"Why, in the current era of globalization, does nationality remain an important dimension of personal and collective identities? In Materializing the Nation, Robert J. Foster argues that the contested process of nation making in Papua New Guinea unfolds not only through organized politics but also t
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hrough mundane engagements with commodities and mass media. He offers a thoughtful critique of recent approaches to nationalism and consumption and an ethnographic perspective on constructs of the nation found in official policy documents, letters to the editor, school textbooks, song lyrics, advertisements, and other materials. This volume will appeal to readers interested in the links among nationalism, consumption, and media, in Melanesia and elsewhere." (Publisher description)
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"This volume examines the influence of audio-visual media in cultural change in India. The essays focus on: the dynamics of network change; the relationships between image and viewer; and the journey of images between points of reading in contemporary India that are mediated through television, cine
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ma, video and the internet." (Publisher description)
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"In 1999, Sudan's Arabic periodical press observes its hundredth anniversary. A century before, and one year after the collapse of the Mahdist state (1881–98), the British-dominated “Anglo-Egyptian“ regime (1898–1956) launched an official Arabic-English gazette. Four years later, Lebanese jo
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urnalists founded the region's first independent Arabic newspaper, catering to an audience of Egyptians and Lebanese employed by the new government. These expatriates sparked an interest in journalism among educated Northern Sudanese men, who within a few years of the newspaper's debut were avidly subscribing and contributing to journals." (Abstract)
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"Werden Kriege durch Medien geschürt oder sogar hervorgerufen? Welche Auswirkungen hat die Art der Berichterstattung auf Krisenherde? Die Studie, die in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Europäischen Medieninstitut entstanden ist, geht der Rolle von Medien in innerstaatlichen Konflikten nach." (Verlagsbeschr
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eibung)
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"More than 100 references to books and journal articles dealing with the role of broadcasting in national development are given. Most are annotated. Brief statements about the occupations and employing organizations of the authors are included. The coverage is from 1970 to August 1974." (Rahim 1976
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Nr. 259)
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"Although the primary purpose of this study is to define the roles that the mass media play in achieving integration in China, it also serves as an excellent survey of radio, the press, book publishing, and film. In addition it details propagande methods. Appendixes give statistics. Contains notes,
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a bibliography, and an index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 258)
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"Situation de la télévision en Inde — Les motifs pour développer la télévision: de prestige, politiques, d'éducation — Pour un service de télévision éducative, mais pas au détriment de la radio — La télévision et le développement national." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfak
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h: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2380, topic code 410.1)
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"The role of the press in developing nation like Kenya — The ownership of newspapers — Problems of language for information in Africa." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1190, topic code 110.1, 140)