Television: An Information Revolution in Progress

Check out my friend Charles Kenny's article on the global diffusion of TV in Foreign Policy.

By 2007, there was more than one television set for every four people on the planet, and 1.1 billion households had one. Another 150 million-plus households will be tuned in by 2013.

Comment: We have been so accustomed to radio and television for so long, we may forget the transformative power they hold, and these technologies are still diffusing into the developing world. I am especially interested in the potential for community radio in multilingual societies. JAD