"The topic of this anthology is communication in rural areas. Most of the 17 contributions are concrete experience reports from radio and internet projects and networks. Especially worth reading are the contributions that deal with the combination of both technologies." (Commbox-CD)
Contents
SECTION I: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT
1 Radio and the Internet: Mixing media to bridge the divide / Bruce Girard, 2
2 Take Five: A handful of essentials for ICTs in development / Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, 21
3 Linking Rural Radio to New ICTs in Africa: Bridging the rural digital divide / Jean-Pierre Ilboudo and Riccardo del Castello, 39
4 The Information Highways are still Unpaved: The Internet and West African community radio / Lynda Attias and Johan Deflander, 57
5 Public Radio and the Internet in the United States / Robert Ottenhoff, 69
SECTION II: GATEWAYS
6 Community Multimedia Centres: Creating digital opportunities for all / Stella Hughes, 76
7 The Kothmale Model: Using radio to make the Internet visible / Ian Pringle and MJR David, 90
8 Creating & Sustaining ICT Projects in Mozambique / Birgitte Jallov, 109
9 The Russian Rural Information Network / Nancy Bennett, 121
SECTION III: NETWORKS
10 Awaking from the Big Sleep: Kantor Berita 68H / Martin Hala and Santoso, 136
11 The Agencia Informativa Púlsar / Bruce Girard, 145
12 InterWorld Radio: "The kind of thing that connects you to the world" / Francesca Silvani, 157
SECTION IV: COMMUNICATION WITH MIGRANTS
13 Blending Old and New Technologies: Mexico's indigenous radio service messages / José Manuel Ramos and Ángel Díez, 172
14 Callos and Guatitas: Radio and migration in Ecuador and Spain / Luis Dávila and José Manuel López, 180
SECTION V: RURAL RADIO: CASES FROM USA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA
15 Farm and Rural Radio in the United States: Some beginnings and models / Robert L. Hilliard, 192
16 After 50 years: The role and use of rural radio in Africa / Jean-Pierre Ilboudo, 199
17 Radio Chaguarurco: Now you're not alone / Bruce Girard, 211