"Relato histórico da influência estrangeira na radiodifusão brasileira (no rádio desde 1922 e na televisão de 1950 a 1980). A tese básica do autor é que o rádio é manipulado e dominado principalmente pelos interesses dos EUA. Contém numerosas tabelas." (commbox)
"The present study on the importation of films for cinema and television in Egypt is part of a series of case studies related to the structure, nature and flow of "transnational communication" and its socio-economic and cultural impact. Having its own reputable film industry and television organizat
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ion and being itself a film exporting country, Egypt was selected for this study, which was undertaken in 1979. However, the study shows that Egypt is heavily dependent on a small number of foreign companies, based in a few industrialized countries, which supply most of the films for cinema and television programming. The research emphasizes the need not only to examine the volume of imported communication material (a phenomenon already described in another UNESCO publication as "one way flow of information") but also the effects related to their content." (Foreword)
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"The first part of this study made at the University of Tampere is an international inventory of the composition of TV programs, particularly from the point of view of material imported to a country from outside, and a survey of the international networks for sale and exchange of program material fo
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r TV. Included are numerous tables, charts, and graphs. The second part is the essence of a symposium held at the University of Tampere which comments upon the hard facts contained in the study." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 734)
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