"Report of a seminar which explored the manner in which African news is presented by the European press. In two parts: "The Mass Media in Africa" and "Reporting Africa by the International Mass Media." In the first part, emphasis is on the English-
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speaking African nations - Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria - although there are chapters on the African mass media as institutions of African political systems, and on the freedoms and functions of mass communications in Africa. The second part deals with the way selected European nations present African news, with a chapter each on the British, French, and North American mass media, a single chapter on the Soviet and Czechoslovak presses, and four chapters on Scandinavian broadcasting systems, including Finnish. Part II also contains sections on the problem of cultural translation in the reporting of African social realities, and other problems confronting correspondents specializing in Africa." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 419)
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"Gives information on the uses of radio and TV in connection with literacy work in 40 countries in various parts of the world." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 706)
"In this booklet, we describe in some detail the successful Liberian experiment, and suggest ways in which other countries may organize a similar project through their Information Ministry or other development agency. The third part of the booklet,
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is a simple "how-to-do-it guide for the editor/publisher of a mimeo newspaper It is, in fact, an elementary manual for the journalist who has had no professional experience, and is in a form suitable for reprinting and wide distribution to the staffs of the rural papers. The mimeo newspaper is, admittedly, a rudimentary form of publishing, technically limited by the capacity of the equipment used. It is none the less significant for all that, and in passing, it should be noted that with skill and care, a professional looking paper can be produced. The important thing, however, is that this method of production enables a means of expression and establishes a small business enterprise, years before it would be economically possible with conventional printing plant. On the basis of the Liberian experience, it is estimated that a paper could be established with an initial outlay of as little as $100, and that it could provide a living for its owner/editor from the outset. This is a beginning from which a publisher and a community might aspire to progress until the time when a printed broadsheet can be produced by a professional staff on a modern printing plant." (Preface)
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"A historically important document, this was one of the earliest studies on publishing and book development in Africa. It consists of a report of a
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meeting of experts on book development in Africa, convened by UNESCO and held in Accra in February 1968. Delegates to the conference examined in detail the problems facing book development in Africa, looking at the role of books in economic and social development, suggesting measures to promote book production in the general and educational publishing sectors, as well as considering aspects such as the distribution, promotion, and the international flow of books." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3rd. ed. 2008, nr. 321)
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"The full impact of satellite communication will be realized only when it becomes feasible to spacecast directly into homes, facilitating inexpensive long-distance calls and enabling conferences to be held via telephone and closed-circuit television. Business travel will diminish. Space communicatio
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n, by increasing the flow of information and its speed of availability and by bypassing the editorial process, can produce a less informed, rather than a better informed, public opinion, and may create tension due to hasty decisions. There will be technical problems of frequency allocation, compatibility of standards, and control of programs and legal problems of copyright and protection against commercial exploitation. Major artistic and political events will be viewed world-wide, simultaneously, reducing parochialism and xenophobia. Communication satellites will aid education, especially in developing countries and facilitate interlibrary exchange of information. They should also create a mutual flow of information between the developed and the developing nations. Information from the latter should cover normal developments in the news, not just crisis situations. An appendix lists participants. This document is based upon papers submitted to the UNESCO meeting of experts on the use of space communication by the mass media (Paris, December 6-10, 1965)." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"The communication media in the Ivory Coast (a former French colony) are dominated by the President in an authoritarian tradition — There is only one daily and the radio is still the main source
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of information for the majority of the people." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 976, topic code 110.1, 110.32)
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"The author reports on the work accomplished in the Dakar pilot-project for the production, use and evaluation of the equipment required to broadcast educational programmes for adults on television. More specifically the report presents a sociologi
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cal and psychological evaluation of the effects of a series of television broadcasts on health and nutrition on an audience of illiterate women." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 852, topic code 410.330)
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"Contribution of radio and television to education and development in Asia: the situation in Asia, radio and television, the educational needs - The application of radio and television to education and development, the responsibility of the public authorities, regional cooperation - Directives regar
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ding education - Radio and television in Asia - Enquiry into its use for education and development - Educational radio and television: main requirements and future prospects, following a report on the present situation - Final report of the conference: Conclusions and recommendations, a new approach - Radio and television services and national development and education, structure of the radio and television organisations, the public, the staff, international cooperation." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1854, topic code 210.330)
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"Account of the report of the meeting held in Bangkok (16th- 23rd May 1961) on the development of the communication media in Asia. The reporter is Chief of Educational Use of Mass Media, UNESCO. The complete report of the meeting has been published in English,
