"This book aims at a dual objective: first, to analyze the formation of the Brazilian commercial television system and the emergence of a genre, the novela; and second, to establish theoretical guidelines so as to understand better the stakes of critical reflection on the upheavals occurring in tele
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vision today [...] In ten years, Brazil has succeeded in creating a national audiovisual program industry that has shown itself capable of exporting on a grand scale. The internationalization of Brazilian programs goes hand-in-hand with the attraction of a cheap, efficient mode of production. Confronted with the dual need to increase their production and lower their costs, European television channels have recently developed an interest in the novela; it copies neither the European serial nor the U.S. series, yet fits into the dynamics of serialization. This book invites the reader to consider the history of genres, the ideological and aesthetic forms that have crystallized the collective imagination and in which popular memory and national memory are always in tension." (Preface, page x-xi)
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"O próprio autor foi um dos primeiros locutores de rádio brasileiros e foi ativo no rádio por um longo perÃodo de tempo. No estilo narrativo vÃvido de um participante, ele descreve a história da rádio brasileira. São apresentados o surgimento da comunicação telefônica, o desenvolvimento d
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a rádio no Rio e em São Paulo 1920-1940, o desenvolvimento da legislação de radiodifusão, associações e ética jornalÃstica, o surgimento da televisão e as instituições estatais preocupadas com a mÃdia." (commbox)
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"Die Kommunikationssysteme Indonesiens sind historisch-deskriptiv von den Ursprüngen über die Freiheitsbewegungen bis heute nebst Nachrichtenagenturen und Pressegesetzgebung behandelt. Die Medienstrukturen Presse, Hörfunk, Film und Fernsehen werden auf ihre publizistischen, politischen, kulturell
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en, soziologischen und rechtlichen Merkmale untersucht, analysiert, beurteilt, praxisorientierte Thesen aufgestellt und traditionelle Kommunikation, Comics, Video und Satellitenkommunikation skizziert. Dadurch wird versucht, einen Beitrag zur vergleichenden Kommunikationsforschung und der Verwirklichung der Neuen Internationalen (Kommunikations-) Ordnung zu leisten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Presents the evolution of Brazilian television since its beginnings in 1950, respectively the communication policy since 1964 and the influence of several socioeconomic factors." (commbox)
"This reference book (the use of the word yearbook is a misnomer) is the first publication of its kind in Taiwan and has as its aim to provide "a systematic presentation of all the pertinent data about the development and growth of the television enterprise in the country." Contents include a brief
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history; a 140-page analysis of programming broken down by categories such as news, dramas, etc.; engineering and industry; training of personnel; administration and pertinent regulations; international cooperation activities; advertising; a chronology of events; and appendixes containing (1) Broadcasting and Television Law of the Republic of China; (2) Moral Code for the Television Enterprise in the Republic of China; (3) List of Television Organizations and Advertising Agencies in the Republic of China; (4) TV Books and Publications in the Republic of China (in the Chinese language). The book contains numerous illustrations and a great deal of data in the form of tables, graphs, and maps." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 811)
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