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Arjun Publishing House Mass Media and Development by N Prabhakar and N Basu
Book Summary of Mass Media And Development The mass media are the primary channel of communication in our society. They provide information and education, personal identity, entertainment and most importantly integration and social interaction by giving insight into the circumstances of others as well as by helping with the development of social empathy. About Author : Naval Prabhakar (b.1950) holds a post-graduate degree in Education from the University of Poona. He has been associated with media and communications for over fifteen years, initially as editorial staff of a leading daily from Bangalore and subsequently as Field Supervisor with Distance Education and Communication Centre (DECCEN). Narendra Basu has been working on and in media since the early 1970s. In 1982 he began a new phase of his career: as a professor of journalism technologies and the democratic process. Prior to that, he was an editor for 10 years. Contents : Preface 1. Communication for Development 2. Communication for Rural Development 3. Communication and Human Development 4. Integrated Rural Development through Telecommunications 5. Internet and Rural Development 6. Internet and Agricultural Development 7. Radio and Video for Development 8. Communication and Social Development: Health and Nutrition 9. Media and Education 10. Communication and Sustainable Development Bibliography Index