Provincial Journalists in Third World Development

Abstract

This article presents the views of 54 Philippine provincial journalists on their role in the process of social change and national development It outlines what their intent is with regard to serving as agents of the political and economic status quo, or of the forces of change. It also presents an overview of the constraints to practising professional journalism in the face of economic hardship, temptation from bribery and physical danger, so prevalent in underdeveloped nations.

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Richard Shafer

Dr Richard Shafer is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Texas A & M University currently on sabbatical as a Fulbright scholar at the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomos.