Media, Technology, and Society"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged as an ideal platform for imparting knowledge to a vast majority of people living in a pluralistic society. ... The book covers a wide range of areas of social importance such as community radio, telemedicine, educational television, e-governance, village resource centres, media freedom, and e-content. The author gives a developmental thrust to the field of information and communication technology. The book will be of great use to members of civil society, journalists, community media practitioners, media academics, and development planners in India in particular and developing countries in general."--Back cover. |
Contents
The Primacy of Text on the Web | 1 |
Mutual Influences of eGovernance and Journalism | 8 |
Evaluation of AsiaPacific Online Journalism Training | 23 |
ICT Intervention Through Village Resource Centres | 43 |
Community Radio in South Asia | 60 |
Internet Browsing through Community Radio | 86 |
Who Do Telecast of UGC Programmes Target? | 111 |
Reaching the Unreached Through Telemedicine | 122 |
Remote Sensing Application in Watershed Development | 138 |
Use of ICT for Managing Coastal Disasters | 152 |
Investigative Journalism Press Freedom and Public Opinion | 165 |
Where Do Communication Studies and Media Education Go in India? | 179 |
Issues in eGovernance in Higher Education | 201 |
Common terms and phrases
academic agriculture Andhra Pradesh Anna University Aram Arul broadcasting campus channels Chennai colleges communication education communication technology community radio community radio stations course dalit defence Delhi disaster discussion boards doctors e-governance e-learning e-mail editorial educational institutions EduSat facility grassroots Gyan Vani healthcare hospitals IGNOU India information technology infrastructure initiatives interactive Internet investigative journalism involved ISRO issues journalists Kothmale language licence listeners located mass communication departments media education MSSRF National newspaper NGOs offered opinion organisations paper patient professional programmes Puducherry radio project radio station remote sensing application rural areas satellite skills social society spiral of silence Sri Lanka syllabus teachers Tehelka telemedicine television trainer UGC countrywide classroom University users village resource centres watershed development writing