"Established in 1957, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has facilitated international exchanges and research collaborations among academics, journalists, and other practitioners, addressing media and communication problems and influencing theory and practice
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through research and participation in global, regional, national, and local debate. The chapters focus on prominent areas of research that have attracted the interest of scholars; political struggles of a membership engaged in research across East and West, global North and global South divides; selected country and regional contributions to the association; and reflections on significant scholarly and institution-building contributions to the association by George Gerbner, James Halloran Stuart Hall, Herbert I. Schiller, and Dallas W. Smythe. Readers will find a history of an academic professional organisation and insights into the controversies, conflicts, failings, and achievements of IAMCR members who developed the field of media and communication research and journalism practice." (Publisher description)
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"Freedom of the press in Africa — A brief survey — Situation in various countries: Ghana, Nigeria and others — The situation in South Africa — The press is under government control in nearly all parts of the continent — Degree of freedom." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use
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of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 877, topic code 110.31)
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