"The Encyclopedia of Chinese Film, one of the first ever encyclopedias in this area, provides alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. Great care has been taken to provide solid cul
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tural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years." (Publisher description)
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"Although there are numerous publications on mass communication available, this one deals, in one volume, with all the basic elements and some of the major issues of mass communication pertaining to the new South Africa. This exceptional book gives the reader an extensive and comprehensive overview
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of the South African mass communication scene. It describes the development mass communication as it unfolded during the colonial and apartheid years. It then offers an analysis of the restructuring of mass media systems in the democratic decade of the 1990s and gives an assessment of expected trends in the millennium ahead." (Publisher description)
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"Ce guide répertorie quelque 1200 films et 800 réalisateurs dans leur contexte régional, culturel et sociopolitique et les "usines à reves" de Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Hayderabad, Bangalore, Trivandrum, de l'Orisaa ou de l'Assam himalayen. Une importante bibliographie et des index de réalisate
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urs et de films complètent ce premier ouvrage "pan-indien", destiné à etre traduit en Inde." (Le monde diplomatique 2/99)
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"Beschreibt und analysiert das chinesische Kino im späten Kaiserreich und in der Republik (1896-1949), die Filmproduktion der Volksrepublik China unter Mao Zedong (1942-1978), das chinesische Kino zur Zeit Deng Xiaopings (1978-1996), das Avantgardekino der 80er und 90er Jahre sowie das chinesische
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Kino in Taiwan und Hongkong. Der Anhang enthält eine Filmographie bedeutender und repräsentativer Spielfilme und ein Literaturverzeichnis." (commbox)
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"The purpose of producing a second edition of the World Communication Report was pragmatic: the aim was to provide a reference work for decision-makers, planners, researchers, students, media professionals and the general public. In view of the scope of the subjects covered and the rapid outdating o
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f certain features, this Report makes no attempt to be exhaustive, but brings out the convergence between information technology, information and communication and their applications in the various media (written press, news agencies, radio and television) and provides statistics on the changes observed in this field. It also attempts to highlight the major problems connected with the development of new information and communication technologies, such as the regulation of networks, media attitudes to violence and access of women to the media. The question that lies at the heart of this report may be summed up as follows: how are we to reinvent our patterns of thought and knowledge in the context of the technological multimedia revolution, which is proving both profound and irreversible?" (Preface)
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"Der erste Teil des Lexikon erklärt die Fachterminologie von Public Relations und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Im zweiten Teil beschreiben Planungshilfen die Vorbereitung und Durchführung von PR-Kampagnen, Werbemaßnahmen und Pressekonferenzen, systematisieren das Spendenmarketing, die Medienbelegung u
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nd die Produktion von Werbemitteln." (commbox)
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"Containing nearly 4,000 entries of defined terms, Glaister's encyclopedia remains the definitive source on the book as an object and on bookmaking as a trade. There are entries for people (bookseller Thomas Gosden); businesses (Pelican Press); places (Little Britain); slang terms (the French livres
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cochons for illustrated erotica), pieces of equipment (joiner's press); the parts of a book (foot); printing processes (ink grinding); book-related organizations (the Poetry Book Society); and even individual reference titles (Books in Print). Entries vary in length from a few to more than 3,000 words, with the average being about 80 words. There are four appendixes: a sample of different specimens of typeface, a listing of Latin place-names used in early imprints, British proof-correction symbols, and a bibliography of further readings for the true bibliophile. For this printing of Glaister's standard work, retired librarian Donald Farren has changed the alphabetizing to a letter-by-letter arrangement, from the previous word-by-word system. Also, about a third of the book has been rewritten-1,144 of this edition's entries are new." (American Reference Books Annual 1997 Nr. 554)
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