"Brings together 54 articles on research and policy on communications in the "three worlds" by scholars and policy makers from the U.S., Western Europe, the socialist countries including the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the developing world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America - 25 countri
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es all told. The editors' goal was "not to orchestrate the voices but to select papers that are well-argued and representative of the diversity of opinion on various issues." Thus there are case studies as well as policy statements and critiques. In five parts: "Global Perspectives on Information," "Transnational Communications: The Flow of News and Images," "Telecommunications," "Mass Communications: Development within National Contexts," and "Intergovemmental Systems. " Appendixes include a bibliography, international and intergovernmental events and documents on the subject, acronyms and other terms used, and global satellite systems." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 143)
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"Bio-bibliographical and professional data about researchers in the field of communication and directory. Biennal updating of this publication is planned." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
"Focuses on short subject films, especially those produced in São Paulo. Includes information on individual production companies, associations and organizations, a filmography, a summary of legislation, and other topics." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
"Although this major exhibition catalog was not designed as a reference book, it serves that purpose well. Its introduction provides a summary of the development of printing in each Brazilian state and gives brief information about many presses. The main body of the catalog reproduces the title page
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s of many printed works from the earliest produced in Brazil (1747) to the early twentieth century, with emphasis on the nineteeth century. Representative works of printers from various states comprise a large part of this section. Notes accompanying the reproductions identify the authors of the works, giving brief biographical information. Index of names of authors and printing presses." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
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"This reference book (the use of the word yearbook is a misnomer) is the first publication of its kind in Taiwan and has as its aim to provide "a systematic presentation of all the pertinent data about the development and growth of the television enterprise in the country." Contents include a brief
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history; a 140-page analysis of programming broken down by categories such as news, dramas, etc.; engineering and industry; training of personnel; administration and pertinent regulations; international cooperation activities; advertising; a chronology of events; and appendixes containing (1) Broadcasting and Television Law of the Republic of China; (2) Moral Code for the Television Enterprise in the Republic of China; (3) List of Television Organizations and Advertising Agencies in the Republic of China; (4) TV Books and Publications in the Republic of China (in the Chinese language). The book contains numerous illustrations and a great deal of data in the form of tables, graphs, and maps." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 811)
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"Joseph Pulitzer recognized the importance of comic art when he first printed Richard Outcault's "Yellow Kidˆ in a 1896 issue of The World. That is the sort of information available in this valuable guide and "browser" for both comics scholars and buffs. More than 1,200 cross-referenced entries cov
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er 80 years and offer a world picture of the comics through 1975. Entries written by 15 contributors include themes, plots, character lists, adaptations into other media, artists, and writers. There also are separate biographical entries for artists, writers, and editors. A glossary is included, as weil as articles on the world history of comics and a history of newspaper syndication." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 133)
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"Head's knowledge of the structure of television worldwide is monumental, as is his ability to organize it into books. In Broadcasting in Africa 35 authors, including Head himself, have contributed essays which give a comprehensive picture of African broadcasting country by country, and the role whi
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ch non-Africans play in shaping it. Information given for each African nation includes population, receivers per thousand, radio transmitter sites, area per site. Otherwise information varies a bit, with longer discussions for larger countries. The authors discuss the system against the background of such factors as geography, politics, and language, and include broadcasting history and, when available, audience data. The second half of the book is concemed with the ways in which other nations are influencing African broadcasting. Here are discussions of international broadcasting agencies and programs, religious broadcasting, foreign aid, training, research, educational uses to which broadcasting is put, and the commerce of broadcasting. Head concludes with an agenda for further study. Appendixes give technical problems of spectrum utilization, the uses of broadcasting in African political crises, historical and demographic data, a summary of system facilities, and languages used in broadcasting. There is a lengthy bibliography and a comprehensive index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 650)
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"This book presents information on the African press, giving circulation numbers, the political views, the type of reader and the advertising charges of the various national publications and other points - Alphabetical and geographical index." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of ma
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ss media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 815 on the first ed. 1968, topic code 110.1)
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