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Empire and Communication

Harold A. Innis

Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1972), 184 pp.

"One of Marshall McLuhan's outstanding contributions has been to bring into prominence the works of the late Canadian economist, Harold Innis, whose early insights into the importance of media to economics and culture have become increasingly pertinent. His thesis is that the communications systems ... more

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The Universal Eye: The World of Television

Timothy Green

New York: Stein and Day (1972), 276 pp.

"A comprehensive work which surveys in detail the state of TV in every nation that has TV available to any extent. Covering Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Australia, it examines programming, financing, the availability of talent, the role of government, and the possible future co ... more

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Dianying: An Account of Films and the Film Audience in China

Jay Leyda

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (1972), 515 pp.

"The author traces Chinese films and filmmaking chronologically, tying it in with history. Within this framework he discusses important films and their casts. He includes both the films made with the endorsement of the political party and those made by the underground forces, and attempts to show th ... more

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The Book Trade of the World. Vol. I: Europe and International Section

Sigfred Taubert (ed.)

New York: Bowker (1972), 543 pp.

"A country-by-country systematic description of some of the basic facts about book publishing which are necessary to know in order to conduct business on an international level and useful other purposes as well. Each country gives information about itself under the following categories: general, his ... more

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Radio and Television in Literacy: A Survey of the Use of the Broadcasting Media in Combating Illiteracy Among Adults

John Maddison

Paris: UNESCO (1971), 82 pp.

"Gives information on the uses of radio and TV in connection with literacy work in 40 countries in various parts of the world." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. ... more

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Indonesian Government and Press During Guided Democracy

Hong Lee Oey

Zug: Inter Documentation Company (1971), 401 pp.

"Traces the development of the Indonesian press in relation to politics from the beginning of the Dutch period in 1594 through the regime of President Sukarno. Emphasis is on the newspaper press during Sukarno's period of "guided democracy." (Eleanor ... more

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Communication of Innovations: A Cross-Cultural Approach

Everett M. Rogers, F. Floyd Shoemaker

New York: Free Press, 2nd ed. (1971), 475 pp.

"In the 1971 edition of Communication of Innovations: A Cross-Cultural Approach, research had almost quadrupled, and its nature had become more varied and more involved with developing countries, necessitating a change in generalization about the theory." ( ... more

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Muffled Drums: The News Media in Africa

William A. Hachten

Ames: Iowa State University Press (1971), xvii, 314 pp.

"Examination of the news media - newspapers, radio, television, magazines - in contemporary Africa, focusing on them as institutions, and describing their establishment, their effectiveness, and their relations with the government. Emphasis is on news and public information rather than cultural and ... more

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A History of the Catholic Press Association 1911-1968

Mary Lonan Reilly

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow (1971), xii, 350 pp.

"Tells how the Catholic Press Association came into being, its changing interests over the years, the evolution of the organizational structure, and cooperative efforts with other groups. Appendixes include membership statistics, convention dates and sites, and promirent officials. There is a length ... more

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Communications and National Integration in Communist China

Alan Ping-Lin Liu

Berkeley: University of California Press (1971), 225 pp.

"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, ... more

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World and International Broadcasting: A Bibliography

Lawrence W. Lichty (comp.)

Washington, DC: Association for Professional Broadcasting Education (1971), approx. 800 pp.

"A massive work encompassing close to 100,000 entries from 1920 through the 1960s, geographically and chronologically organized, and covering about 150 countries and territories, excluding Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., but including 13 pages on China. Preceding and following this geographical ... more

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The Mass Media in a Violent World

Mary Burnet

Paris: UNESCO (1971), 44 pp.

"This, one of the earliest studies on the subject, is a report of a symposium conducted by 23 specialists in various disciplines of the social sciences who represent 18 countries. Emphasis is worldwide as members attempt to answer three questions: (1) What is meant by violence? (2) What is commonly ... more

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Reporting Africa

Olav Stokke (ed.)

Uppsala; New York: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies;Africana Publishing (1971), 223 pp.

"Report of a seminar which explored the manner in which African news is presented by the European press. In two parts: "The Mass Media in Africa" and "Reporting Africa by the International Mass Media." In the first part, emphasis is on the English-speaking African nations - Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria ... more

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Mass Media in the Soviet Union

Mark W. Hopkins

New York: Pegasus (Western Publishing) (1970), 384 pp.

"As the Milwaukee Journal's Soviet affairs specialist since 1964, the author has spent much time in Russia and has attended Leningrad University. He possesses insights into what are in his opinion the good and bad elements of the Soviet system, which he frequently compares with the good and bad elem ... more

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Commercial Radio in Africa

Bonn: German Africa Society (1970), 307 pp.

"Although the title mentions only radio, TV services are also included in this handbook of broadcasting stations throughout Africa, intended primarily for advertisers and marketers. Arrangement is alphabetical by country. Data for each station includes official address; name; language or languages i ... more

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Religion in the Cinema

Ivan Butler

New York: Barnes (1969), 208 pp.

"Surveys the treatment of Biblical history and Christian practice in the commercial film, from the layman's point of view. As the author says in his Introduction, it is "a study of religion in films rather than films in religion." Only the Christian religions are represented, although there are chap ... more

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National and International Systems of Broadcasting: Their History, Operation and Control

Walter B. Emery

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press (1969), 752 pp.

"Country-by-country examination of the broadcasting systems of 29 countries and one continent, giving origin, development, regulation, programming patterns, quantitative dimensions. While some of the material has dated, much still holds. Countries include the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom ... more

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Meeting of Experts on Book Development Planning in Asia, Singapore, 1968: Final Report

Paris: UNESCO (1968), 15 pp.

"Skeletal resume which pinpoints what had been done to develop a book-publishing industry in those Asian countries where little existed, with recommendations for the future." (Eleanor Blum, France ... more

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Die Revolution des Buches

Robert Escarpit

Wolf Dieter Bach (transl.)

Gütersloh: Bertelsmann (1967), 143 pp.

"Obwohl als Fortsetzung von Barkers Books for All (1956) gedacht, bemüht sich der bekannte französische Soziologe in 'Die Revolution des Buches' nicht um eine Aktualisierung der Statistiken, sondern konzentriert sich auf allgemeine Trends und das Schicksal des literarischen Buches auf dem Massenma ... more

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The Press in Africa: Communications Past and Present

Rosalynde Ainslie

New York: Walker (1967), 264 pp.

"R. Ainslie's book is the first general survey of the press in the continent of Africa. The author gives a historical account of the subject, starting with West and South Africa. Next she studies the situation of the press in Zambia, East Africa, the Congo and throughout Black Africa in general. The ... more