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Governments, intergovernmental organizations (e.g. the UN) and non-governmental organizations (e.g. Amnesty International) have used movies, radio, TV, cable, satellites and the Internet as one component in their strategies to address agriculture, health, education and civil society needs around the world. Media can carry information, entertainment and education to center-city and remote populations, be they farmers, investors, traders or consumers. The ends to which media are deployed and to what extent depends on national policies, media ownership, operations, financing, technology, programming, and citizen preferences.

Global Social Divides and their Media Refractions
WHO - Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Advocacy and Media Corner
UNESCO - Communication and Information Sector's 'In-Focus' Service
International Telecommunication Union Global Reports
ICTs and the Millennium Development Goals
Culturally Sensitive Programming -- Tips for Development Practitioners
Development Challenges & the Information Society
Development Challenges -- Hunger
ICTs & Women
Measuring Information and Communication Technologies Development
Widening Broadband Divide, But Mobile Phone Growth Strong
Global Media AIDS Initiative
ICTs for Development blog
UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID)
ICT for Development case studies
ICTs and Agriculture
Latest ICT for Development reports from Eldis.org
ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder, Revi Sterling's page
Digital Divide Institute
Freedom of the Press 2011 Survey Release (freedomhouse.org)
UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2011
WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports
Human Rights Watch report: "A Media Minefield: Increased Threats to Freedom of Expression in Uganda" (May 2010)