"The purpose of producing a second edition of the World Communication Report was pragmatic: the aim was to provide a reference work for decision-makers, planners, researchers, students, media professionals and the general public. In view of the scope of the subjects covered and the rapid outdating o
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f certain features, this Report makes no attempt to be exhaustive, but brings out the convergence between information technology, information and communication and their applications in the various media (written press, news agencies, radio and television) and provides statistics on the changes observed in this field. It also attempts to highlight the major problems connected with the development of new information and communication technologies, such as the regulation of networks, media attitudes to violence and access of women to the media. The question that lies at the heart of this report may be summed up as follows: how are we to reinvent our patterns of thought and knowledge in the context of the technological multimedia revolution, which is proving both profound and irreversible?" (Preface)
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"This annotated bibliography is arranged under four major sections: press (579 entries); broadcasting (269 entries); film (381 entries); and general (526 entries), providing a total of 1,755 entries. The bibliography is well laid out, arranged by author and title. The bibliography limits its coverag
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e to those works available at a US or European library. Essential criteria for the author were to prepare annotations and to provide information which is easily accessible to the Western researcher. The selection criteria also preclude most newspaper articles, short reviews and brief articles in news and other popular magazines. The annotations are short, ranging from one to five lines. The coverage, as would be expected, shows a high bias toward South Africa for geographical, political and developmental reasons. It does, however, cover all the countries in Africa. An author index and subject and geographical index are provided which would help the researcher in picking up useful citations. The bibliography also contains a list of journals consulted which includes almost all the important journals in media studies." (K. N. Rao, Collection Building, Vol. 17, No. 1, pages 51-52)
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"Bourgault investigates three principal influences: the pre-colonial legacy of the oral tradition, the presence of an alienated managerial class, and the domination of African nations by systems based on political patronage. The first two chapters provide the theoretical framework. Subsequent chapte
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rs look at the management of the electronic media, radio and television broadcasting in content and practice, the history of print media, and the discourse style found in the press. This work provides a wealth of historical information on media systems, particularly those of the former anglophone and francophone countries, together with recent developments in satellite communication, small-systems technology, and the current move toward decentralization and privatization. Bourgault also considers the political shifts affecting Africa in the 1990s and offers a radical blueprint for more responsive and informative media in the sub-Saharan area." (Publisher description)
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"Instead of describing typical systems in their entirety ...," says Head in his foreword, "I decided to organize the text on the basis of the common problems faced by all systems" to show the basic, universal demands and dilemmas they all must face as each interacts with its particular national sett
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ing. His purpose is to enable students, after allowances for limitations imposed by national settings, to appraise the system critically by comparing reality with the ideal possibilities. Thus, he discusses, in terms of the various systems, their origins, their politics of both ownership and access, their laws, regulation, economics, facilities, programming and programs, audience research, transborder broadcasting, and broadcasting and freedom. Although intended as a text, this has much wider uses." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 652)
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"Die Kommunikationssysteme Indonesiens sind historisch-deskriptiv von den Ursprüngen über die Freiheitsbewegungen bis heute nebst Nachrichtenagenturen und Pressegesetzgebung behandelt. Die Medienstrukturen Presse, Hörfunk, Film und Fernsehen werden auf ihre publizistischen, politischen, kulturell
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en, soziologischen und rechtlichen Merkmale untersucht, analysiert, beurteilt, praxisorientierte Thesen aufgestellt und traditionelle Kommunikation, Comics, Video und Satellitenkommunikation skizziert. Dadurch wird versucht, einen Beitrag zur vergleichenden Kommunikationsforschung und der Verwirklichung der Neuen Internationalen (Kommunikations-) Ordnung zu leisten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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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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