Category Archives: Communication

Science communication in India: current situation, history and future developments

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Librarian

by Marzia Mazzonetto/20 October, 2010 Nowadays, India is experiencing a widespread diffusion of science communication activities. Publicinstitutions, non-governmental organisations and a number of associations are busy spreading scientificknowledge not only via traditional media but also through specific forms of interaction … Continue reading →

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India:The Impact of Internet

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Rajat Kathuria and Mansi Kedia Jaju, January 2012 This study aims to estimate the impact of internet on the economic growth of India and provide recommendations on building an eco-system to enable the growth of internet and broadband. URL: … Continue reading →

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The use and economic impacts of ICT at the macro‐micro levels in the Arab Gulf countries

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Gopakumar

By Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour UNU_MERIT WP No. 2011-059 In this paper we use some primary micro data from the firm survey of Nour (2002b) and some secondary cross countries data to examine the use and economic impacts of … Continue reading →

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The Use and Economic Impacts of Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) in Sudan

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Gopakumar

By Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour UNU-MERIT WP No. 2011-060 This paper discusses the use, economic importance and impact of the use of ICT in public and private Sudanese universities. We explain that the use of ICT has grown, despite … Continue reading →

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Consultation papers on Mobile Value Added Services

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Gopakumar

Published by TRAI,  Dated  21st July, 2011 Telecommunications had traditionally been a voice communication service. The services today have moved beyond their fundamental role of voice communications to a variety of non-core services, which in telecommunication parlance is called Value … Continue reading →

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OECD Communications Outlook 2011

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Sriram

Preliminary Version Date: Jul-2011 The OECD Communications Outlook 2011 presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of the communication sector in OECD countries and on their policy frameworks.  Itprovides an extensive range of indicators for the development of different … Continue reading →

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Freedom of connection, freedom of expression: the changing legal and regulatory ecology shaping the Internet

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Sriram

William H. Dutton; Anna Dopatka; Ginette Law; and Victoria Nash UNESCO, 2011. ISBN: 978-92-3-104188-4 This report provides a new perspective on the social and political dynamics behind the threats to expression. It develops a conceptual framework on the ‘ecology of … Continue reading →

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In Digital We Trust: The computerisation of retail finance in Western Europe and North America

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Sriram

Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Maixe-Altes, J. Carles and Thomes, Paul (2010): In Digital We Trust: The computerisation of retail finance in Western Europe and North America. Forthcoming in: Technological Innovation in Retail Finance: International Historical Perspectives (January 2011): pp. 3-14. This paper … Continue reading →

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Interpersonal communication pattern of farmers through key communicators regarding some selected Gram Panchayat activities

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Sriram

Goswami, Rupak and Sarkar, Ashutosh (2009): Interpersonal communication pattern of farmers through key communicators regarding some selected Gram Panchayat activities. MPRA Paper Devolution of power to the grassroot organisations has increasingly been supported in recent years within the context of … Continue reading →

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