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How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic

Ariel Dorfman, Armand Mattelart

David Kunzle (transl. and introd.)

New York: International General (1975), 112 pp.

"The authors analyze Disney's comic "to reveal the scowl of capitalist ideology behind the laughing mask, the iron fist beneath the Mouse's glove." This has become a classic in Third World countries, especially in Latin America, where it is regarded as a touchstone for the interpretation of American ... more

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Publishing in India: An Analysis

Philip G. Altbach

New York; Dehli: Oxford University Press (1975), 115 pp.

"In spite of the emphasis on India in the title, the author treats all Third World countries, but specifically deals with India by using it as a case study to examine historical development of the industry, its economics, its distribution, copyright, "public" and "private" publishing, foreign influe ... more

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Asian Mass Communications: A Comprehensive Bibliography

John A. Lent

Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University, School of Communications and Theater (1975), 619 pp.

"Lent calls Asian Mass Communications "the first attempt to make available in one place as much as possible of what has been written on all aspects of mass communications, both in Asian institutions and abroad." It is divided by region into four sections - Asia (general), East Asia, Southeast Asia, ... more

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Publishing in Africa in the Seventies: Proceedings of an International Conference on Publishing and Book Development Held at the University of Ife, Ife-Ife, Nigeria, 16-20 December, 1973

Edwina Oluwasanmi, Eva McLean, Hans M. Zell (eds.)

Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press (1975), 377 pp.

"The recommandations, summaries of the various sessions, and a selection of the papers read at this conference attended by more than 100 African writers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, printers, and teachers give a succinct account of the history and hopes of African publishing. Among topics d ... more

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Radio Power: Propaganda and International Broadcasting

Julian Hale

Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1975), 196 pp.

"An introduction to the practice of overseas broadcasting as propaganda and the various ideological philosophies back of it, in terms both of sender and receiver. Analysis centers around Nazi Germany, the Communist countries, the U.S.'s Voice of America, Britain's BBC, and the undeveloped parts of t ... more

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Mass Communication in Malaysia

Lim Huck Tee (comp.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1975), 91 pp.

"Communication is defined broadly to include relevant material from such areas as agriculture, anthropology, community development, economics, education, law, political science, population, public administration, sociology, social psychology, and urban studies. Types of material covered are books, p ... more

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Asian Mass Communication Institutions: Teaching, Training and Research. A Directory

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1975), 201 pp.

"Identifies many of the Asian institutions engaged in teaching, training, and research, with details such as address, telephone number, date founded, objectives, activities, names of staff, type of research, publications, research reports, and facilities. Ninety institutions have been included from ... more

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The First Casualty: From the Crimes to Vietnam. The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker

Phillip Knightley

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1975), 465 pp.

"The title indicates the scope of this excellent history of the war correspondent, including photographers, as Knightley traces him (and a few hers) from the beginning of this type of journalism in the Crimes in the 1850s to the war in Vietnam over a century later. In between he covers various wars, ... more

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The Bibliography of African Broadcasting: An Annotated Guide

Sydney W. Head, Lois Beck

Philadelphia: Temple University, School of Communications and Theater (1974), 60 pp.

"Lists major books and articles from newspapers and magazines - 458 items in all, with a list of periodicals in the field and a topical index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media biblio ... more

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Television Traffic: A One-Way Street? A Survey and Analysis of the International Flow of Television Programme Material

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Tapio Varis

Paris: UNESCO (1974), 62 pp.

"The first part of this study made at the University of Tampere is an international inventory of the composition of TV programs, particularly from the point of view of material imported to a country from outside, and a survey of the international networks for sale and exchange of program material fo ... more

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Cinema Beyond the Danube: The Camera and Politics

Michael Jon Stoil

Metuchen, New Jers.: Scarecrow (1974), 198 pp.

"This is an accourt of filmmaking in Eastern Europe in which Stoil has combined film criticism with political and social analysis. The film history of the Soviet Union is considered apart from that of other Communist states in the region: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumani ... more

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Advertising and Socialism: The Nature and Extent of Consumer Advertising in the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia

Philip Hanson

White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press (1974), 171 pp.

"Theoretically, advertising and communism are not compatible, but Hanson explains why this is not necessarily the case. In Part I he treats the Soviet Union, in Part II, Eastern Europe, showing in both parts organization and function and highlighting similarities and differences. Much of the informa ... more

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Press Under Apartheid

Alex Hepple

London: Information Department, International Defense and Aid Fund, Information Department (1974), 67 pp.

"An analysis of freedom of the press in South Africa, including the long war against the free press, the laws that restrain and control it relations with the police, press ownership, and the role of the press in an apartheid society. Appendixes give circulation figures and group ownership. Another, ... more

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Broadcasting Stations Around the World

U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service

Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 26th ed. (1974), 4 parts

"Lists all reported radio broadcasting and TV frequency assignments with the exception of those in the U.S. which broadcast on domestic channels. Part I, "Amplitude Modulation Broadcasting Stations According to Country and City"; Part II, "Amplitude Modulation Broadcasting Stations According to Freq ... more

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Broadcasting in Africa: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television
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Sydney W. Head (ed.)

Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1974), 453 pp.

"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 ... more

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The Book Hunger

Ronald E. Barker, Robert Escarpit (eds.)

Paris; London: UNESCO;Harrap (1973), 155 pp.

"A brief survey of the role of the book in developing countries in terms of needs, demand, production, distribution, and copyright. An appendix gives the "charter of the book." (Eleanor Blum, Fran ... more

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Cinematographic Institutions

International Film and Television Council (IFTC)

Paris: UNESCO (1973), 98 pp.

"Primarily "a study of institutions of the public or public utility character whose purpose is to promote the art and technique of the cinema and their applications in education, science and culture." Thus, film and trade associations and trade union types of associations are not dealt with. It uses ... more

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Scholarly Publishing in Asia: Proceedings of the Conference of University Presses in Asia and the Pacific Area

Shigeo Minowa, Amadio Antonio Arboleda (eds.)

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press (1973), 172 pp.

"[...] the (two) types of (existing) university presses, the medieval (i.e., Cambridge and Oxford models) and the modern (i.e., the American university press model) are being supplemented in certain countries by a third type, a new concept of university press," says Minowa. These proceedings - in tw ... more

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Philippine Mass Communications Before 1811, After 1966

John A. Lent

Manila: Philippine Press Institute (1972), 179 pp.

"Philippine Mass Communications ..." is a historical survey touching on the newspaper press, the provincial press, press freedom, magazines, radio, television, film, book publishing, advertising and journalism education. Has a comprehensive bibliography." ( ... more

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Transmitting World News: A Study of Telecommunications and the Press

Francis Williams

New York: Arno Press (1972), 95 pp.

"Transmitting World News investigates the system of rates and priorities as well as other technical factors affecting the dispatch of press messages. Although Williams discusses the physical means of news transmission, he goes beyond this to show the human elements: the competence, integrity, and ju ... more

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