"The objective of the two week long 1972 Dag Hammarskjold Seminar was to break away from traditional and theoretical concepts of information work in order to gain a practical insight into communication, especially as it applies to social and economic development. Fifty participants and lecturers fro
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m developed and developing countries in Europe and Africa focused on applied communications, management, sensitivity training, the function of work models, and group dynamics in a series of reports, lectures, discussions, and experiments. Following reports of communication programs in each represented country were talks on specific issues, including transition and social change in rural and industrialized societies, the function of communication in the change process, the crucial management problem of internal communications, radio communications, and models as applicable tools. The description of several advertising campaigns illustrated the importance of creativity in communication. Participants scrutinized total communications campaigns in the fields of nutrition, family planning, and traffic. The seminar concluded with a participant evaluation of the program. Some articles in the report are adaptations of the seminar lectures." (http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84222263)
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"[...] the (two) types of (existing) university presses, the medieval (i.e., Cambridge and Oxford models) and the modern (i.e., the American university press model) are being supplemented in certain countries by a third type, a new concept of university press," says Minowa. These proceedings - in tw
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o parts, "The Asian Experience" and "The International Experience" - discuss problems particular to 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the possibilities of international cooperation. Not all countries are "developing" - for example, India, Australia, and Japan - although the rest qualify. Of particular interest is an appendix, "Report on the Formation of the Asian University Presses and Scholarly Publishers Group." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1102)
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"Report of a seminar which explored the manner in which African news is presented by the European press. In two parts: "The Mass Media in Africa" and "Reporting Africa by the International Mass Media." In the first part, emphasis is on the English-speaking African nations - Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria
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- although there are chapters on the African mass media as institutions of African political systems, and on the freedoms and functions of mass communications in Africa. The second part deals with the way selected European nations present African news, with a chapter each on the British, French, and North American mass media, a single chapter on the Soviet and Czechoslovak presses, and four chapters on Scandinavian broadcasting systems, including Finnish. Part II also contains sections on the problem of cultural translation in the reporting of African social realities, and other problems confronting correspondents specializing in Africa." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 419)
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