Communication Institute. Papers

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Global processes and the world in the 1980s : prolegomenon I for a goals, processes and indicators of development project world model
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1982-09) Galtung, Johan
Professor Galtung analyzes the cultural, social, political, military, and economic effects on First, Second, and Third World countries of the transfer of technology from the industrialized nations to the developing world, and predicts the ensuing "conflict borders" of the 1980s.
The convergence model of communication
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1979-09) Kincaid, D. Lawrence
This paper develops a general model of the communication process based upon the principle of convergence as derived from basic information theory and cybernetics. The author is critical of the linear, one-way models of communication which have dominated past research. The hidden biases of these models, especially toward individual psychology and mechanistic explanation, are identified. The advantages of cybernetic explanation are discussed in that context. Finally, the definition of information and meaning leads to a paradigm that presents communication as a cyclical process of convergence and divergence over time.
Communication planning for development : an operational framework
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1978-04) Hancock, Alan
Given the fragmentation of work on communication planning for development, this paper attempts to evolve a simple and operational planning design that can encompass elements of research and analysis, planning methods and principles, and decision-making processes. The paper sets down the parameters of planning, the overall framework in which it is conducted, the constraints that it inevitably faces, and the factors that it must accommodate. Basically, it is a framework of communication planning for development. As such, it is assumed that planning is initiated by some perception of a need for change.
Communication in China : perspectives and hypotheses
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1978-03) Barnett, A. Doak; Chu, Godwin C.
Dr. Barnett raises significant research questions about the new communication system that has emerged in China since 1949, and points out several research areas to be given priority in the future.

Dr. Chu looks at the changes in the language of Communist China, a language with its "roots in folksy peasant dialogues, but with a particular ring of its own." He looks at the impact of this language on Chinese cognitive processes.
New lives to old : the effects of new communication on old cultures in the Pacific
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1976-04) Mead, Margaret
Dr. Mead’s topic of her talk is what the Pacific Islands, and the peoples of the Pacific Islands--and the continent of Australia is now included--what all the people of these various detached land masses in the Pacific can contribute to the rest of the world.
Economic development : the present state of the art
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1975-10) Arrow, Kenneth Joseph
Speech delivered at the "Summer Program of Advanced Study on Communication and Development" held at the East-West Center, 1-5 July 1974.

In the speech, Dr. Arrow asserts that the basic development policies followed during recent years--policies that assumed that industrialization equalled modernization, that the first order of national business should be to mobilize resources and stimulate industrialization--stemmed from an incorrect reading of economics.
Essays in comparative popular culture : coffee, comics, and communication
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1975-12) Kato, Hidetoshi
The essays selected for this volume were presented to various conferences and seminars held at the East-West Communication Institute between 1973-1975. Though the themes and content of the essays are varied, they were chosen in order to emphasize two things: (1) that popular culture existed for centuries--long before the arrival of newer, sophisticated media--with amazing diversity from culture to culture; and that (2) popular culture has had a great importance and impact on the everyday life of common people in all cultures.
Communication and change in developing countries
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1975-07) Kleinjans, Everett
These remarks were made as part of the keynote speech to participants at the East-West Communication Institute conference "Communication and. Change --Ten Years After" held in Honolulu, January 13-17, 1975.
Mass media use and the "revolution of rising frustrations" : a reconsideration of the theory
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1974-07) Hornik, Robert C.
This paper reconsiders one element of Daniel Lerner's theory of the role of mass media in national development--the element that indicts the media for the creation of unachievable aspirations. The author discusses the theory in light of much recent research that is inconsistent with that hypothesis. A final section includes results of a recent field study.
Knowledge into action : the use of research in Taiwan's family planning program
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1974-07) Cernada, George; Sun, Te-Hsiung
The major focus of this paper is why the research carried out in the Taiwan family planning program had an effect on the planned program of social change--both in the productive integration of research findings into national action programs and in the dissemination of these ideas to other Asian countries. The five studies selected for discussion are intended to illustrate some of the factors related to why family planning research was used--or not used-- -in Taiwan. At the end of the five case studies is a summary of the factors that assisted or hindered research utilization throughout the history of Taiwan's family planning program and an analysis of some of the especially favorable factors in the Taiwan situation.
Communication and the city : the changing environment : papers
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1973-11) Kato, Hidetoshi; McHale, John; Lerner, Daniel
Because of the importance of the city as a setting not only for communication but for development, the issues presented in these three papers are indeed significant to both researchers and policy makers.

