"This special issue of the IAMCR Occasional Papers coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Mass Media Declaration of UNESCO. It is composed of extracts from a series of individual papers reflecting the research and judgment of a select group of authors whose common denominator is that they are al
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l members of the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR)." (Introduction)
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"Scholars from various countries of the socialist and capitalist - the developing and developed - world, and representing many of the disparate areas that make up the interdisciplinary field of communication, have contributed articles centering around Schiller's dominant theme - the use and misuse o
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f power. In six parts: "The Formative Functions of Information Technology," "Information, International Relations, and Warfare," "Modes of Cultural Domination and Resistance," "The New Information Order: Struggles and Reconsiderations," "Reconstructing Information Patterns and Practices," and "Meeting the Future: Research and Action." Among the 27 contributors are Cees Hamelink, Tapio Varis, Dallas Smythe, Vincent Mosco, Stuart Ewen, Enrique González Manet, Yassen Zassoursky, William Melody, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Breda Pavlic, George Gerbner and James Halloran. Countries represented by the contributors are Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, India, the United States, the U.S.S.R., Cuba, England, Holland, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Kenya." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 30)
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"In calm and reasoned prose that digs beneath the surface, Gibbons explores the relationship between the rich and poor countries - the have's and have not's - which has resulted from an enormous gap in information technology. His aim is to create a better understanding between the old order and the
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new on a domestic and international level and in terms of economics and ideology. Throughout the discussions he describes the various conferences on the subject, as well as the development of UNESCO's interest. Each chapter lists sources. One of the appendixes gives the text of "The Declaration of Fundamental Principles Concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and the Incitement of War," adopted in 1978 by the UNESCO General Conference." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 145)
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"Brings together 54 articles on research and policy on communications in the "three worlds" by scholars and policy makers from the U.S., Western Europe, the socialist countries including the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the developing world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America - 25 countri
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es all told. The editors' goal was "not to orchestrate the voices but to select papers that are well-argued and representative of the diversity of opinion on various issues." Thus there are case studies as well as policy statements and critiques. In five parts: "Global Perspectives on Information," "Transnational Communications: The Flow of News and Images," "Telecommunications," "Mass Communications: Development within National Contexts," and "Intergovemmental Systems. " Appendixes include a bibliography, international and intergovernmental events and documents on the subject, acronyms and other terms used, and global satellite systems." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 143)
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"In 1978 UNESCO drew up the Declaration on Fundamental Principles Concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War. Here Nordenstreng analyzes the Declar
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ation. His analysis is divided into three parts. The first focuses on the diplomatic process of formulation in the context of a "new international information order." The second reviews the international law applicable to the field of journalism and mass communication. The third covers the social ethics and philosophical foundation of mass communication. There are 27 appendixes. The first gives the text of the Declaration; Appendix 2 through 27 give the text of previous statements, reports, draft declarations, letters, etc. that led up to it." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 322)
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"Der Autor legt einige Aspekte internationaler Medienpolitik und schweizerischer Aussenpolitik dar. Hernach schildert er drei internationale Foren - KSZE, Unesco, Funkverwaltungskonferenzen - und den Kurs schweizerischer Delegationen in diesen Foren. Er möchte die Vermutung erhärten, dass die Schw
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eiz an der KSZE offensiv und kreativ, in der Unesco reaktiv und defensiv, in Rundfunkkontroversen schwankend vorging. Diese Unterschiede erklärt er mit meist institutionellen und verbandspolitischen Gründen, vor allem aber mit dem Fehlen einer zielkonformen und kohärenten Kommunikationsaussenpolitik." (Introduction)
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"Communications between the Church and UNESCO first developed from a Paris Coordinating Office which began in 1947 with Mgr. Roncalli, later Pope John XXIII. When, in 1952, a Permanent Observer of the Holy See with diplomatic statuswas appointed (the first observer also being Mgr. Roncalli), the Coo
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rdinating Office was retained as an Information Centre with an ecclesiastical advisor in the service ofthe International Catholic Organisations. Communication between the Church and UNESCOtakes different routes. - There is the presence ofthe observer from the Holy See; there are delegations and experts; personal contacts and contacts through Embassies, as far as the Vatican is concemed. In addition to the official relations of International Catholic Organisations with consultative status there are also contacts with the Catholic Coordinating Office through their publications, through participation of Catholics in National UNESCO Commissions, membership in UNESCO Clubs, etc. There ist also a considerable range ofjoint interest between the Church and this World Organisation, especially where these interests and concerns differ and where, on account of the spiritual dimension of the Church, some tension may be experienced. It is regretted that there is a Iack of interest and appreciation for the work of UNESCO by Catholics, who, according to Vatican II, should be more committed to activities in the secular world." (Summary)
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"One of the significant approaches to the problem of reducing international tensions and thus liberating forces for economic and social development has been the phenomenal increase in recent years in international exchanges. These have been defined in the Unesco Handbook of International Exchanges a
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s "the movement of persons, materials and information across frontiers in such a way as to communicate ideas and knowledge by word or image". The notion of exchange, it goes on, 'împlies some degree of reciprocity, in the sense that there are two or more partners in the process and that they have a more or less mutual effect on each other, but it does not necessarily imply an exact head-to-head accounting of persons sent and received". The magnitude of exchange activity is also indicated in this publication which provides information on the activities of 295 international organizations and over 4, 750 governmental and non-governmental agencies and institutions. It also lists no fewer than 4, 600 bilateral and multilateral agreements. While these agreements are primarily the concern of the nations themselves, Unesco and other international organizations can make an important contribution to the developing strategy for surmounting the obstacles to international understanding and co-operation. The present publication attempts to describe both the needs and the difficulties in the development of cultural co-operation as well as Unesco's efforts in this field." (Introduction)
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