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French and Spanish, and may be obtained upon request from the Department of Mass Communication, Unesco, Paris." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 393, topic code 20, 40)
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"Although intended as a sequel to Barker's Books for All (1956), The Book Revolution, by a well-known French sociologist, makes no effort to upd
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ate statistics but rather focuses on broad trends in general and the fate of the literary book in the mass market in particular. The result is a series of provocative essays about the way in which belles lettres fare in various countries." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1042)
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"Africa Prospect, in the opening chapter, summarizes the progress made and indicates the problems encountered and those that remain unsolved. Primary school enrolment has overshot the Addis Ababa targets. So, in many a country, has the proportion o
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f the national budget available for financing education. Numbers of students in secondary schools and higher educational institutions have increased. But school attendance in primary schools is still low compared with enrolment, and there is the continuing fearful waste of intellectual energy in millions of illiterates. Nevertheless, the balance is on the credit side; and this needs to be widely known, not least in Africa itself. In the following chapters the author gives accounts of projects and programmes in different fields of education being carried out in nine countries which he visited in 1965. These pictures of action are illustrative of what is happening throughout Africa. The booklet, as a whole, can be seen as a sequel to the author’s previous booklet, Africa Calls, which was written following a visit to Africa at the time of the Addis Ababa Conference, to give a wide public a general idea of the problems of educational development in Africa, of how the countries of Africa proposed to face them, and of the ways in which the international community under the leadership of Unesco could help the African countries." (Preface)
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"The author, who is head of the education section of the "Fundaçao Jao Baptista do Amoual", talks about the activities of Brazilian television in the field of education — He dsecribes the Brazilian experiment which started in 1962, informs us about the content of the various education programmes,
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gives technical details and concludes by stressing the not inconsiderable contribution of television to the campaign against illiteracy, a crucial problem, especially in Brazil. French version in: Télévision et Education Populaire, n° 16, janvier 1965, pp. 19-24." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 609, topic code 410.331.0)
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"Vue d'ensemble sur les débuts et le développement de la presse jusqu'à l'indépendance — L’auteur examine spécialement les problèmes de la presse en matière de langue (publiée en français elle ne touche qu'un petit nombre de gens form
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s) — Comparaison avec la situation en Belgique." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1504, topic code 110.44)
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"Summary of the opening and concluding statements of the International conference on cinema and television education held at Leangkollen (based on the papers given by A. P. Higgins B. A. Evelina T
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arroni, Siegfried Mohrhof, Elsa Brita Marcussen." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1036, topic code 350)
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"Following an original experiment — Use of special equipment in the teaching of geography — The author has noted the difficult experience by people in Makerere in using audio-visual material correctly — He suggests that research should be carried out into the best ways of overcoming this probl
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em." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 857, topic code 511.4)
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"Libellous publications in Egypt — Penal suppression — Comparison with American, British and French law — Responsibility is dealt with more severely in Egypt — The author and publisher are both separately and conjointly held responsible." (
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Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 204, topic code 110.31)
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"There is statistical evidence to show that the expansion of a nation's economy is paralleled by the expansion of its media. Almost 70 per cent of the world's population, spread over 100 countries, does not have basic mass information facilities. T
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hese areas are always underdeveloped and lack facilities for formal education. It is a principle of the United Nations that freedom of information is a basic human right, and that is the reason for this report. It describes past efforts, both by special agencies and by United Nations organs, to develop information media, and sketches the problems of developing information media in society, focusing on the problems as they exist in South East Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and other areas. It offers recommendations, first in general terms, and then according to media: news agencies, press, radio, film, and television. The report concludes with a discussion about financing a development program. References are provided." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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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 te
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chnological obstacles that impede its availability. It describes broadcasting systems in the various countries, 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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"Gives training programs for journalists in 21 countries and contains discussions of UNESCO's role in journalism education and a series of eight articles by authorities on various aspects of journalism training, including
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a comparative analysis of curricula trends. Useful both historically and for comparison with present day trends." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 429)
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"There has been a stocktaking of the situation — It has been felt that the use of the audio-visual media in education would be of positive value — In Uganda and Tanganyika there is much interest in the use of such material in education — Some
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secondary schools have their own equipment for showing films but nevertheless there are many difficulties which at present prevent the use of other audio-visual aids, difficulties of various kinds, financial, technical and practical — The audiovisual media would be of use to both teacher and pupil." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 858, topic code 520)
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