Communication and Third World development: a dead end?

@article{S1988CommunicationAT,
  title={Communication and Third World development: a dead end?},
  author={S. and Adefemi Sonaike},
  journal={Gazette},
  year={1988},
  volume={41 2},
  pages={
          85-108
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:43598680}
}
A new theory on the role of communication in development promotes an integration of traditional and modern methods to enhance the development messages.
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