"In the mid-1970s News Agencies of Non-Aligned Countries joined in a cooperative system which they called the Pool for the purpose of strengthening mutual relations by an information exchange system and by other actions which would increase the quality and quantity of information through technologic
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al means, training of personnel, reduction of tariffs, and other appropriate measures. Here the Committee has brought together documents, declarations and decisions which concern context and style of Pool news, the progress of the Pool over the years, and its plans for future development, including its role within a New International Information Order. Bibliography and list of documents." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 731)
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"Merrill and contributors take a sweeping look at global journalism and mass communications by regions of the world. In Part 1, "The Global Perspective," Merrill himself does an overall survey of problems, news flow, philosophies, relations with government for both print media and telecommunications
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, and ends with his analysis of the demand by developing nations for a new information order. In Part 2, "The World's Regions and Journalism" Paul S. Underwood treats Europe and the Middle East; John Luter and Jim Richstad, Asia and the Pacific; L. John Martin, Africa; Marvin Alisky, Latin America, and Ralph D. Barney and Deanna Nelson, the U.S. and Canada. All regions receive the same broad treatment as the general section, with no emphasis on particular newspapers, magazines or broadcast agencies but rather on philosophy and structure. Education and training for journalism in each area is discussed. Although there is a great deal of pertinent data about journalism throughout the world, the book is geared to "the neophyte, the inquisitive beginner" rather than the specialist. It is also intended as a text. 'Global Journalism' contains an excellent bibliography." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 293)
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"How adequately and fairly does U.S. television treat foreign news? This issue is addressed in 13 content analyses groupsd in five parts: "Global Coverage," "Third World," "The West and Presidential Diplomacy," "Southeast Asia," and "Audience." The contributors also survey pertinent literature. Bibl
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iographic information is repeated with complete entries following each chapter. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 471)
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"Intended for journalists in developing countries, this manual gives an account of the functions carried out in the newsroom. The first section deals with aspects of the reporter's job, including news writing and stylistics, interviewing, and press law. The second section discusses the duties of the
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news editor, including maintaining perennial sources, thinking ahead, following up on hard news items, promoting creative angles to news stories, and cultivating news from rural areas. The third section covers components of subediting, such as design and layout, typography, headline and caption writing, and elements of style. The fourth section explores developing ideas for feature writing, while the last section outlines principles of photo editing." (commbox)
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"It would be a mistake to imagine that reporting from southern Africa is a special case. One of the points that must be made is that newsagency correspondents are expected to and expect to be able to report in many different types of social, political and economic situations. This was certainly a po
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int expressed to the author by the agency correspondents working in southern Africa. While clearly this is essential if the newsmen are to carry out their jobs, it is also fraught with problems. It means that the world is reduced to a unidimensionality which it does not have. Different situations demand different treatments. However, realization of this must also be accompanied by an awareness of the particular types of official control practised by the southern African regimes. This control impinges directly upon the newsmen stationed in southern Africa, in a manner that affects the types of output they are able to produce. As outsiders looking in upon the world of journalism, we are perfectly entitled to criticize the ways in which the agency newsmen operate in situations we find personally abhorrent. As outsiders looking in, however, we must not lose sight of the very severe constraints placed upon these newsmen by regimes determined to control the flow of news and information both to and from their countries." (Conclusion, page 144)
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"Three studies, each backgrounding the press as a whole, its image of women, and their professional status in the mass media." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 11)
"A systematic inquiry into world news agencies, with a focus on the relationship between those of the developed and developing world. Boyd-Barrett examines the four major Western-based news agencies in particular - Reuters, the Associated Press, United Press International and Havas Agence France Pre
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ss - in their dual role as both national and world news agencies, discussing their history, ownership, control, revenues, resources and range of services. The book shows that while the news agencies' role in the Third World is an important issue, it must also be seen in relation to their viability in their own developed world and points out the various pitfalls involved in the delivery of international news. All in all, this is one of the best possible sources for a critical examination of news agencies and their service role and for an explanation of the production of news, itself a fragile commodity." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 42)
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"An analysis of news agencies as part of the information system, by journalists from the Eastern Bloc countries." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 314)
"The major conclusion is that information flows are far more strongly influenced and oriented first by historical and cultural links, including those remaining from colonial times, then by ideological affinities and lastly by community of interests, than they are by geographical proximity. This is n
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o surprise but may at first sight appear unfortunate, Less than twenty per cent of the news space in the South Americar, dailies, for example, is given over to Latin America, and the Senegalese press shows greater interest in a minor ministerial reshuffle in France or the Federal Republic of Germany than in an election taking place in the Gambia or the Ivory Coast." (Introduction)
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"This is not a compilation of codes of ethics, but rather a compilation about them, with chapters by journalists and journalist/educators from Eastern and Western Europe and Latin America. Chapters include: "The History of Written Codes of Ethics - A Chronology of Events" and " Contemporary Codes -
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A Review, " both by Lara Bruun (Finland); "Media Councils in the Western Hemisphere" by J. Clement Jones (England); "Journalists' Responsibility for the Destiny of Peace" by Spartak Beglov (U.S.S.R.); "Toward an International Code of Ethics" by Cees Hamelink (Holland); "Journalistic Ethics in Latin America" by Hernan Uribe (Chile); and "The International Ethics of Journalists" by Jean-Maurice Hermann (France). Appendixes contain a number of relevant documents from various nations and the UN. There are no indexes or references." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 51)
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"An investigation of the production and content of broadcast news in Nigeria, Sweden and Ireland to shed light on two questions: What picture of the world is provided by broadcast news, and how is this picture related to the routine demands of news production in broadcasting organizations? Answers,
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which involve discussions about the social role of journalism, the ideological nature of news, and the possibility of change, indicate that news is shaped by a variety of organizational, cultural, economic and normative restreints. The authors find that news is more nearly a reflection of the forces that produce it than of the events and processes in social reality." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 628)
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