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Constitué de notes pratiques et de 86 tableaux, cet ouvrage aborde les sujets suivants : fonctions et pratiques d'une maison d'édition; organisation et gestion de la fonction éditoriale; les états financiers comme moyen d'information des gestionnaires; la gestion efficace d'une entreprise d'édi ... more

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La presse en éveil: études de cas

Paris: UNESCO (1990), 131 pp.

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The Business of Book Publishing: A Management Training Course

Mike Hauser (ed.)

Paris; London: UNESCO; Book House Training Centre (1990), xi, 164 pp.

"This book is a compilation of tutors' notes, lesson material and handouts from a management training course conducted since 1985 by UNESCO with great success in countries around the world. While gaining accessibility through its production in a book format, it retains the spirit of the original tea ... more

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Rapport sur la communication dans le monde

Paris: UNESCO (1990), 524 pp.

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Grands principes du droit d'auteur et des droits: Voisins dans le monde

Claude Colombet

Paris: UNESCO (1990), 190 pp.

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New Communication Technologies: Research Trends

Josiane Jouet, Sylvie Coudray

Paris: UNESCO (1990), 74 pp.

"Videorecorders and cassettes have spread all over the world and are already no longer regarded as products of the new technologies. Cable television is making massive strides and is often enhanced by its interactive functions. Pay television is gradually gaining a foothold, while receivers are the ... subject of advanced research into such features as high-definition television, flat screens and so on. Programme manufacturing techniques are coming increasingly to integrate informatics with, for example, the introduction of electronic montage and synthetic images. The same developments are affecting the written media, right through from the entering of text on the word-processor keyboard to the computer-assisted ‘desk-top’ end-product. In short, the media system has been radically transformed through the emergence of new methods of production, transmission and reception. The penetration of informatics into all sectors of communication is giving rise to considerable technological confusion and the dividmg lines between technical systems are becoming increasingly blurred. On the threshold of the year 2000, technological advances are being made at top speed and the current progress is only the forerunner of even greater upheavals, what with the arrival, in the not so remote future, of fifth-generation computers, artificial intelligence, expert systems and natural language. This rapid overview of the main innovations which have infiltrated the field of communication make it possible to pinpoint what we commonly understand by new technologies. Their novelty lies not so much in the broadening of the scope of the means of communication as in the appearance of a new technical content, through the integration of informatics, inter-active approaches, and soon, which caters for a different way of thinking. The technical principles behind these facilities are themselves instrumental in conferring an original and unprecedented value on them. [...] Indeed, the purpose of this document is to present a synoptic view of the work done by Unesco on this subject. It describes the general background to the research in which that international organization has engaged in a number of the world’s regions and sets out the findings emerging from the studies undertaken. This exercise also traces in broad outline the large number of studies made outside Unesco’s own programme, examines the main trends in the studies being developed at the international level and identifies the strong points and shortcomings of the research with a view to putting forward a number of recommendations for Unesco’s future programmes. Accordingly, the idea is to tackle the main research topics and issues raised by the impact of the new technologies through an interdisciplinary approach." (Introduction, pages 7-8) more

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La violencia y el terror en los medios de communicación de masas

George Gerbner

Paris: UNESCO (1989), 49 pp.

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Violence et terreur dans les médias

George Gerbner

Paris: UNESCO (1989), 50 pp.

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World Communication Report

Paris: UNESCO (1989), xix, 551 pp.

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The Vigilant Press: A Collection of Case Studies

Paris: UNESCO (1989), 116 pp.

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Facts for Life: A Communication Challenge

New York: UNICEF; World Health Organization (WHO); UNESCO (1989), xiv, 78 pp.

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Las radios mineras de Bolivia

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Lupe Cajías (eds.)

La Paz: CIMCA; UNESCO (1989), 230 pp.

"This book presents the history and role of Bolivian miner's radio stations, covering more than forty years. It deals with their historical development, political struggles, and current situation. It also advances some structural proposals for the reinforcement and survival of these radio centers. T ... more

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Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication: Ninth Session, Final Report

Paris: UNESCO (1988), 25 pp.

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Violence and Terror in the Mass Media

George Gerbner

Nancy Signorielli (collab.)

Paris: UNESCO (1988), 45 pp.

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Communication Technology and Development

Hamid Mowlana, Laurie J. Wilson

Paris: UNESCO (1988), 50 pp.

"After almost three decades of experiments with donors and donor agencies in development, no comprehensive picture of the relationship between communication and development has appeared. We have no systematic research or justifiable theory on which to base efforts in this direction. We operate under ... a number of assumptions, the ultimate assumption being that those assumptions are correct. On a more concrete and positive note, several trends can be identified in the literature and work on the use of communication in development. In the last 10 to 15 years, five areas have been the focus of activity in the field. 1. First is the study of the impact of modern technology on development. The number of symposia and seminars in this area have been increasing quantitatively and improving qualitatively. For example, in 1983, two major international conferences were sponsored by Unesco (in Rome and in Istanbul) to discuss the role of modern technology in development. 2. A second emphasis has been in the area of strategy and planning. As more and more projects were ineffective or failed to materialize because of infrastructural and managerial inadequacies, it was realized that a careful process of planning and evaluation research must be included in any communication and development project. 3. A third apparent trend is toward viewing communication and development as an integrative process, not only considering all societal, political and economic factors of a given system, but also realizing the close relationship between modern technology and the existing infrastructure of communication, both human and mechanical. 4. The fourth level of growth has been in national communication policies, Stimulated by the controversy of the world information and communication debate, discussions in different international fora, including Unesco and its International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, have made the question of communication policy a dominant theme of communication and development efforts. 5. The fifth area, less defined and less concrete, is the transfer of technology and its potential for development, especially in the field of communication. Developments in this area have been encouraging in that writings on the transfer of technology have become increasingly related first to the area of communication policy, and second to the growing interest in technological assessment." (Conclusions, page 16) more

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Video Worldwide: An International Study

Manuel Alvarado (ed.)

Paris; London: UNESCO; John Libbey (1988), 328 pp.

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Intergovernmental Conference on Communication Policies in the Arab States: Final Report: Khartoum (Sudan) 19-23 July 1987

Paris: UNESCO (1987), 58 pp.

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Communication Strategies for Heightening Awareness of Water: Report 2 of IHP II Project Cl (on Heightening Awareness of the Socio-Economic Role of Water)

B. Sadler (ed.)

UNESCO (1987), x, 25 pp.