"Analysis of the contributions of major specialists in the mass media (more especially in the developing countries): Schramm, Schils, de Sola Pool, Lerner. This work constitutes the first volume of a series of 6 works entitled "Studies in political development", published under the patronage of the Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Council." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1835, topic code 070)
Introduction, 1
1 Models of Traditional, Transitional, and Modern Communications Systems, 24
2 Communication Development and the Development Process / Wilbur Schramm, 30
3 Communications and Political Articulation, 58
4 Demagogues and Cadres in the Political Development of the New States / Edward Shils, 64
5 The Emergence of Professional Communicators, 78
6 Writer and Journalist in the Transitional Society / Herbert Passin, 82
7 Communications and Civic Training in Transitional Societies, 124
8 Mass Media and Political Socialization: The Role of Patterns of Communication / Herbert Hyman, 128
9 Communications and Motivations for Modernization, 149
10 National Character and Economic Growth in Turkey and Iran / David C. McClelland, 152
11 Nation Building as a Many-Sided Process, 182
12 Communication Patterns and Political Socialization in Transitional Thailand / James N. Mosel, 184
13 Communications Policies in Development Programs, 229
14 The Mass Media and Politics in the Modernization Process / Ithiel de Sola Pool, 234
15 Alternative Patterns of Development, 254
16 Communications and Politics in Communist China / Frederick T. C. Yu, 259
17 Political Development, Power, and Communications in Turkey / Frederick W. Frey, 298
18 Toward a Communication Theory of Modernization / Daniel Lerner, 327
A Selected Bibliography / Thelma Jean Grossholtz and Richard Hendrickson, 351