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Journalism in Central Asia: A Victim of Politics, Economics, and Widespread Self-censorship

Timothy Kenny, Peter Gross

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 13, issue 4 (2008), pp. 515-525

"Significant efforts to develop an independent journalism have stumbled badly in Central Asia, where politics, economics and the unforeseen consequence of widespread self-censorship have derailed development of a Western-style media and the democracy it serves. What is worse, from Kazakhstan to Uzbe ... more

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(Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World

Mamoun Fandy

Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International (2007), 164 pp.

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The growth of media in China: And its impact on political and economic development in China

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS);Danish National Commission for UNESCO (2006), 26 pp.

"Media in China have a tremendous influence on public opinion and Chinese politics. Several hundred broadcasters, more than 2,000 newspapers and magazines and countless web-media compete fiercely for attention and over a lucrative advertising market. Simultaneously, the state is constantly reassessi ... more

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Democratization: A Central Task of Media Development Cooperation

Jörgen Klußmann (ed.)

Bonn: Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland (2006), 139 pp.

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Arab Media in the Information Age

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006), xvi, 709 pp.

Das Ende einer liberalen Hoffnung: Ägyptische Journalisten und Rechtsanwälte zwischen demokratischer Verantwortung und politischer Resignation

Marion Wille

Münster: Lit (2004), 472 pp.

"Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit den Erfolgschancen oppositioneller Bewegungen in Ägypten während der Mubarak-Ära in den 90er Jahren. Am Beispiel der Berufsverbände der Journalisten und der Rechtsanwälte wird anhand ausgewählter Konfliktsituationen das gesellschaftskritische Potential dieser Pro ... more

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Das Mediensystem in Libyen: Akteure und Entwicklungen

Carola Richter

Hamburg: Deutsches Orient-Institut (2004), 142 pp.

"Erstmalig im deutschen Sprachraum liegt mit diesem Buch eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme aktueller und historischer Entwicklungen im Medienbereich des nordafrikanischen Staates vor. Mit einer vorsichtigen Öffnungspolitik hat Libyens Revolutionsführer Muammar al-Qadhafi das Land seit 2003 in den F ... more

Kuba: Globalisierung, Medien, Macht. Eine Indikatorenanalyse zur Klassifikation von Mediensystemen im Zeitalter der Globalen Netzwerkwirtschaft

Annette Massmann

Frankfurt am Main: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (2003), 588 pp.

"Am Beispiel der Neuen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (NIKT) zeigt die Autorin, wie der damit einhergehende ökonomische, rechtliche oder soziokulturelle Wandel zu Globalisierung führen, aber nicht notwendigerweise auch zur Liberalisierung des Mediensystems. Denn die Regierung gewähr ... more

Macht und Ohnmacht der "Vierten Gewalt": Die Rolle der Massenmedien im russischen Transitionsprozeß

Sabine Alexandra Gladkov

Münster: Lit (2002), 400 pp.

"Die russischen Medien haben sich in der Krise eingerichtet: Leere Kassen, mauernde Bürokraten und Gewalt gegen Journalisten prägen den Redaktionsalltag zwischen Petersburg und Wladiwostok. Fast vergessen ist die glorreiche Glasnost-Zeit, als die Presse unversehens vom passiven Chronisten zum mach ... more

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Press Self-Censorship and Political Transition in Hong Kong

Chin-Chuan Lee

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 3, issue 2 (1998), pp. 55-73

"Hong Kong's handover has induced self-censorship among the press in order to curry favor with and avoid coercive pressure from China. Based on a comprehensive survey, this article shows that many journalists perceive their colleagues as being afraid to criticize China but think of themselves as bei ... more

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Under the Gun: The Bolivian Press and Military Rule, 1964-1982

Jerry W. Knudson

International Communication Gazette, volume 58, issue 2 (1997), pp. 87-102

"Military intervention in civil government comes and goes in Latin America, fre quently crushing any opposition by the press. Bolivia has experienced more military coups d'état than any other Latin American or Caribbean country. This study of the relationships between the Bolivian press and militar ... more

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Die nordkoreanische Pressepolitik unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Dschutsche-Ideologie und der Massenführung

Chun-Seo Park

Münster: Lit (1996), 216 pp.

