"This publication consists of short accounts of seven studies carried out in seven different countries on the part played by the media in the development of "social consciousness" in two widely different social groups in each of the countries concerned. The research on which the accounts are based h
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ad its beginnings in 1969. In June of that year, following a Unesco General Conference decision authorizing a long-term programme of research and the promotion of "the study of the role and effects of the media of mass communication in modern society", Unesco organized a meeting of experts in Montreal on Mass Communication and Society and, as may be seen from the main working paper and the official Report of the meeting, research co-operation at both national and international levels figured prominently on the formal agenda and in the wide-ranging discussions." (Introduction)
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"Report of a UNESCO mission to advise and assist in the establishment of a three-year degree course in book publishing at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana [now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology], as well as exploring the possibility of creating a “Regional
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Centre for Training Personnel in Book Publishing” as a future development of the course." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2433)
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"Sam Kotei’s book was one of the first major in-depth studies on the state of the book and publishing in Africa, in which the author looked back on a decade of special efforts to alleviate the “acute shortage of books” identified at the UNESCO meeting on books in Accra in 1968. The author note
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s that progress was uneven and that many of the problems identified in 1968 still remained, although African publishing had generally made “impressive strides”. The author surveyed the available literature, questioned writers, publishers, printers, libraries, bookshops, national book development councils, and interviewed book industry professional in several African countries in order to produce this overview of the situation in the 1970s and 1980s. Concludes with an examination of the future prospects of the book industry in Africa. Kotei’s book remains a seminal study, not least for purposes of comparison as it relates to the growth of the African book industries since the 1980s." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 290)
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"Comprendre le tiers monde, son unité et sa diversité : plus que jamais, le cinéma apparaît comme un moyen privilégié de répondre à cette préoccupation. Mais où trouver les films du tiers monde et sur le tiers monde ? Quel est leur contenu et comment le disent-ils ? Ce dossier répond à c
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es questions et on y trouve la mise en situation de quelque 300 films, par une soixantaine de spécialistes : près de 40 pays y sont étudiés, mais aussi les grandes séries de films didactiques sur le tiers monde, ainsi qu’une dizaine de thèmes transversaux et un rappel des principales théories du développement." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"The Library of Congress' Center for the Book surveys 32 book and book-related programs carried out by governmental, inter-governmental and private agencies in the U.S. to promote books and reading. In an introductory essay John B. Putnam discusses "The Book Crisis in the Developing World," and an a
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ppendix describes the activities of two important but now defunct organizations, Franklin Book Programs (1952-78) and the U.S. Government Advisory Committee on International Book and Library Programs (1962-77). Two earlier government publications are Books in Human Development, a 1965 report on a conference sponsored by American University and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Who Is Doing What in International Book and Library Programs (1967), the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the International Relations Office of the American Library Association." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1025)
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"This handbook addresses basic concepts of bookshop management, including customer relations, stock development, staff management, and accounting. The title is misleading, as the content does not tackle specific Christian bookshop issues, but refers to bookshop management in general." (commbox)
"Concentrating on the complexities of large scale primary and secondary school textbook production, this paper aims to provide guidelines and information for creating viable publishing industries in developing countries. Statistical analysis, personal experience, case studies, and responses to a que
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stionnaire on the publishing roles of the public and private sectors in developing countries form the basis from which the author constructs his blueprint for publishing of textbooks in the countries of the South. Neumann concludes that textbooks, teacher editions, and related materials are cost effective, efficient tools and vital factors in upgrading academic achievement, especially where teachers are less qualified." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 233)
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