"Transmitting World News investigates the system of rates and priorities as well as other technical factors affecting the dispatch of press messages. Although Williams discusses the physical means of news transmission, he goes beyond this to show the human elements: the competence, integrity, and judgment of those who collect and distribute news, and the readiness of governments and peoples to allow or forbid objective reporting. He also takes cost factors and availability of newsprint into account." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 455)