"Through the use of meta-research techniques, this study examines how researchers in 224 studies examined the role of the media (television, radio, newspapers and magazines) in developing countries as agents of behavioral, attitude and knowledge changes of audience members from 1958, which marks the
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date of publication of Daniel Lerner's important work, The Passing of Traditional Society, to 1986. To make the meta-research more manageable, the focus was on English-language, U.S., Canadian or European based research, since it is the most widely available and comprehensive in volume. Because this study attempted to identify and collect all relevant studies, the meta-research approximates a population of studies, rather than a sample." (Page 129)
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"An annotated bibliography and filmography of 170 items related to blacks in films. The bibliography includes books and journal articles, published in Brazil and elsewhere, while the filmography lists only Brazilian films. Indexes of subjects, directors and films." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference
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Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
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"Scholarly articles and books on violence and terror in the mass media comprise the bulk of this bibliography. The 784 entries are numbered, divided into sections on mass media content, mass media effects, pornography, and terrorism, then arranged alphabetically by author. Content and effects chapte
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rs are by far the largest, spanning 673 entries and 184 pages. Annotations are descriptive. The introduction lists several other useful bibliographic studies of terrorism and violence, including Richard L. Moreland and Michael L. Berbaum's "Terrorism and the Mass Media: A Researcher's Bibliographyˆ in Abraham H. Miller's (ed. ) Terrorism: The Media and the Law (Transnational, 1982) and Violence and the Media: A Bibliography (Toronto: The Royal Commission, 1977). This publication started as a UNESCO project in 1984 and includes, according to the compilers, most relevant publications through early 1987. Most works included were published in the United States, although "an effort was made to obtain and include studies from all countries where relevant research has been conducted. Communications research in general and media violence studies in particular have had the widest reach in the United States." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 108)
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"This review of the literature on educational radio covers reports on research from many areas of the world. Prepared as an internal report for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and Educational Radio and Television (ERTV), it was intended to provide a basis for both fruitful discussi
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ons and more specific and practical local research. The topics reviewed are organized under seven major headings: (1) The Functions of Broadcasts (the potential of radio); (2) Ideas That We Can Implement (understanding radio, health education programs, pre-school children, learning to listen, and disabled children); (3) Educational Radio Formats (open broadcast, open broadcasts with print, radio campaigns, radio school, radio forum farms, the radio animation groups, radio-vision, and interactive radio); (4) Educational Radio Style (in holding children's attention, program presentation, learning materials, "interactive" radio, and humor); (5) Educational Radio Management (cost control, systematic instructional development, distributed learning, research design, formative evaluation, summative evaluation, research in ERTV and SABC, organization and utilization in SABC); (6) Educational Radio Target Audience (teenagers and young adults, children, the teacher's role in infant and primary schools, role of parents, the teacher/radio partnership, Radio Teacher Training Programme, and radio audience); and (7) Radio Classroom. Brief descriptions of several educational radio programs that were presented in a series from January to April 1974 are appended." (ERIC ED304096)
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"Bibliography of 408 briefly annotated articles published in the journal 'Intercom'." (commbox)
"An annotated bibliography which deal with Brazilian cinema. Limited to only Brazilian imprints about Brazilian cinema but scope includes titles in which film may only be treated slightly. It is arranged in chronological order, 1911-1986, and indexed by author, title, and subject." (Ann Hartness, Br
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azil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
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