"Against a background of the historical, religious, geographical, climatic, political, economic and linguistic factors that make radio and television unique as they affect its development, Boyd discusses broadcasting in the Arab League countries - Egypt, the Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, North Yeme
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n, South Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia (omitting Somalia and Mauritania). Egypt and Saudi Arabia are covered in more detail than the other countries. The bulk of the book is taken up with these individual descriptions; an introduction discusses Arab broadcasting in general - its developments, trends and constraints - and concluding sections are concerned with international radio broadcasting in Arabic and with problems within Arab broadcasting. There is a bibliography of printed sources of various kinds and a listing of the author's personal communications. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 522)
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"The most striking impression is the fact that little research exists. Our review touched studies and discussions of many kinds, all with some relation to the central question, "What are the effects of cross-cultural broadcasting?" Much of what we found is based on fear or undue optimism. The lack o
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f studies firmly rooted in data: this is the overriding fact about this inquiry. While the image of cross-cultural broadcasting may be one of the ''cultural'' interchange, the reality is that of the marketplace. Commercial values are the rule; non-commercial broadcasting is not a major competitor to commercial programming. Programmes intended for any type of social improvement are rare. If they exist at all, they can be found on radio much more than on television or in films. General entertainment programming has a definite social value, but most observers would hope for programming more explicitly geared to the social needs of their diverse audiences. Furthermore, imported entertainment programmes produced for foreign audiences penetrate the host culture in ways that are not understood. Lack of understanding generates uneasiness and fear." (Implications of this report, 40)
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"A massive work encompassing close to 100,000 entries from 1920 through the 1960s, geographically and chronologically organized, and covering about 150 countries and territories, excluding Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., but including 13 pages on China. Preceding and following this geographical
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listing are sections on bibliographies and general references; on general works; and on international ones. In addition to books and periodicals, there are articles from the New York Times. Lichty says he has not been selective nor has he verified items, but has depended upon other bibliographies, indexes, and listings." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1668)
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"Country-by-country examination of the broadcasting systems of 29 countries and one continent, giving origin, development, regulation, programming patterns, quantitative dimensions. While some of the material has dated, much still holds. Countries include the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom
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, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the U.S.S.R., Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey, India, China, Japan, Australia, and the continent of Africa (lan overview)." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 598)
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"A study to determine the extent to which radio broadcasting is available throughout the world as a means of communicating information and to examine ways of overcoming political, economic, and technological obstacles that impede its availability. It describes broadcasting systems in the various cou
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ntries, broadcasting between countries, use of the radio spectrum, the sharing of frequencies, the quest for better techniques, and the impact of television on radio broadcasting." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 564)
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« Étude visant à déterminer dans quelle mesure la radiodiffusion est disponible dans le monde en tant que moyen de communication de l'information et à examiner les moyens de surmonter les obstacles politiques, économiques et technologiques qui entravent sa disponibilité. Elle décrit les syst
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èmes de radiodiffusion dans les différents pays, la radiodiffusion entre pays, l'utilisation du spectre radioélectrique, le partage des fréquences, la recherche de meilleures techniques et l'impact de la télévision sur la radiodiffusion ». (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 564)
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