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Communications in the Rural Third World: The Role of Information in Development

Emile G. McAnany (ed.)

New York: Praeger (1980), 222 pp.

"Several decades ago communication research about the Third World centered largely around the diffusion-of-innovation theory which measured elements of social structure but drew no policy implications from its findings. This anthology brings together research with a new perspective involving the rur ... more

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Mass Media Codes of Ethics and Councils: A Comparative International Study of Professional Standards

J. Clement Jones

Paris: UNESCO (1980), 80 pp.

"With information from governments, media councils, journalists and broadcasts, Jones has compiled a succinct study of codes generally and of a few specifically. His aim is "to bring together some of the background information and to advance some of the arguments needed to help media people and othe ... more

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Many Voices, One World: Towards a New More Just and More Efficient World Information and Comunication Order

Sean MacBride (ed.)

Paris; New York; London: UNESCO;Unipub;Kogan Page (1980), 312 pp.

"A UNESCO report headed by Sean MacBride of Ireland in which representatives from Canada, Chile, Columbia, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Tunisia, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia and Zaire were mandated "to study the totality of Communication problems in modern ... more

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Mass Media: The Image, Role, and Social Conditions of Women. A Collection and Analysis of Research Materials

Mieke Ceulemans, Guido Fauconnier

Paris: UNESCO (1979), 78 pp.

"Covers a wide range of books and articles, broken down by media - advertising, broadcasting (radio, television, film), and print (Newspapers and magazines); and within the various media by geographic location - North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Contains a list of the research studies analyzed ... more

National Sovereignty and International Communication

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Herbert I. Schiller (eds.)

Norwood, New Jers.: Ablex (1979), 286 pp.

"Sixteen experts representing Latin America, the Third World, Europe, Israel, Canada, and the U.S. examine from their various viewpoints the new problems that have arisen in international communications. Their articles challenge conventional thinking on concepts such as free flow of information, cul ... more

American Communication in a Global Society

Glen Fisher

Norwood, New Jers.: Ablex (1979), ix, 165 pp.

"Fisher, who has been involved in a number of American governmental communication agencies in connection with Third World countries, including the International Communication Agency, the U.S.I.A., and as a Foreign Service Officer, has drawn upon both his professional experience and the academic disc ... more

Making the News

Peter Golding, Philip Elliot

London: Longman (1979), 241 pp.

"An investigation of the production and content of broadcast news in Nigeria, Sweden and Ireland to shed light on two questions: What picture of the world is provided by broadcast news, and how is this picture related to the routine demands of news production in broadcasting organizations? Answers, ... more

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Communication and Class Struggle

Armand Mattelart, Seth Siegelaud (eds.)

New York: International General (1979), 2 vols.

"Vol.1: Capitalism, Imperialism (1979); Vol.2: Liberation, Socialism. 'Communication and Class Struggle' is an anthology containing more than 120 articles originating in over 50 countries since the mid-nineteenth century which were selected by the editors to explain three interrelated questions abou ... more

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The Press of Africa: Persecution and Perseverance

Frank Barton

London; Basingstoke: Macmillan (1979), xi, 304 pp.

"As political freedom came to the Continent, so did press freedom disappear," is Barton's opening sentence. Although his attitude is definitely colonial, this statement is not as prejudiced as it first appears, for he attempts to put it in a historical perspective by making the case that this trend ... more

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The Electronic Church

Ben Armstrong

Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson (1979), 192 pp.

"Armstrong, executive director of National Religious Broadcasters which establishes standards for religious stations and program producers and represents three-fourths of U.S. religious broadcasting, highlights rninistries representative of specific trends and discusses pros and cons of broadcast re ... more

The Arab Press: News Media and Political Process in the Arab World

William A. Rugh

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press (1979), 205 pp.

"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 ... more

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Entertainment: A Cross-Cultural Examination

Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, Stefan R. Melnik (eds.)

New York: Hastings House (1979), xxi, 330 pp.

"Entertainment, an ambiguous, many-faceted term, has many forms and uses, differing with cultures and individuals. In this wide-ranging reader the editors deal with its importance as supplied by the media. The scope is international, with contributors from a number of countries, and the emphasis is ... more

Media Imperialism Reconsidered: The Homogenizing of Television Culture

Chin-Chuan Lee

Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage (1979), 276 pp.

"An analysis of media imperialism with a middle-range focus. Capitalist exploitation, Lee contends, is not limited to the Third World but extends to advanced capitalist countries as well. The real questions should resolve around " (1) the extent to which Marxist-Leninist theory of 'media imperialism ... more

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The Black Press in South Africa and Lesotho: A Descriptive Bibliographic Guide to African, Coloured and Indian Newspapers, Newsletters and Magazines 1836-1976

Les Switzer, Donna Switzer

Boston: G.K. Hall (1979), 307 pp.

"In assembling this bibliographic guide of 712 items the authors' primary aim was to find material which had received little or no attention from researchers writing about the black experience in South Africa and Lesotho. Selection was made in terms of black rather than white readership, and include ... more

Professional Codes of Journalism

Lars Bruun (ed.)

Prague: International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) (1979), 127 pp.

"This is not a compilation of codes of ethics, but rather a compilation about them, with chapters by journalists and journalist/educators from Eastern and Western Europe and Latin America. Chapters include: "The History of Written Codes of Ethics - A Chronology of Events" and " Contemporary Codes - ... more

Mass Communication and Journalism in India

D. S. Metha

Bombay: Allied Publishers (1979), 313 pp.

"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 ... more

Frame by Frame: A Black Filmography

Phyllis Rauch Klotman

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (1979), 700 pp.

"A compendium of over 3,000 film items from around the world with black themes or subject master or substantial participation by blacks as writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, animators, or consultants or who even appeared in ancillary or walk-on roles. Klotman sought - but did not alwa ... more

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A Select Bibliography of Books About Books

Karachi: UNESCO Regional Office for Book Development in Asia and the Pacific (1978), 89 pp.

"Contains about 600 entries on various aspects of books, from authorship to readership." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1 ... more