Bella Mody papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains mimeographed reports on the findings of the social evaluation of the US-India Satellite Instructional TV Experiment.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1980
Extent
3 linear feet (2 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Bella Mody is Professor Emerita and former de Castro chair in Global Media (2004-2014) at the University of Colorado Boulder. It was the first time direct broadcast satellites were used for a year-long teaching experiment anywhere in the world and took place in 1975-76 in 4,00 of the poorest villages in India. The social science evaluation reports were completed in the latter part of the 1970s-early 1980s. Also included are reports of evaluation research conducted in villages in India on the social impact of instructional TV program transmitted to primary schools and village adults as a test of NASA’s experimental direct broadcast satellite ATS-6 in 1975-1976.
Processing Information
Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository
