"Clearly as important providers of information, the media are more likely to promote better economic performance when they are more likely to satisfy three conditions: the media are independent, provide good-quality information, and have a broad re
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ach. That is, when they reduce the natural asymmetry of information, as Joseph Stiglitz puts it in chapter 2, between those who govern and those whom they are supposed to serve, and when they reduce information asymmetries between private agents. Such a media industry can increase the accountability of both businesses and government through monitoring and reputational penalties while also allowing consumers to make more informed decisions.
This book cites many examples that demonstrate the value of information provided by the media. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales (chapter 7) discuss how the media can pressure corporate managers and directors to behave in ways that are socially acceptable, thereby avoiding actions that will result in censure and consumer boycotts. They also report that in Malaysia, a recent survey of institutional investors and equity analysts asked which factors were most important to them in considering corporate governance and the decision to invest in publicly listed corporations. Those surveyed gave more importance to the frequency and nature of public and press comments about companies than to a host of other factors considered key in the academic debate. However, the dissemination of credible information in a timely manner depends critically on how the media business is managed and regulated. The chapters in this book document evidence on media performance and regulations in countries around the world and highlight what type of public policies and economic conditions might hinder the media in supporting economic development in poor countries." (Pages 1-2)
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"A collection of 16 papers that focus on what has been learned in two decades of developing and implementing large-scale national textbook programmes, and the World Bank’s role in assisting textbook development. Organized into four parts it cover
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s (1) The Design and Implementation of Textbook Programs: An Overview; (2) Policy Issues in Textbook Program Development; (3) Provision of Textbooks: Developed Systems and Infant Industries; and (4) The Future: Will New Electronic Media Make the Textbook Obsolete? Includes a case study on Lesotho." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 222)
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"A volume of essays on government and international agency policies regarding the provision of textbooks in developing countries, analysing problems and constraints, and examining the economic, social, and pedagogic questions involved in textbook w
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riting for both primary and secondary schools and for tertiary education. The second part of the book considers the content of textbooks and the influence of textbooks in classroom practice, with examples from texts to show how they relate to the life of the audiences for whom they are written, and the relationship between textbook content and state policies or ideology." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 209)
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"A symposium in which participants and individual speakers addressed ideological and empirical approaches to national development, international perceptions, global news flow, and education from a
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mass communication perspective. Presentations reflected a wide range of sometimes conflicting views on the issues. Speakers, representing a number of countries, included Joseph Ashcroft, Jeremy Tunstall, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Sylvanus Edwelie, Hanno Hardt, Reda M. Khalifa, Jasper Hsu, Chin-Chuan Lee, Georgina R. Encanto, and the editors. References, author index, and subject index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 17)
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"How effective is television as an educational medium and how useful are researches carried out to date in this field? — The answers to these two questions are to a large extent conditioned by the nature of the audience and of the variables, such
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as the orientation and the structure of a nation's general educational plan — In Britain, where educational radio has constantly been progressing, the need for such studies grows all the greater — Thus Dr. Trenaman's survey is of considerable importance, although it deals only with adults — The experiments carried out by the author determine the factors in televiewers which determine whether a programme is effective: understanding, knowledge, interests and attitude, as well as the factors in the programme itself (in this case TV programmes) which contribute to a positive message." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2322, topic code 010)
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"La radio scolaire à Ceylan — des émissions expérimentales ont eu lieu en 1936 et des émissions régulières depuis 1951 — la radio est popularisée comme moyen pédagogique — les émissions concernant principalement la langue anglaise â€
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” perspectives favorables." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1146, topic code 210.321.13)
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