China's Media, Media's China

Chin-Chuan Lee (ed.)

Boulder, Col.: Westview Press (1994), ix, 340 pp.

"This book explores the rapidly evolving conditions of political communication in China. It examines how ideology and professional roles affect both scholarly and journalistic understanding of China. The book offers insights into Chinese journalism and Sino-American relations." (Publisher descriptio ... more

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Focus on Latin America

Mark R. Levy (ed.)

Journal of Communication, volume 44, issue 4 (1994), pp. 4-73

"[...] this issue of the Journal features a symposium of communication scholarship with Latin America as its focus. The symposium was suggested and skillfully brought to fruition by Elizabeth Fox, a Washington, D .C.-based communication policy researcher with broad contacts and experience in Latin A ... more

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The Media After Communism

Colin Sparks (ed.)

Media, Culture & Society, volume 16, issue 2 (1994), pp. 179-312

"[...] We consider here a wide range of post-communisms. At one extremestands the former German Democratic Republic: There, the politicalcollapse of communism immediately preceded the economic and socialdestruction of the old way of life. As Maryellen Boyle shows, theaspirations of the people who ov ... erthrew communism were swept aside bythe juggernaut of reunification. This anschluss - to borrow Habermas’shistorically loaded term -was immediately followed by the imposition ofWest German ideas and structures. Within broadcasting, this foundexpression in the setting up of a new system integrated into the existing West German framework. These structural changes were accompanied bythe appointment of Western managers, often from the ruling ChristianDemocratic Party, and an extensive purge of the existing staff. EasternGermany has been rather brutally and very finally integrated into the worldmarket at the expense of the people who ran the Stalinist state.A t the other extreme stands the Chinese experience. There the processof integration, and the destruction of central planning, are proceeding asrapidly in television as in any other part of society. The political system,however, remains controlled by the very same people who have been inpower for years. As Yu Huang shows, the massive development oftelevision in China has been largely the result of the introduction of localautonomy and a shift towards commercial financing. This has led to strainsand tensions between the central party apparatus and the broadcasters.The aftermath of Tiananmen Square was to increase political control butnot to interrupt the growth of the market. One might say that, so far atleast, the process of integration into the world market has been to thebenefit of the people who ran the old system.Between these two extremes lie the majority of countries of the formerSoviet empire in Europe and its local offshoots elsewhere. In differentcountries there have been varying degrees of political change and the scaleand extent of the introduction of market mechanisms and privatization hasbeen extremely uneven. We publish two articles which reflect on East andCentral Europe and which attempt to theorize those experiences. ColinSparks and Anna Reading look at the main currents of social theory whichhave tried t o explain the nature of the end of communism and itsaftermath. They apply propositions derived from these to the study oftelevision in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. KarolJakubowicz makes wider geographical generalizations, but concentrateshis attention mostly on Poland. Despite recognizing the continuingpolitical pressure on the media, he is finally optimistic as to the chances of‘depoliticizing’ television [...] (Editorial) more

Mass Communication in China

John Howkins

New York: Longman (1982), xvii, 160 pp.

"An inside look at the media since the fall of Mao Tse Tung, based largely on first-hand evidence the author collected on the spot. After an analysis of the role of communications in today's China, Howkins deals with the various media - broadcasting, film, publishing, telecommunications (''From Beac ... more

The Arab Press: News Media and Political Process in the Arab World

William A. Rugh

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press (1979), 205 pp.

"Unlike more recent books dealing with the press in the Middle East which focus upon the treatment of the Arab Israeli conflict, this one analyzes the news media as institutions, "to see what forms they have taken in the independent Arab states, how the self-governing Arab societies have chosen to c ... more

South Africa: The Press and the Politics of Liberation

Chenhamo C. Chimutengwende

London: Carleton House (1978), 197 pp.

"An analysis of the mass media in South Africa as instruments of oppression or liberation and their role in effecting change or perpetuating the status quo. Chimutengwende examines the operation of the press within the South African socio-economic and legislative system and in relation to the blacks ... more

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