education
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Educational Effects of Media, Educational Role of Media
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Educational Print Materials
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Filmstrips (Still Image Instructional Media)
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Media Didactics, Media Use in Education
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Primary Education
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Secondary Education
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Training Courses, Course Development
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Tourism & Travel
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Values
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Evaluation
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Gender and Radio
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Women's Radio Programmes
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Gender-Sensitive Language
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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Innovations
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Health Communication
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Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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Cold War (1947-1991)
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Indigenous Language Press
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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Satellite Television
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UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
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Basic Journalistic Skills
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Journalistic Style & Language
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Local News
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Local Press
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Media Assistance
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Germany: Media Assistance Actors, Practices, Priorities
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Media Assistance: Press
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Media Assistance: Television
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Communication Processes
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Communication Systems
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Communication & Conversation Skills
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Media Literacy: Primary Education
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Budgeting, Cost Calculation, Financial Planning
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Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Marketing & Branding
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Starting Media Outlets, Creation of Digital Businesses
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People with Disabilities: Reporting & Media Representation
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Photography
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Public Spheres
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Local Newspapers
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Video Production Skills
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Project Design, Project Planning
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Radio Magazines
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Radio Cultural Campesina (Teocelo, Veracruz, Mexico)
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Radio La Voz de la Mixteca (XETLA) (Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico)
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Radio Madang (Papua New Guinea)
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Media Reception & Effects: Rural Population
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Ideologies
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Motivations
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Qualitative Analysis
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Quantitative Analysis
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Indicators & Indices
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Rural Television
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Social Movements
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Participation
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Social Aspects
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Social Structure
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Lower Classes
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Blockchain Technologies
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Low-Cost Technologies
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Printing, Print Production, Print Technologies
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Radio Production Equipment & Technologies
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Technology Transfer
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WLAN Wireless Internet Access
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Telephone
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Television
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Audio Slide Shows, Sound Image Shows
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Design & Layout
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Youth and Media
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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ICTs and Development: A Study of Telecentres in Rural India

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 264 pp.
"This volume juxtaposes the global discourse on ICT-D and telecentres with in-depth empirical case studies on the pattern of access and use of telecenters in rural India to draw implications for policy and practice. It suggest that access and use of telecentres and their services are mediated by the ... more
"Through two case studies, this paper evaluates the value of the feminist visual methodology Photovoice as an interactive consultation tool with rural Rwandan women working in agriculture. This exploratory study suggests that it is possible, through an adapted Photovoice process, to engage and empow ... more

Un diagnóstico de la radio rural en el Perú

Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2012), 120 pp.
"This paper examines the potential role of indigenous knowledge sharing through rural FM radio stations in Ghanaian agriculture. To identify social learning effects, we examine crop productivity trends and their association with participation in radio programs, and compare the strength of these asso ... more

Seventy-Five Ways to Fix Your Farmer Program

Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2012), 16 pp.
"In 2010, Farm Radio International gathered information about farmer radio programs from radio stations in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. We visited twenty stations and two production houses and listened to their farmer programs. We posed hundreds of questions to the people making the ... more
"[...] FAO’s Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension (OEK) organized an Expert Consultation on Communication for Development: Meeting Today’s Agriculture and Rural Development Challenges, that was held at FAO headquarters from 14 to 16 September, 2011. The main purpose was to identi ... more

Dimensions of Radio Coverage and Content Generation of Agricultural Biotechnology News in Kenya

Nairobi: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Application (ISAAA Africenter);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 22 pp.
"ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India." (Publisher description)

Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural

Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.
"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s ... more
"L’atteinte des objectifs de sécurité alimentaire, de nutrition et d’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes passe par l’application d’approches de développement visant à donner aux communautés rurales l’occasion de participer et de prendre en main leur futur. Parmi les nombreuses ap ... more

How Effective is Community Radio in Meeting the Needs of Remote Communities in Nepal? Case Study of Okhaldhunga, Nepal

Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Master of Art in Development and Emergency Practice, Master Thesis (2011), 113 pp.
"The study uses qualitative and quantitative research to perform a community-based needs assessment. It highlights the underlying issues of a weak economy, infrastructure and caste system. It also highlights social and family networks that strengthen communities. The research then investigates how t ... more
"Podemos concluir que en nuestra área de estudio, diversos factores dificultan el uso intensivo del teléfono móvil. Entre ellos se encuentran la poca asequibilidad del servicio, las escasas habilidades para manejar el aparato, y la poca confianza que se tiene en los proveedores o compradores. Ade ... more

Driving Change Through Rural Radio Debate in Uganda

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2011), 100 pp.
"The African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) was a 42-month action research project implemented by Farm Radio International (FRI) in partnership with World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An estimated 40 million farmers in five ... more
"Farmers require varying marketing information, depending on their location, local market conditions, crops, production activities, and cultural practices. Radio has the capacity to reach a large audience, and can provide an integrated approach to market information, incorporating all these elements ... more
"Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically increase the capacity of rural radio to help farmers improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weekly SMS alerts sent to ... more

Extensión, comunicación y desarrollo rural: Lineamientos para una extensión rural eficaz

Asunción: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 277 pp.
"Este es un libro que abarca diferentes enfoques, modalidades y metodologías de extensión de ayer, de hoy, con visión de futuro. Hace revivir la teoría de difusión de innovaciones y el proceso de innovación-decisión. Además, hace mención a metodologías y medios tradicionales de extensión ... more

Commercial Rural Radio Program: The Emerging Effective Means to Improving Rural Livelihoods. The Case of INUKA

Dodoma (TZ): Rural Livelihood Development Company (RLDC);Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2011), 32 pp.
"INUKA’s primary objective was to address the interests and needs of the rural producers in the CC. Capacity building of radio staff proved to be an essential element to overcome the shortage of tailored expertise on agriculture and rural related radio programming and marketing. Listeners gave a p ... more

Radio Madang: Tuned in for Development?

In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Evangelia Papoutsaki; Michael McManus; Patrick Matbob (eds.)
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 147-156
"The findings of this research have indicated that Radio Madang [the public service broadcaster in Madang province] is an appropriate medium for disseminating information and messages on development issues to people in rural areas of Madang province. With an audience of about 200,000 throughout the ... more