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Making Broadcasting Useful: The African Experience. The Development of Radio and Television in Africa in the 1980s

George Wedell, James Kangwana, Lawrence Lawler (eds.)

Manchester: Manchester University Press;European Institute for the Media (1986), x, 306 pp.

"The second part grew out of the Symposium of Broadcasting Organization and Management held in 1984 at the request of UNESCO, The U.K. Overseas Development Administration, and the British Council, in which a group of directors of broadcasting organizations and permanent secretaries of ministries of ... more

Philippine Mass Media: A Book of Readings

Clodualdo Del Mundo

Manila: Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) (1986), 286 pp.

"An introduction to the Philippine media, with emphasis on its popular culture aspects - film, radio and television in particular. The various readings present an overview of development; discusses practical economic aspects; makes critical analyses from sociological, political, economic and aesthet ... more

World Broadcasting in the Age of the Satellite

W. J. Howell

Norwood, New Jers.: Ablex (1986), 329 pp.

"A comprehensive and succinct description of the many aspects of world broadcasting which is both descriptive and analytical. Howell puts together concepts, trends, and facts and figures in interesting new patterns. His classification of world broadcasting systems is an example; instead of the class ... more

The Press in Zambia: The Development, Role and Control of National Newspapers in Zambia 1906-1983

Francis P. Kasoma

Lusaka: Multimedia Publications (1986), xv, 244 pp.

"This book is an original and comprehensive study of the development, role and control of national newspapers in Zambia. It deals with the relationship between national newspapers on one hand and the state and people on the other. It traces the press in Zambia from its humble beginnings in 1906 to t ... more

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Mass Communication in Nigeria: A Book of Reading

Onuora E. Nwuneli (ed.)

Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers (1986), 263 pp.

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O papel do jornal - uma releitura

Alberto Dines

São Paulo: Summus Editorial (1986), 157 pp.

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Mass Communication in India: An Annotated Bibliography 1978-80

Bhagwan K. Prasad (ed.)

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication (1986), 223 pp.

La televisión en Bolivia

Raúl Rivadeneira Prada, Nazario Tirado Cuenca

La Paz: Editorial Quipus (1986), 217 pp.

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Comunicação de massa sem massa

Sérgio Caparelli

São Paulo: Cortez Editora (1986), 124 pp.

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O paraíso via Embratel: O processo de integração de uma cidade do interior Paulista na sociedade de consumo

Luiz Augusto Milanesi

São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 2a ed. (1985), 224 pp.

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Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa

Frank Okwu Ugboajah (ed.)

Oxford; München et al.: Hans Zell Publishers;Saur (1985), 329 pp.

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La radio en Chile: Historia, modelos, perspectivas

María Cristina Lasagni, Paula Edwards, Josiane Bonnefoy

Santiago de Chile: CENECA (1985), 152 pp.

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Para uma leitura crítica da comunicação

José Marques de Melo

São Paulo: Paulinas (1985), 199 pp.

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La investigación en comunicación social en Colombia

Patricia Anzola, Patricio Cooper T.

Lima: Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo (DESCO);Asociación Colombiana de Investigadores de la Communicación Social (ACICS) (1985), 213 pp.

China Press and Publishing Directory, 1985

Guo-Gan Gao (ed.)

Beijing; London: Modern Press;Longman (1985), 360 pp.

"[...] this directory is the first of its kind ever published in China, the only reference tool so far available in this respect," says Wang Yi, Advisor to the Bureau of Publishing Administration, Ministry of Culture. It contains 2,353 entries of publishers, booksellers, newspapers and periodicals t ... more

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World Broadcasting Systems: A Comparative Analysis
Quick Overview

Sydney W. Head

Belmont: Wadsworth (1985), xix, 457 pp.

"Instead of describing typical systems in their entirety ...," says Head in his foreword, "I decided to organize the text on the basis of the common problems faced by all systems" to show the basic, universal demands and dilemmas they all must face as each interacts with its particular national sett ... more

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Media in Latin America and the Caribbean: Domestic and International Perspectives

Walter C. Soderlund, Stuart H. Surlin (eds.)

Windsor, Ontario: University of Windsor, Ontario Cooperative Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (1985), 272 pp.

"Report of 14 papers presented at the proceedings of the Ontario Cooperative Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, organized under four thematic sections: the New World Information Order and the MacBride Report; media performance in Latin America and the Caribbean; media coverage of Latin ... more