Rohan Samarajiva, PhD, Board memeber of Communication Policy Research south (CPRsouth) reveals a window of opportunity in the ICA newsletter, March 2010, for young scholars to gain more knowledge in research in ICT uses in emerging Asia, and at the same time to participate the International Communication Association (ICA) conference 2010 in Singapore.

In the ICA news letter Rohan says,

“How many at the bottom of the pyramid in Asia have heard of the Internet? In which countries has the phone overtaken the radio among the poor? How are people juggling multiple numbers and making “missed calls”? How are mobile phones reducing leakage of Social Security payments in Indian villages? Why are cell broadcasts of early warnings superior to SMS warnings? How can one buy a camel using just a simple mobile phone? How are farmers learning about market prices?

These are some questions that will be answered at a dissemination event jointly organized by LIRNEasia (a regional ICT think tank) and the Communication and New Media Department at the National University of Singapore, at the NUS Kent Ridge Campus on the morning of 22 July 2010, for research supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC) and the Department for International Development of the UK (DFID). In addition to IDRC and DFID, the NUS Department of Communication and New Media is supporting the dissemination event and the associated tutorial.”

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