"Exploring recent developments in Asian television systems in the context of the continually changing global environment, this book covers India, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Country-based analyses are preceded by contribution
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s which analyse processes at the regional level. Chapters explore how television in Asia has responded to new threats and opportunities and provide evidence against the view that global forces will destroy national and regional differences." (Publisher description)
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"Communicating Democracy presents the first comprehensive comparative investigation of the role of the media in the move toward democracy in developing and post-communist countries. Recognizing the central role of an independent press in the formulation of stable democracies, Patrick H. O'Neil and a
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team of area and country specialists explore the particular cultural, economic, and political conditions that have shaped the media in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The authors examine how the print and electronic media function in societies that have recently made the move toward democracy--whether successfully or not. They pay particular attention to the role of the media in political life prior to transition; the impact of an authoritarian legacy on media structures after the move toward democracy; the problems in developing an independent media; and issues involving content, objectivity, and bias." (Publisher description)
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"Prepared by a group of experts within the CROP network, this book was a state-of-the-art report on poverty and poverty research in different regions in 1996. As such, it was unique and the first volume ever to cover poverty studies worldwide, and to present the rich variety of concepts, hypotheses
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and data used in different disciplines in different cultural settings. The book contains a great number of ideas and reflections on poverty manifestations, poverty research and poverty strategies, of great value for researchers and policy-makers alike. As such, it is a baseline for ongoing and future research, and a major contribution to setting up the agenda for poverty research in the new millennium." (https://www.crop.org/Publications)
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"Covers media environment, media law, press, broadcasting, ownership, journalism quality and education in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Each chapter includes an essay written by local journalists besides an overview written b
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y the Freedom Forum staff. The Appendices offer Media profiles of Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, and Vietnam." (Book review in: Asian Journal of Communication, vol.4, nr.1, 1994)
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"Twenty-eight experts examine broadcasting in 24 countries in this essay handbook. John Lent takes on Cuba and India; Benno Signitzer and Kurt Luger look at Austria; and Marvin Alisky reports on Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Other included countries are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, the Fede
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ral Republic of Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, Sweden, and the United States. According to the introduction, "At present no reference work exists where one can readily ascertain what the broadcast structure is in a given nation and how it came to be. By filling this void, we hope that our work will make a substantial contribution to the field of international broadcasting." This they have done. Most essays include a bibliography; information on history, regulation, economic structure, programming, new technologies, and broadcast reform; and a conclusion and/or forecast. What type of information can be found under "broadcast reform"? In Israel, for example: The reaction against the "leftist mafia," a nickname coined for broadcasters, has been strongly felt in programming and personnel appointment policies. A popular TV satirical program was taken off the air in the late 1970s in response to harsh political criticism. The television prime-time weekly news magazine, broadcast on Friday nights, was cancelled in the mid-1980s on the grounds that the Israeli people should not be exposed to "demoralizing" news on the Sabbath eve." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 445)
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