MEDIA CHALLENGES
Media systems and educational systems / Abraham Moles, 17
Mass media and the school: Descartes or McLuhan? / Pierre Schaeffer, 44
INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
Communication and education / Henri Dieuzeide, 75
Mass communication education / Ana Maria Sandi, 84
The two worlds of today's learners / Donald P. Ely, 97
RE-APPRAISING TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
Learning, understanding, and communication media / Mircea Malitza, 113
The information explosion and optimizing the educational process / Yuri Babansky, 127
Theoretical issues and practical possibilities / Len Masterman, 148
New tasks for teacher training / Ferenc Genzwein, 166
INTEGRATED APPROACHES
Norway: critical consciousness and effective communication / Asie Gire Dahl, 181
The Canton of Fribourg: media education from primary through secondary school / Gérald Berger, 200
Finland: reducing informational and cultural inequality / Sirkka Minkkinen and Kaarle Nordenstreng, 219
Austria: theory and practice of media education / Thomas A. Bauer, 236
FOCUSES ON IMPACT AND EXPERIMENT
Journalism and pedagogy / Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei, 251
Brazil: the press in school / Dymas Joseph, 260
Cuba: an introduction to radio broadcasting / Renaldo Infante Urivazo, 277
Japan: television for young children / Takashi Sakamoto, 292
France: educating young television viewers / Evelyne Pierre, 304
The United States: visual literacy / Howard Hitchens, 319
THIRD WORLD: IMAGES AND REALITY
Do mass media reach the masses? The Indian experience / G. N. S. Raghavan, 331
Mass media and the transmission of values / Rita Cruise O 'Brien, 348
Transnational advertising and education in the developing countries / Rafael Roncagliolo and Noreene Z. Janus, 361
A TENTATIVE CONCLUSION
Education and the mass media: where they differ, where they converge / Michel Souchon, 379