Two newly released books feature PCI Programs

Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy features PCI Programs

In a new book just released by University Press of America entitled Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World's Poor authors Stephen Sposato and Wm. A. Smith weave true stories about how villagers in some of the poorest countries in the world have been helped by the modern communication tool that is radio. PCI’s program Taru in India and Ushikwapo Shikamana in Kenya are featured examples in the book.

Authors' royalties from this book will be donated to four prominent non-profit educational foundations, all radio practitioners: The Academy for Educational Development, Freeplay Foundation, Panos and Population Communications International(PCI).

To purchase book, visit www.univpress.com

Text Book on Entertainment Education features PCI Program

A text book entitled Entertainment-Education and Social Change published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates includes a collection of essays on the history of social change communications from 1958 to present day. In one essay, authors Arvind Singhal, Devendra Sharma, Michael J. Papa, and Kim Witte discuss the process PCI underwent to create the serial drama Taru in India. PCI founder David Poindexter contributes an essay on the history of entertainment education.

To purchase book, visit www.erlbaum.com

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