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The Journal of Development Communication,

Volume 20, Number 1, June 2009

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Volume 20, Number 1, June 2009

With this issue of The Journal of Development Communication, we start the Volume Twenty Number One, June 2009. Once again we thank our readers, subscribers and patrons for their continue support and assistance to enable this Journal, which is the only of its kind in the world, to survive against all odds of the current economic downturn.

This issue of JDC starts with the article on “Community Arts Singapore: Framework for a Community Indicator System”. The article written by Professor Yu of Singapore University, explore the possibility of integrating arts, culture and creatively-related measures into a Community indicator System. It touches on the role of Singapore government, in particular the Community Development Councils, in supporting arts and culture in accomplishing the nation’s broader goals.

In the absence of pharmacological, immunological, and medical interventions for the prevention and cure for HIV/AIDS, changing behaviour has been recognised as the only possible way to contain the spread of this disease. The basic purpose of this study is to analyse various communication models and steps that play a pivotal role in shaping up the public opinion and attitudes successfully, regarding the social stigmas and issues about HIV/ AIDS. Professor Mian Ahmad Hanan’s article will certainly make the readers interested in the subject

Professor Syed Abdus Samad in his article, “On Information Analysis: A Supply and Demand Approach”, has discussed the phenomenal advances in information and communication technology that we have witnessed in the recent past undoubtedly has alleviated the situation to a large extent, but still there are large gaps in our understanding of a rapidly growing need for social sciences information and how that need can be transformed into effective demand. According to Professor Samad, information is neither free nor perfect or symmetrical. In his paper, he makes an attempt to analyse some theoretical issues on the subject.

HeeJin Choi in her paper on “E-Governance Opportunities in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned from Korea’s Experience” discusses the emergence of e-government in Korea where this digital innovation has become so constructive that the Korean government has engaged in technical assistance guiding other countries adoption of some of its features.

In this last twenty years rapid developments in technology have led to changes in the way we work, play and learn and carry out social and business transactions. Technology has become an integrated past of society’s everyday information environment. Based on this theme, Ali Salman and Professor Mohd Safar Hasim conducted a research on information seeking among younger and older Malay Internet users. They have discussed in their paper, “Information Seeking in the ICT Age”, the result of their research which was undertaken in Kota Bharu, a sub-urban town in Northeast coast of Malaysia.

In this issues, we have an interesting book review on Social Market Economy Principles and Implementation written by Hasse, Rolf H; Schneider, Hermann; and Weigelt, Klaus. The book is published by the Konrad Adnenaure-Stiftung and reviewed by Dr Thomas Stuart Knirsch, Resident Representative of KAS in Malaysia. The concept of social market economy in terms of economic and social policy is still not clear to many. This important book obviously attempts to clarify the concept. The book describe how the success of the Social Market Economy depends on an optimal combination of three principles: individual responsibility, solidarity and subsidiary action by the state.

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