"A historical account of the development of mission presses in Natal and their prodigious output. Discusses the activities of the American Board of Mission presses, and those of the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran presses." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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8, nr. 1724)
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"Der Beitrag diskutiert die Frage, ob die katholische Kirche ihren Mediendokumenten einen angemessenen Begriff von moderner politischer Íffentlichkeit zugrundelegt. Er kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die säkulare Öffentlichkeit einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft innerkirchlich noch immer als Bedrohun
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g und Gefahr wahrgenommen wird. Die mit dem II. Vatikanum programmatisch von Dissoziation auf Dialog umgestellte Verhältnisbestimmung der Kirche zur Neuzeit scheint damit von einer allgemeinen kirchlichen Akzeptanz noch weit entfernt zu sein." (Zusammenfassung)
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"This is far more than an analysis of the way the U.S. covers the Islamic world. A penetrating study by a scholar and a humanist it goes much deeper than an examination of what he considers a biased treatment of Islamic news by the American press. Using illustrations from the media, he makes the poi
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nt that we do not - perhaps are not properly trying to - understand "the new horizons being opened up everywhere in the nonwhite, non-European world" which have roots in history and involve deep cultural differences. The first third of the book deals with "Islam as News," the middle section with "The Iran Story," and the final section with "Knowledge and Power." He contends, "Knowledge and coverage of the Islamic world are defined in the United States by geopolitics and economic interests on - for the individual - an impossibly massive scale, aided and abetted by a structure of knowledge production that is almost as vast and unmanageable." But until we somehow overcome these difficulties and acquire a knowledge in depth the American press cannot cover Islam properly." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 376)
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"Für mich hat die katholische Presse im allgemeinen die folgenden Funktionen: Information, Bildung, Anregung, ständige Erziehung und verstärkte religiöse Identifizierung; die Diözesanpresse hat insbesondere die spezielle Aufgabe, das Band der Einheit in der katholischen Glaubensgemeinschaft ebe
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nso zu stärken wie in der Gesellschaft insgesamt. Die Bistumspresse ist die "agora" der Ortskirche, der Marktplatz, zu dem die Menschen gehen, um Neuigkeiten zu erfahren, um Meinungen zu hören und zu äußern." (Seite 189)
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"Ein praxisorientiertes Handbuch für die religiöse Medienarbeit mit audiovisuellen Medien. Zahlreiche Beispiele und Übungen verdeutlichen die praktische Umsetzung in Bildungsarbeit und Schule. Hifreich ist auch der knappe Anhang mit Informationen und Adressen von kirchlichen Medienzentralen." (Ve
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rlagsbeschreibung)
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"Many women and men professionally engaged in advertising do have sensitive consciences, high ethical standards and a strong sense of responsibility. But even for them external pressures — from the clients who commission their work as well as from the competitive internal dynamics of their profess
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ion — can create powerful inducements to unethical behavior. That underlines the need for external structures and systems to support and encourage responsible practice in advertising and to discourage the irresponsible. Voluntary ethical codes are one such source of support. These already exist in a number of places. Welcome as they are, though, they are only as effective as the willingness of advertisers to comply strictly with them. "It is up to the directors and managers of the media which carry advertising to make known to the public, to subscribe to and to apply the codes of professional ethics which already have been opportunely established so as to have the cooperation of the public in making these codes still better and in enforcing their observance." We emphasize the importance of public involvement. Representatives of the public should participate in the formulation, application and periodic updating of ethical codes. The public representatives should include ethicists and church people, as well as representatives of consumer groups. Individuals do well to organize themselves into such groups in order to protect their interests in relation to commercial interests." (Conclusion, page 20)
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"The growing connections between media, culture and religion are increasingly evident in contemporary society, but until now have rarely been theoretically linked. The contributors to this volume effectively combine these areas into a coherent whole. The issues they examine include: the decline of r
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eligious institutions during the late twentieth century; the increasing autonomy and individualized practice of religion; and the surge of media and media-based icons that are often imbued with religious qualities, and the ensuing effect on cultural practices." (Publisher description)
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