"A manual intended for the Indian journalist or layman needing quick information on a variety of aspects, but also useful to non-Indians as a guide to the state of the art in India. Along with information about techniques which are similar everywhere Metha also covers those specific to India for mas
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s communication, print media, broadcasting, audio-visual media, news agencies, advertising, newspaper organization, press and public relations, professional organizations, press council, freedom and law of the press, research, and education. There is also a chronology of development of mass communication in India. Appendixes include a bibliography, commercial broadcasting code, excerpts from Code of Ethics for Advertising, rules for accreditation of news media representatives, procedure for starting newspapers and periodicals, universities/colleges and institutions conducting courses in journalism, and a selected list of Indian periodicals on mass communication." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 295)
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"Unlike more recent books dealing with the press in the Middle East which focus upon the treatment of the Arab Israeli conflict, this one analyzes the news media as institutions, "to see what forms they have taken in the independent Arab states, how the self-governing Arab societies have chosen to c
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ontrol them, and how they relate to the political processes in the Arab world." The author, counselor for public affaire at the U.S. Embassy, Cairo and an expert on the region, looks in particular at the relationship between the mass media and the government with an eye to the extent of freedom that exists. Countries dealt with are the 18 nation states where Arabic is the official language of the people and the media. Much of the material is based on interviews and Arabic-languages sources. Notes and index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 374)
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"Communication is defined broadly to include relevant material from such areas as agriculture, anthropology, community development, economics, education, law, political science, population, public administration, sociology, social psychology, and urban studies. Types of material covered are books, p
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amphlets, conference reports, seminar papers, theses and dissertations, research studies, surveys, government annual reports, commission reports, and periodical materials. Some of these are unpublished." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1635)
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"Asian and Pacific national broadcasting personnel and international communication scholars, trainers, and practitioners contributed to this anthology, which covers the instructional and functional foundations of broadcasting in 44 countries, territories, and dependencies, ranging from Afghanistan o
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n the periphery of West Asia to the South Pacific islands. All chapters are original except the introductory one, which is reprinted from the 1974 Asian Press and Media Directory, and many are by nationals from the countries described. For the most part topics covered are oriented to historical development, control, ownership and pressures, programming and performance, facilities, financing and advertising, external services, audiences, training, and research. There is a long section on cross-system functions which includes specialized program services and international, regional, and national assistance and cooperation." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 690)
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"The emphasis of our study is on process, on the dynamics of accommodating the phenomenon of broadcasting and its institutional forms to the surroundings of a developing country for which it was not in the first instance designed," say the authors. They are also interested in side effects, some of w
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hich were not anticipated. Basing their work on an extensive review of statistical and documentary data concerning broadcasting in 91 developing countries and on case studies of 11 of these, they assess the status quo in terms of structure, control, and social and cultural patterns. The 11 countries include Algeria, Brazil, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Singapore, Tanzania, and Thailand. Contains a number of tables of data throughout and an appendix of supplementary tables. Two other appendixes give methodology and levels of development of the 91 selectcd countries. There are numerous footnotes and an index. Winner of the 1977 National Association of Education Broadcasters Award." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 672)
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"Communication is defined broadly to include relevant material from such areas as agriculture, anthropology, community development, economics, education, law, political science, population, public administration, sociology, social psychology, and urban studies. Types of material covered are books, p
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amphlets, conference reports, seminar papers, theses and dissertations, research studies, surveys, government annual reports, commission reports, and periodical materials. Some of these are unpublished." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1635)
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"Lent calls Asian Mass Communications "the first attempt to make available in one place as much as possible of what has been written on all aspects of mass communications, both in Asian institutions and abroad." It is divided by region into four sections - Asia (general), East Asia, Southeast Asia,
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and South Asia - and subdivided by country, with research institutions, type of research conducted, and bibliographies and periodicals published about or in the respective nations. Entries, of which there are thousands, are unannotated. Contains a number of references which would be difficult to find elsewhere." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1667)
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"Head's knowledge of the structure of television worldwide is monumental, as is his ability to organize it into books. In Broadcasting in Africa 35 authors, including Head himself, have contributed essays which give a comprehensive picture of African broadcasting country by country, and the role whi
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ch non-Africans play in shaping it. Information given for each African nation includes population, receivers per thousand, radio transmitter sites, area per site. Otherwise information varies a bit, with longer discussions for larger countries. The authors discuss the system against the background of such factors as geography, politics, and language, and include broadcasting history and, when available, audience data. The second half of the book is concemed with the ways in which other nations are influencing African broadcasting. Here are discussions of international broadcasting agencies and programs, religious broadcasting, foreign aid, training, research, educational uses to which broadcasting is put, and the commerce of broadcasting. Head concludes with an agenda for further study. Appendixes give technical problems of spectrum utilization, the uses of broadcasting in African political crises, historical and demographic data, a summary of system facilities, and languages used in broadcasting. There is a lengthy bibliography and a comprehensive index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 650)
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"Una amplia vista panorámica de la situación actual de los medios de comunicación católicos en el momento de la publicación. También incluye biografías de periodistas y otras personas que trabajan en los medios de comunicación." (commbox)