The function of the city as a "communication environment" is a new development, as Professors Kato and Lerner point out. Looking back at the past, "the city has been primarily a place for communion rather than communication," in the words of Professor Kato, or a "stronghold and a sanctuary," as Professor Lerner describes it. While Professor McHale looks at modern changes in the form of macro institutions, Professor Kato focuses on changes in "symbolic experiences" as a result of changes in the concepts of time and space in the cities. He explains further that with the development of technological innovations, there has been a trend toward "miniaturization" (mini-space with mini-instruments") and a trend towards a 'fragmental time scale" (seen in the uses of fractions of time, characteristic of the modern working-hour system). Similarly, Professor McHale predicts such changes as the blurring of boundaries between education and entertainment, or education and work."

Professor McHale predicts that communication in the future world calls for a "process orientation in which ends/means, issues, questions, problems, solutions all loop back upon one another in interweaving and overlapping sets of feedback instead of linear cause-effect mechanisms."

Professor Lerner suggests looking again at his concepts of mobility, empathy, and participation, which have been "counter-productive for development" in poorer places in the world. He stresses the need to further examine his "Want:Get" ratio: although the development of mass media and transportation has speeded the development of many areas, it has created frustrations in many more. People from various cultures must he provided various alternatives and the freedom to choose their developmental goals from these alternatives. Communication media can be links for more feedback between decision-makers and the various publics, facilitating a "renewal of a decent respect for the opinions of mankind."
An overview of communication research in Asia : status, problems and needs
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1973-06) Feliciano, Gloria
Dr. Feliciano's paper is the first comprehensive overview of the "state of the art" of communication research in Asia. She provides an excellent analysis of the problems of communication research, citing, among other difficulties, the slow growth of the field because of such factors as lack of professionally trained researchers, lack of financial, human and physical facilities to support research programs, and delayed recognition of the value of communication research to development by the public and private sectors and the mass media themselves.

Looking at three areas of research, (1) media infrastructure studies; (2) studies of communicators and receivers of message; and (3) developmental-type studies, she discovers that there has been too much emphasis on audience studies and a neglect of the developmental problem field. Poor methodology, poorly written reports and poor dissemination of findings appear to be some of the general weaknesses in most of the studies conducted in the region.

A re-ordering of priorities is suggested in this paper to focus future research on cross-disciplinary work of both national and multi-national scope and on developmental problems so that research findings can be utilized in accelerating the urbanization and modernization within the Asian Region.
A researcher's guide to social-psychological-communication variables in family planning research
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1973-06) Rosario, Florangel Z. (Florangel Zuleta)
The author has identified 274 studies made from 1946-1972 and provided brief methodological summaries according to seven categories: researcher or sponsor; independent variables; research locale; research design; data-gathering methods; type of respondent; and type of sample. Tables show the distribution of studies according to research locale and independent variable.
The future of world communication : quality and style of life
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1972-09) Lasswell, Harold Dwight
Dr. Lasswell, discusses some of the implications of mass communication and technological development for the quality of life and proposes the "continuing seminar" and the "social planetarium" as among the institutional innovations that can provide means for perpetual reexamination of the environment of man, and for testing the impact of various functions and structures on the quality and style of life .
Communication and national integration in Sundanese villages : implications for communication strategy
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1972-10) Jackson, Karl D.; Moeliono, Johannes
Reporting from abroad : a talk by Paul Grimes to the South Pacific Editors Conference, Suva, Fiji, July 30-August 5, 1972
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1972-07) Grimes, Paul
An approach to training in population communication
(Honolulu : East-West Communication Institute, 1972-05) Ellingsworth, Huber Winton; Welden, Terry A.; Rosario, Florangel Z. (Florangel Zuleta)
This paper provides information on the distinctions between training and other forms of learning activities and on the role of explicit or implicit objectives in determining types of training; discusses the role of the population communicator as a link between research and action programs; and reviews research findings which have policy implications for population communication.
Communication, social structural change and capital formation in the People's Republic of China
(Honolulu, HI : East-West Center, East-West Communication Institute, 1974) Chu, Godwin C.
This paper focuses on China's experience of economic development beginning at the eve of the communist takeover. The author analyzes the ways and patterns in which mass media and interpersonal communication were used to change economically relevant social structures in the inter-class confrontations, and the part these patterns played in the process of capital formation for economic development.
Bridging global barriers : two new international orders : NIEO, NWIO
(Honolulu, HI : East-West Center, 1981) Jussawalla, Meheroo
This paper traces the parallelism in the development of the two orders, the similarities in their claims and objectives, and a view to highlight the essential linkages between them. This is done not at the level of social and economic justice and rhetoric alone but in functional terms with a bearing upon emerging policy issues in the international arena.

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