The Journal of Development Communication

Volume 21, Number 1, June 2010

This issue of The Journal of Development Communication is the Number One of the Twenty first Volume. In other words, JDC has passed 20 years of publication smoothly and uninterruptedly. The efforts by the publisher and the editors of JDC in this context have been greatly enhanced and patronised by the readers, subscribers and contributors from all over the world. We are indeed very grateful to them.

Professor Nora C Quebral is one of the pioneer Gurus of development communication in line with the late Everett Rogers and others. Nowadays, it is not always common to come across her contribution to development communication. We are honoured to publish her latest on devcom in this issue. We are confident that readers will enjoy her article.

Ecotourism is becoming increasingly popular both as a conservation tool and as an alternative to unsustainable tourism practices. The article of Dr Stacey K Sowards examines the role of ecotourism in three national park areas in Kalimantan, Indonesia. While Stacey in the article will draw the attention of the environmental communicators, she will also draw to the number of pitfalls that can be addressed through effective communication between and among individual parties.

Professor Samsudin A Rahim presents important issues on youth development and their challenges and contradictions in his article “RegeneratingYouth Development: The Challenges for Development Communication”. Empowerment and participation are two vital concepts in the youth development and development communication approaches. Both these approaches aim at developing society in particular marginalised society to ensure that they are not left behind in the rapid expansion of the nation.

Dr Farish Ullah has undertaken a study to examine the influence of five significant demographic variables viz. locality, gender, education, socio-economic, status and age in the area of health-related information. The influence was measured on three integrated components of the effects process -- knowledge, attitude and behaviour. Among other things, the study has identified different semantic, socio-religious and structural barriers that adversely affect the success of these campaign.

Dr Meenakshi Sharma’s article on “Optimising Communication Channels for Inclusive Rural Development in India” examines some projects aimed at empowerment and inclusion of the rural people and discusses the imperative of employing old-fashioned human communication channels optimally in combination with ICT applications to best serve the needs of marginalised communities.

In this issue, we have another article based on the study that investigated the use of ICT by agricultural researches in Nigeria. The article, by Tajudeen O A Banmeke and Michael T Ajayi, will certainly be appreciated by like-minded researchers.

Anuradha Tulachan in her article presents a picture of the various telecenter initiatives in Nepal and the policy context within which they are situated. The paper presents current initiatives in addressing the challenges concerning language, content localisation and networking among the telecentres.

We have published two book reviews in this issue. Both books are related to development communication.

An International Conference on “Dialogues on Fostering Understanding and Building Bridges Across Cultures Among Young People of Asia and Europe” was held recently in Melaka, Malaysia. We have included a report written by Varsha, Chief Operating Officer of World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.

Subscription rate

Annual subscription rates per year (two issues): Malaysia RM 68 inclusive of airmail surcharge, Developing countries US$27.00 inclusive of airmail surcharge and Industrialised countries US$50.00 inclusive of airmail surcharge. Single copies of the journal are available at half of the annual subscription rate. Payment may be made by bank draft/manager’s cheque/US$ cheque. Cheques must be crossed and made payable to AIDCOM. Subscribers in Malaysia may pay either in cash or by cheque in Malaysian Ringgit.

Our contact information is as follows:

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),
First Floor, 32 & 34
,Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
Bangsar Utama,
59000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;

Email: : aidcom@streamyx.com ; Url: : http://www.aidcom.com

Contact Persons: Mr Hew Wai Sin or Ms Zel Leong (016-6382408)

PHOTOJOURNALISM: A DECISIVE MOMENT, 2 - 4 August 2010

A picture is worth more than a thousand words, and its appeal either as a separate entity or as a complement to a verbal story, goes way beyond the strength of the words. It is not a question of pictures competing with words. It is a question of what combination of words and pictures that will most effectively communicate an idea to a reader.

OBJECTIVES
This Training the Trainers Workshop aims to train academicians to provide them with better knowledge and skills for training their students. It also aims to provide practitioners of photojournalism an in-depth understanding of the power and value of photojournalism, combining many practical hands-on aspects of photojournalism together with theory.

REGISTRATION FEE (for Malaysian)

The registration fee per participant for the Workshop is RM2,100. for Malaysian participants. A discount of ten percent will be offered if there are more than one participant from the same organisation (inclusive of the first participant). This fee covers the tuition, course materials, lunch and refreshments for the duration of the Workshop. Full payment or an official letter concerning your participation must be received in order to guarantee the participant a place in this Workshop. In the event that the registered participant is unable to attend, a substitute is allowed. However, a 70 % levy of the registration fee would be charged for those participants who either have registered but did not inform in writing to Aidcom, at least 3 working days, before the start of the Workshop that they are unable to attend or have registered but did not attend the Workshop. Please complete and return by fax / email the Reply Form attached. The closing date is 28^th July 2010.

OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS

Overseas Participants are required to pay for their own airticket to and from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as accommodation. Lunch and refreshments during the workshop will be provided by the Organiser. They should arrive on 1 August 2010 and depart on 5 August 2010. As for accommodation, you may like to stay at the venue of the Workshop, Hotel Singgahsana, Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Tel: 603-79562100, Fax: 603-79542041, website: www.hspi.com.my). Aidcom is most happy to make the necessary hotel reservation on your behalf and payment will be settled by the participant. The single room rate is RM125.00 nett per room per night inclusive of breakfast. The Registration fee is US$700.00 (US Dollars) and payment is either by cheque to be posted to our address or by Telegraphic transfer.

VENUE OF THE WORKSHOP

The workshop will be held at Hotel Singgahsana, Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. (Tel: 603-79562100, Fax: 603-79542041, website: www.hspi.com.my). The contact person is Ms Najah Sharina bt Zulkifli, Sales & Marketing Executive.

Our contact information is as follows:

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),First Floor, 32 & 34, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, Bangsar Utama 59000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;

Email: aidcom@streamyx.com; Url: http://www.aidcom.com

Contact Persons: Mr Hew Wai Sin or Ms Zel Leong (016-6382408)

“PHOTOJOURNALISM: A DECISIVE MOMENT”

This Training the Trainers Workshop aims to train academicians to provide them with better knowledge and skills for training their students. It also aims to provide practitioners of photojournalism an in-depth understanding of the power and value of photojournalism, combining many practical hands-on aspects of photojournalism together with theory.