"There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed as part of the global terrorist threat, to be dealt with by the War on Terror. This major new study examines a wide range of such confl ... icts, showing how, despite their significant differences, they share the role of the media as interlocutor, and exploring how the media exercises this role. The book raises a number of issues concerning how the media report different forms of political violence and conflict, including issues of impartiality in the media's relations with governments and insurgents, and how the focus on the 'War on Terror' has led to some forms of violence - notably those employed by states for political purposes - to be overlooked. As the issue of international terrorism remains one of the most pressing issues of the modern day, this is a significant and important book which will interest the general reader and scholars from all disciplines." (Publisher description) more

"The purpose of this study is to provide a document that endeavors to stimulate renewed and further awareness, first, of the dire need for U.S. books in less developed countries, and, second, of possible ways by which this need may be met, at least partially, under present conditions at home and abr ... oad." Preface by John Y. Cole, Executivc Director, The Center for the Book. Obviously, all developing countries could not be covered, nor could all organizations; the author has been selective. He discusses the faltering state of U.S. book exports, the influence of multinational publishing, the impact of English-language publishing in continental Europe, various assistance programs in the U.S. and other countries, and deterrents to U.S. book exporting. "Sources of Information" constitutes a bibliography. Appendixes give the U.S.I.A. book promotion and translation programs in 1982 and statistics on the export of U.S. books by types and on the Informational Media Guarantee Program, the Joint Indo-American Textbook Program; the U.S.I.A.-sponsored book publishing program from 1951 through 1980; and the Asia Foundation's distribution of books and journals by countries 1954-1981." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 994) more