One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity

This book suggests that broadcast radio is "still the communication technology of choice for most of the world's population... and is indeed "the only choice for people in rural areas of developing countries." "While less than one percent of Africans use the Internet, the radio is still widely available..."

This book examines how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are changing radio in the developing world by presenting new opportunities. The opening chapters introduce the basics needed to understand and analyse radio and internet projects and are followed by nine case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The final chapters assist readers unfamiliar with rural radio by reviewing its history in the United States and Africa and provides an example of how one radio station in Latin America carries out its community's day-to-day communication needs. Finally, the book offers ideas on what the next generation of radio might look and how it will function in the context of new ICTs.

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