"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 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)