"India has to reach to the level, where it can provide food, clothing, and shelter to each individual, within the shortest possible time. Thus, it has become necessary to gear up the developmental process in India, where almost 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas isolated from the urba ... n centres and have low rates of literacy," says Sinha in his introduction. Using the village of Bihar as a case study, he explores the role and relevance of the mass media, especially television, and face-to-face communication. His introduction contains a very brief history of television." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 406) more