The Use of Traditional Media in Family Planning Programs in Rural Java. Cornell University, Current Papers in the Communication Arts #2 [microform] / Robert H. Crawford and Ronny Adhikarya
- Bib ID:
- 5359819
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Crawford, Robert H
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.]] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 21 p.
- Summary:
-
Java's present national family planning program is hampered not only by a serious lack of formal communication media, but also by cultural, social and economic barriers that impede the communication effort. To reach the predominantly rural population, family planning programs could utilize Java's traditional mass media: the folk operas, comedies, and puppet theaters which are in virtually every village on the island. Rural people are persuaded to adopt new ways more readily when the change agents are people they know and trust; both puppeteers and actors are known and respected by their audiences. Because they reflect local culture, the theater groups can effectively convey messages in the language, symbols, and styles familiar to the people. Puppetry offers further advantages. Difficulties many persons with low literacy have in perceiving symbols, graphs, and cartoons do not seem to arise when puppets are used. Puppetry is flexible; wording can be adapted to local themes and current conditions. The conservative rural people feel that sexual matters, especially sexual relationships, should not be discussed in public, and delicate subjects can be introduced more easily with puppets than with live actors. This form of family planning education will require careful groundwork and field experimentation; the system may involve using the professional troupes now practicing in rural areas, or a parallel system with specially trained troupes could be developed. (Author/DS)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper prepared for the Specialists' Training Program in Population/Family Planning at the East-West Communication Institute (Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26-September 8, 1972).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Adhikarya, Ronny, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1973
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Data on urban and rural population in recent censuses
- The ACID workshop (Australian Communities in Danger) / edited by Gordon Gregory
- The world population situation in 1970
- Patterns of urban and rural population growth
- Rural depopulation in certain tidewater and Piedmont areas of Virginia / by Wilson Gee and John J. Corson