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[7] TELEGRAPH
A telegraph is a device for
transmitting and receiving
messages over long distances,
i.e., for telegraphy.
The word telegraph alone now
generally refers to an electrical
telegraph. Wireless telegraphy is
transmission of messages over
radio with telegraphic codes.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
contrasts with the international WARAYNON
knowledge system generated by
universities, research institutions and The Waray people (or the Waray-
private firms. (Warren 1991) Waray people) are a subgroup of
the larger ethnolinguistic group
Bisaya people, who constitute the
INDIGENOUS COMMUNICATION - 4th largest Filipino ethnolinguistic
refers to transmission of information group in the Philippines.
through local channels or forms. It is a Their primary language is the
means by which culture is preserved, Waray language (also called
handed down, and adapted. Lineyte-Samarnon or Binisaya), an
Austronesian language native to
the islands of Samar, Leyte and
IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS Biliran, which together comprise
MEDIA AND INFORMATION the Eastern Visayas Region of the
Philippines.
Indigenous media and information Waray people inhabit most of
are highly credible because they Samar where they are called
are near the source and are Samareños/Samarnons, the
seldom circulated for profit. northern part of the island of Leyte
Indigenous media are channels for where they are called Leyteños,
change, education, and and the island of Biliran.
development because of its direct
access to local channels.
Charm Tristan B. Golondrina
Media and Information Literacy
Lesson 5: Media and Information Sources
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS
MEDIA AND INFORMATION
Knowledge that is unique to a
specific culture or society; most Popular media cannot reach some
often it is not written down. rural areas. Print, Broadcast, and
Indigenous knowledge is the new media have a wide reach.
systematic body of knowledge Through there are still areas that
acquired by local people through these forms of media have not
the accumulation of experiences, reached.
informal experiments and intimate Indigenous media and information
understanding of the environment are highly credible because they
in a given culture. are near the source and are
seldom circulated for profit.
Indigenous media are channels for
IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS change, education and
KNOWLEDGE development because of its direct
access to local channels.
Traditional knowledge is at the Ignoring indigenous media and
core of indigenous identity, culture, information can result in
languages, heritage and development and education
livelihoods, and its transmission programs that are irrelevant and
from one generation to the next ineffective.
must be protected, preserved and
encouraged.
Traditional knowledge is
FORMS OF INDIGENOUS MEDIA
transmitted between generations
AND THEIR LOCAL EXAMPLES
through stories, songs, dances,
carvings, paintings and Folk or traditional media
performances. Gatherings and social
organizations
Direct observation
INDIGENOUS MEDIA AND Records – may be written, carved,
INFORMATION or oral
Oral instruction
An original information created by a
local group of people. This also refers
to content about indigenous people
that may be distributed through
dominant forms of communication –
unique to their people group.