A critical analysis of technology transfer, ideology, and
development in the context of communication technology in the
Philippines  Pablito Martinez Tagura, Marquette University   The
dissertation tries to investigate whether, and to what extent,
it is possible to transfer technology, more particularly
communications technology, from First World to Third World
without at the same time transferring ideology. The work
concentrates on communication technologies in the Philippine
setting. The dissertation argues that technology is culturally
embedded and ideologically implicated. Technologies are
integrally related to the social structures within which they
emerge. This implies that technology transfer presupposes a
transfer of symbols, cultural patterns and standards. The
research shows that there are two forms of media in the
Philippines, the dominant and the alternative one. The dominant
media, under the control of the elite and their foreign
partners, rely mainly on the importation of communications
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