| dc.contributor.author |
Kamwendo, G.H. |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-07-08T08:16:32Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2010-07-08T08:16:32Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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| dc.identifier.citation |
Kamwendo, G.H. (2008) Globalization, linguistic diversity, and information dissemination in Malawi, Perspectives on Global Development & Technology, Vol. 7, No. 3/4, pp. 271-280 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn |
1569-1500 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/530 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
In a linguistically heterogeneous country, one of the critical challenges is to make information
accessible to all people. Various communication media can be used: television, radio, telephone,
the Internet and others. Malawi needs to embrace Information Communication Technologies
(ICTs) in order to achieve development in all spheres of human life. Malawi’s use of ICTs ranks
low. Th e critical challenge, therefore, is to promote an increased use of ICTs with the aim of
improving people’s access to information. Given that only a minority of Malawians have access
to ICTs, that television has not signifi cantly penetrated into rural areas where 80 % of the population
lives, and that there is also a high illiteracy rate, the radio becomes the most accessible
form of technology for information dissemination in Malawi. |
en_US |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
| dc.publisher |
Brill Academic Publishers. http://www.brill.nl/m%5Fcatalogue.asp?sub=3 |
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| dc.subject |
Malawi |
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| dc.subject |
Communication media |
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| dc.subject |
Information dissemination |
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| dc.subject |
Information communication technologies |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Literacy |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Radio |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Globalization, linguistic diversity, and information dissemination in Malawi |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Published Article |
en_US |