TY - BOOK AU - Valbuena, Victor T. TI - Using traditional media in environmental communication SN - 9971905302 AV - HM 258 .V231 1987 PY - 1987///];copyright 1987 CY - Singapore PB - The Asia Mass Communication KW - Communication KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Environment education N2 - Bonifacio, 1972). --From the introduction; Historically, traditional or folk media have often played a role in the communication and promotion of new ideas and the adjustment to a new social or political order, apart from its traditional role of preserving and teaching established values. For example, in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines during colonial times or in wartime occupation when the mass media were under the control of an alien power, the traditional media have been used to ridicule the oppressors, present strategies for resistance, and rally popular support for nationalist and independence movements (Ranganath, 1980 ER -