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Soviet Book Publishing Policy

Gregory Walker

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1978), xvi, 164 pp.

"An examination of the operations and management of the vast Soviet publishing industry in the light of govemmental policy and its effects on creation, content, production, manufacture, and distribution. Appendixes give authors'fee scales and all-union book retail prices." ( ... more

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The Book in Multilingual Countries: A Survey Based on the Proceedings of the Symposium on the Publication of Books in the Various Languages of Multilingual Countries

Abul Hasan

Paris: UNESCO (1978), 40 pp.

"Discussion of the creation, manufacture, distribution and promotion of books in indigenous languages in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Arab countries and Latin America. Appendixes include "Guidelines for the Promotion of Books in the Various Languages of Multilingual Countries" and a bibliogranhy." ( ... more

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South Africa: The Press and the Politics of Liberation

Chenhamo C. Chimutengwende

London: Carleton House (1978), 197 pp.

"An analysis of the mass media in South Africa as instruments of oppression or liberation and their role in effecting change or perpetuating the status quo. Chimutengwende examines the operation of the press within the South African socio-economic and legislative system and in relation to the blacks ... more

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One-Way Free Flow: Neo-Colonialism Via News Media

D. R. Mankekar

Delhi: Clarion (1978), 171 pp.

"Mankekar is concerned with the charges made against the Western media by the Third World and, likewise, the reaction of Western journalists to their concept of a new information order for developing countries. Combing data and evidence from diverse sources he has analyzed the anatomy and function o ... more

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Mass Communication in Asia: A Brief History

Sir Charles Moses, Crispin Maslog

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1978), 85 pp.

"This does as much as can be expected - perhaps more - from an 85-page history of mass communication in Asia. Divided into three sections, it consists of very short chronological accounts of print media in 16 countries, broadcast media in 25, and film in six. This is particularly useful because the ... more

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Mass Communication in Indonesia

Mastini Hardjo Prakoso (comp.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1978), 61 pp.

"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 ... more

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Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television

John A. Lent (ed.)

Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1978), xx, 429 pp.

"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 ... more

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Worldwide Markets for English-Language Books

George Kurian (ed.)

White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications (1978), 327 pp.

"A description of the book trade in the seven major English-speaking countries of the world, which, grouped by size of market, are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of South Africa, Australia, India, and New Zealand. A special section gives eleven minor markets in alphabetical ... more

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Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity: The Case of Commonwealth Caribbean, 1717-1976

John A. Lent

Lewisburg, Pa.; London: Bucknell University Press;Associated University Presses (1977), 405 pp.

"Third World Mass Media attempts "to examine historical, cultural, economic, and political aspects of all Commonwealth Caribbean mass media, from the time of the first newspaper in 1717 until 1976." Has a comprehensive bibliography." (Eleanor ... more

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Media Studies in Education

Susan Bennett et al.

Paris: UNESCO (1977), 92 pp.

"Covers aspects of media education in the secondary schools in certain European countries where it is emphasized: France, Italy, Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the U.S.S.R. (cinema only), and the U.S.A. In all countries except the U.S. fil ... more

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Tito's Maverick Media: The Politics of Mass Communication in Yugoslavia

Gertrude Joch Robinson

Urbana: University of Illinois Press (1977), 263 pp.

"Robinson discusses the development and operation of the press and broadcasting, against the background of the sociopolitical factors that have shaped this multinational, multilingual Communist state. She details the history of communications from 1945 to 1975; analyzes the national news agency, Tan ... more

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Mass Communication in Taiwan: An Annotated Bibliography

Shou-Jung Yang (comp.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1977), v, 65 pp.

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The Corporate Village: The Role of Transnational Corporations in International Communication

Cees J. Hamelink

Rome: IDOC International (1977), 233 pp.

"Cees Hamelink, a prolific analyst of international communication with emphasis on developing nations, makes a case that capitalism as practiced by developed nations thwarts effective communication in the Third World. Hamelink's thesis in 'The Corporate Village', international communication, far fro ... more

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Broadcasting in the Third World: Promise and Performance

Elihu Katz, George Wedell

Michael Pilsworth; Dov Shinar (contrib.)

Cambridge: Harvard University Press (1977), 305 pp.

"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 ... more

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Communication and Cultural Domination

Herbert I. Schiller

White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press (1976), 127 pp.

"In Communication and Cultural Domination Schiller is concerned with the "sources, character, and contents of the communication stream that passes between nations and on the flow that is generated inside national states. " Here again he feels the "haves" tend to influence and sometimes dominate the ... more

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Algerian Cinema

Hala Salmane, Simon Hartog, David Wilson (eds.)

London: BFI Publishing (1976), 58 pp.

"Declaring that this is not intended as a comprehensive study of Algerian cinema, the editors state their aims: to provide basic information on a national cinema little known outside of French-speaking countries and to assess it in the context of Algerian history. In a still broader context this sma ... more

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A Sourcebook on Radio's Role in Development

Washington, DC: Clearinghouse on Development Communication (CDC) (1976), 85 pp.

"A bibliography, international in scope, which abstracts about 600 items in an attempt to bring together in a single source the various project reports, country surveys, research and evaluation studies, bibliographies, and discussions concerning the application of radio to problems of education and ... more

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A Filmography of the Third World: An Annotated List of 16mm Films

Helen W. Cyr

Metuchen, New Jers.: Scarecrow (1976), 319 pp.

"Provides titles with annotations, producer, length, date, distributor and whether color or black/white for films about the undeveloped areas of the world and also - although the title does not indicate this - major ethnic minorities in the northern nations of North America and Europe. Among the top ... more

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Television Yearbook of the Republic of China, 1961-1975

Taipei: Television Academy of Arts and Sciences of the Department of China (1976), 253 pp.

"This reference book (the use of the word yearbook is a misnomer) is the first publication of its kind in Taiwan and has as its aim to provide "a systematic presentation of all the pertinent data about the development and growth of the television enterprise in the country." Contents include a brief ... more

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Training for Mass Communication

Paris: UNESCO (1975), 44 pp.

"A highly practical report, intended for developing countries, which surveys in general terms the status of communication training, pinpointing deficiencies and identifying potentially influential trends. Discusses the nature of training, the institutions, the operational problems, and course planni ... more