"Logra presentar una visión condensada de la historia del periodismo mexicano desde sus albores hasta nuestros días destacando la prensa política y el contexto histórico que la engendra. Obra imprescindible para el estudio de la prensa mexicana." (Álvarez/Martínez Riaza: Historia de la prensa
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hispanoamericana. Madrid 1992)
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"Through an examination of past and present philosophies, case studies, events, and judgments - all of which relate to the news media - Lambeth suggests relevant guides (as distinct from guidelines) for the modern journalist in search of a framework." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bi
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bliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 240)
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"Although a number of books have been written on African journalism, this, according to Ochs, a professor of mass communication at the American University in Cairo, is the first to take an overall look at the continent as a whole, notwithstanding the lack of data and frequent change of ownership whi
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ch made his task difficult. The first 50 pages survey the continent, following which are case studies of seven countries offering representative yet contrasting languages and press situations: Tanzania and Nigeria (English-speaking), the Ivory Coast and Senegal (French-speaking), Morocco and Algeria (Arabic and French-speaking), and Egypt (Arabic-speaking). Throughout he has attempted to show the effect on the press of the extreme diversity of peoples, countries, cultures and politics. The term "press" includes broadcast as well as print media, but in the case of the former the "almost monolithic government control makes research here less productive." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 327)
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"Constituye una de las monografías más completas y recientes sobre la prensa uruguaya, haciendo una presentación acabada de los medios y la evolución. Una obra de referencia." (Álvarez/Martínez Riaza: Historia de la prensa hispanoamericana. Madrid 1992)
"A comparative study on how the media present other countries, peoples and issues to readers, listeners and viewers. Using quantitative content analysis, teams followed the news in selected countries representing various communication systems in North America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Eastern
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and Western Europe and Latin America during one week in 1979. Two methods were employed: one measured the amount of foreign news while the second balanced measurement with a qualitative analysis of the material, fleshing out the content, drawing attention to omissions, and showing the flavor of the kinds of news coverage available within each media system. Appendixes give the participating teams; the coding of the study; a section on "Other Research and the World of News" by Robert L. Stevenson which not only lists the research from other studies but breaks the material down into tables and draws overall conclusions; and a final appendix: "The News of the World in Four Major Wire Services: A Study of Selected Services of the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, and Agence France-Press" by David Weaver, Cleveland Wilhoit, Robert Stevenson, Donald Lewis Shaw, and Richard Cole." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 413)
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