"Provides titles with annotations, producer, length, date, distributor and whether color or black/white for films about the undeveloped areas of the world and also - although the title does not indicate this - major ethnic minorities in the northern nations of North America and Europe. Among the top
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ics it covers are customs, geography, history, science, economics, politics, fine arts, religion, sports, technology and travel, with a few appropriate fictional films included. Geographic coverage is wide: the Third World (general), Africa, Asia, the Pacific, North America, Latin America, and England because of its Third World population. List of distributors and title index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1215)
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"There is statistical evidence to show that the expansion of a nation's economy is paralleled by the expansion of its media. Almost 70 per cent of the world's population, spread over 100 countries, does not have basic mass information facilities. These areas are always underdeveloped and lack facili
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ties for formal education. It is a principle of the United Nations that freedom of information is a basic human right, and that is the reason for this report. It describes past efforts, both by special agencies and by United Nations organs, to develop information media, and sketches the problems of developing information media in society, focusing on the problems as they exist in South East Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and other areas. It offers recommendations, first in general terms, and then according to media: news agencies, press, radio, film, and television. The report concludes with a discussion about financing a development program. References are provided." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"Report of a congress held in London in January 1948 under the chairmanship of Mr A. M. Crawley, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies — Opening discussion: the film and primitive peoples — The commercial aspect of films intended for the colonies — Making films
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for illiterate people in Africa — Some special aspects of colonial film production — Financial problems and prospects for the film in the British colonies." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 825, topic code 320)
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