"Our aim in this book is to uncover the myths and try to give equal status to alternative interpretations - of history, of current policies and of an alternative practice of radio which we refer to as 'community radio' in a shorthand that has become widely used and abused, but which we elaborate and
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analyse later. We look at both sides of the Atlantic and at the position of radio in Third World countries in many of which the original, Western systems of broadcasting have been found wanting and in some of which alternatives have been developed. The book begins with a discussion of myth and history, and a brief sketch of the three models or types that both define themselves by difference from each other and are engaged in actual struggle: the free market model, the public service model and community radio." (Introduction, page xiii)
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"Luthra brings to his history of broadcasting in India more than 50 years of personal involvement, along with documents from the National Archives and correspondence and notes in files at the Directorate General of All India Radio. Emphasis is on the early years because, he says, "very little is now
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remembered of that period," and it is important that those who lived through it recapture it for history. This is a straight chronological account of events and the people who took part in them, with no effort to place the growth of Indian broadcasting in a social or cultural context, but which nevertheless serves as a useful starting place for research. An earlier book along the same lines is by Broadcasting in India (Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1965. 268 pages) by G. C. Awasthy, a former AIR employee." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 697)
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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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"The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's service which is reserved for Papua and New Guinea — Development of the services — Programmes — Administration — The staff — The role of the radio service, to inform and entertain — Language problems." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh:
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The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1352, topic code 210.1)
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"Le Ministère de l'Information et du Tourisme malien est l'autorité politique qui supervise toutes les activités du gouvernement dans le domaine de l'information — Les services techniques de ce département sont le Bureau de Documentation, le Bureau de Presse et la Radiodiffusion — La radio a
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connu un développement rapide, tandis que le service de presse n'édite qu'un seul quotidien et un seul hebdomadaire au tirage global de 8.000 exemplaires — L'Agence de Presse malienne a vu le jour en 1961 — Elle se propose d'établir une liaison telex avec les différents chefs-lieux du pays — L'Office National malien de Cinématographie dispose d'équipes itinérantes de projection — La SOCORAM, Société de Construction Radio-Electrique du Mali, monte sur place des postes récepteurs de radio. Traduction anglaise à la page 98." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 643, topic code 110.1, 210.1)
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"Présentation de la nouvelle station d'émission radiophonique du Cameroun et évaluation de cette initiative dans l'ensemble du réseau." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1849, topic code 233)
"Historique de la station, suivi de la description de ses installations, de ses programmes, de son organisation administrative et de ses projets." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1378, topic code 210.1)
"Panorama de l'histoire de la radio mauritanienne et de ses réalisations les plus marquantes." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1391, topic code 210.1)